OS X Lion USB Thumb Drive
OS X Lion is the next major release of the Mac operating system and includes over 250 new features that will transform how you interact with your Mac. Tap, swipe, and scroll your way through your apps using fluid Multi-Touch gestures. Full-screen apps take advantage of every pixel of your display. Mission Control gives you a birds-eye view of everything running on your Mac and makes it easy to navigate anywhere with a click. Launchpad gives you instant access to all the apps on your Mac. And a completely redesigned Mail app features powerful new search capabilities and groups messages into Conversations.
To upgrade your Mac to OS X Lion, you must be running OS X Snow Leopard. If you have OS X v10.5 Leopard, purchase OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard now and install it on your Mac. Then buy OS X Lion as a digital download from the Mac App Store. Learn more>
Overview
Multi-Touch Gestures
- Fluid and realistic animations make gestures feel natural and direct.
- Tap or pinch to zoom in on text and images.
- Swipe left or right to move from one page to another in an app or switch from one full-screen app to another.
- Swipe up to enter Mission Control.
- Pinch to access Launchpad.
Full-screen apps
- A new full-screen button takes an app window full screen.
- Run multiple full-screen apps at the same time.
- Switch between full-screen apps and your desktop with a gesture.
- Apps stay full screen when you switch to another app.
- OS X Lion includes full-screen Mail, Safari, Preview, iCal, FaceTime, Dashboard, Screen Sharing, and Photo Booth.
Mission Control
- Brings together Exposé, full-screen apps, Dashboard, and desktop spaces.
- Gives you a bird’s-eye view of everything running on your Mac, allowing you to navigate anywhere with a click.
- Exposé view shows all open windows on your desktop grouped by application.
- Create and organize desktop spaces in Mission Control.
Launchpad
- A new home for all the apps on your Mac.
- Apps downloaded from the Mac App Store automatically appear in Launchpad.
- Launchpad automatically adds pages to accommodate all your apps.
- Apps can be organized on multiple pages and grouped in folders.
- The widescreen layout displays the message list and selected email side by side in full-height columns.
- The favorites bar gives you one-click access to your favorite mail folders.
- Search suggestions dynamically present the best matches for your search.
- Search tokens help refine search results based on people, subjects, mailboxes, dates, and attachments.
- Conversations automatically groups related messages, displaying them in chronological order and hiding repetitive quoted text.
Other great Lion features
- Auto Save automatically saves your changes as you go, so you never have to worry about losing your work.
- Versions keeps a history of your document as you work and presents it in a timeline you can browse.
- Resume reopens an app exactly as you left it.
- AirDrop is the simplest way to send files to anyone around you, wirelessly — no setup or special settings required.
- Reading List in Safari lets you easily save web pages to read or browse later.
OS X Lion Software License Agreement
The OS X Lion Software License Agreement allows you to install and use the software for your personal, non-commercial use on all the Macs you own or control that are running Mac OS X Snow Leopard or Snow Leopard Server (a Mac Computer). Commercial enterprises or educational institutions can install and use one copy of the software for use either a) by a single individual on each Mac Computer that the enterprise or educational institution owns or controls, or b) by multiple individuals on a single shared Mac Computer that the enterprise or educational institution owns or controls (for example, in a resource center or library). You can also use the software in accordance with the terms of a volume or maintenance license (purchased separately). Full license terms can be found at http://www.apple.com/legal/sla/.
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Cheers for NOTHING Lion...
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Lion a disaster. Too many older programs do not work with this OS
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Most Interesting
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is lion available in a family pack?
- Asked by Armando S from Grapevine
- 21-Aug-2011
Best Answer
The licensing on Lion is like that for other App store software: you can install and use it on any computer you personally control. Basically, if you have an account on the computer for which you have an AppleID, you can install Lion on the computer. …More
- Answered by David H from Colorado Springs
- 22-Aug-2011
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Can I upgrade straight from Tiger to Lion using the USB?
- Asked by Anna W from Brooklyn
- 03-Sep-2011
Best Answer
If your Mac came with Tiger there is a better than even chance that it doesn't even support Lion. Only Macs released in early 2007 (and the very first Mac Pro from 2006) are old enough to have come with Tiger, and "new enough" to support Lion.
Post another question identifying your exact Mac (preferably the model number if you can find it on the label) and someone will tell you if it will be supported.
And the answer, by the way is, no, you can't do a straight upgrade unless you already have Snow Leopard. Everyone else will need to either do each upgrade (Leopard, Snow, then Lion) OR backup, erase, do a clean install and then restore your data. Time Machine + Migration Assistant is generally what you use in that situation. …More- Answered by Daniel P from South San Francisco
- 28-Oct-2011
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Do you still need to upgrade to snow Leopard before upgrading to Lion with the USB Thumb Drive?
- Asked by Marco T
- 17-Aug-2011
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Legally, yes, according to the OS X Lion Software License Agreement (part below) you need to have Snow Leopard license to purchase Lion, this is why it is cheaper. However what you download from the App Store and what is available on the thumb drive are considered "full versions". For example, I downloaded Lion from the App Store and burnt it onto a thumb drive myself. Then I did a "clean install" (or format and install) on my MacBook.
The OS X Lion Software License Agreement allows you to install and use the software for your personal, non-commercial use on all the Macs you own or control that are running Mac OS X Snow Leopard or Snow Leopard Server (a Mac Computer). Commercial enterprises or educational institutions can install and use one copy of the software for use either a) by a single individual on each Mac Computer that the enterprise or educational institution owns or controls, or b) by multiple individuals on a single shared Mac Computer that the enterprise or educational institution owns or controls (for example, in a resource center or library). You can also use the software in accordance with the terms of a volume or maintenance license (purchased separately). …More- Answered by Sam O from Bathurst
- 18-Aug-2011
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how do I upgrade from a Mac OS X v10.4.11 to run a OS X LIon ?
- Asked by Lawrence M from Mississauga
- 30-Aug-2011
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Lion requires an Intel Core 2 Duo or better. This machine can not be upgraded to anything newer than Leopard (10.5) …More
- Answered by Gregory Z from Sunnyvale
- 30-Aug-2011
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where I can download lion
- Asked by Alon M
- 05-May-2012
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You can download lion from the app store. Its a $29 upgrade. You have to be running version 10.6.6 or higher (apple recommends 10.6.8) …More
- Answered by Ryan M from Lafayette
- 10-May-2012
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CAn I run Photoshop 9.0 with Lion?
- Asked by Edward A from Austin
- 02-Dec-2011
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Yes
- Answered by Anthony D
- 19-Jan-2012
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