hugeschnauzer Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 Is there a way to upgrade to Lion without intalling from Zero? I really dont want to reinstall all my aplications. Thanks! Regards Rodrigo Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/267887-lion-clean-install-or-update/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gringo Vermelho Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 Have you ever lost any apps or setting whens updating your Snow Leopard installation? It should be the same with Lion. If updating to Lion wiped out all your stuff, you would know about it..from millions of furious Mac users. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/267887-lion-clean-install-or-update/#findComment-1747975 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hugeschnauzer Posted September 14, 2011 Author Share Posted September 14, 2011 So its possible? Just update to Lion?? No special tricks needed? tks man Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/267887-lion-clean-install-or-update/#findComment-1748490 Share on other sites More sharing options...
roberdo Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 It's possible and I did it. But it was only possible booting Lion-Installer on USB-Stick. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/267887-lion-clean-install-or-update/#findComment-1748501 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gringo Vermelho Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 So its possible? Just update to Lion?? No special tricks needed? I can't speak for the compatibility of your hardware of course, but yes, that's how it works. When you buy Lion from the app store it downloads an installer that works the same way as a normal system update from Apple. Due to the similaries between Lion and 10.6.8, if you're running 10.6.8 with no issues chances are good that you'll be able to update to Lion just like on a real Mac. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/267887-lion-clean-install-or-update/#findComment-1748537 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hugeschnauzer Posted September 14, 2011 Author Share Posted September 14, 2011 Thank you guys!! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/267887-lion-clean-install-or-update/#findComment-1748541 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ntsmkfob Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 I did a clean Lion install and used the Migration Wizard. It did an amazing job. Just a few registration codes needed and a couple of apps that were deprecated on Lion. Install Lion with a temporary user and then transfer your SL user from the SL disk to the Lion disk. It may help if you have separate disks for each version, rather than different ptns on the same disk. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/267887-lion-clean-install-or-update/#findComment-1748548 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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