How do I install Lion on unsupported Mac?
How do I install Lion on unsupported Mac?
Put the unsupported Mac in Target Disk mode and plug it into a Lion supported Mac. Run the Lion installer and make sure to choose your unsupported Mac’s hard drive. Let the install finish. Boot back into the supported Mac’s OS, and put the unsupported Mac back to target disk mode.
Can I download Macos Lion?
As of last week, these updates no longer require a fee, and can be downloaded from the OS X Lion and OS X Mountain Lion support documents on Apple’s website. Mac OS X Lion is compatible with Macs that have an Intel Core 2 Duo, Core i3, Core i5, Core i7, or Xeon processor, a minimum of 2GB RAM, and 7GB storage space.
How do I upgrade from Lion to Mountain Lion?
After your OS and apps are up to date, launch the Mac App Store and download OS X Mountain Lion ($19.99 for Upgrade). A Mountain Lion icon will display on the Launchpad while it’s downloaded. The amount of time it takes will vary. Mine took a couple of hours because I upgraded the same day it became available.
How to install lion on any coreduo Mac upgraded to a?
Once that’s done you’ll need to delete all instances of ‘PlatformSupport.plist’ from your new installer partition. Then install Lion in the standard way, boot into your old OS, delete the ‘PlatformSupport.plist’ from your freshly installed Lion partition (it’s in ‘System/Library/CoreServices’) – then Lion will boot just fine 🙂
How to install lion on an old Mini?
It’s still possible to install the Lion GM on a old mini with a C2D upgrade 🙂 First of all you need to mount the Mac OS X Install ESD dmg which is inside the ‘Install Mac OS X Lion’ app in the SharedSupport folder.
Do you have to upgrade from Snow Leopard to mountain lion?
Unfortunately, installing Mountain Lion requires that you already have a Mac running Snow Leopard (OS X 10.6) or Lion (OS X 10.7). If you’re currently running a Leopard system, you’re out of luck, and need to pay $29 to upgrade to Snow Leopard, and then an additional $20 to upgrade again to Mountain Lion.
What does partition 2 do on a Mac mini?
Partition 2 was used to create another install of 10.7 which was then used to create a disk image for cloning onto my mini without the platformsupport.plist. This was mainly for backup purposes in case I messed something up and could not get 10.7.4 or 10.7.5 working on the mini.