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10.7: How to get a full Lion install disc for a new MacBook Air or Pro
I'm relatively new to Mac period. However, as the owner of a new 'medialess/internet only' MBA 13" I was so unhappy that I've followed the instructions here to get this on a 32G USB Flash Drive. Right now I have InstallESD.dmg along with InstallESD.dmg.partialState, MacOS_10_7_IncompatibleAppList.pkg,index.sproduct, InstallESD.chunklist.partial on the USB Drive.
10.7: How to get a full Lion install disc for a new MacBook Air or Pro
Open disk utility, right click on InstallESD.dmg and choose "restore". Restore it to a DVD, flash dive, etc and you should be able to boot from it in case your harddrive crashes (by holding down the option key at startup)
10.7: How to get a full Lion install disc for a new MacBook Air or Pro
Thanks very much. Is 'restore' different than having the InstallESD.dmg on the 32G USK key with those extra files - all straight from the download? I'm asking because the free space on the 32G is quite large and I could find better uses for it - or would it matter if I have extra files on it besides the InstallESD.dmg file? In other words is there something about the procedure 'Restore' to an external USB which makes it into a boot disk vs just having the InstallESD.dmg from the original Lion 'capture'?
10.7: How to get a full Lion install disc for a new MacBook Air or Pro
The other files you have on the usb drive aren't necessary. You have the OS X Lion disk image (InstallESD.dmg) which you need to "extract" to a disk (via the restore option, don't just open it and copy over files)
10.7: How to get a full Lion install disc for a new MacBook Air or Pro
Indeed it helps immensely. I now have a sense of what to do! |
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