OS X 10.7 Lion
Get OS X Lion from the Mac App Store for $29.99.
OS X 10.7 Lion was released on
July 20, 2011 and makes some huge changes to the Mac. Some are to make
it easier for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch users to the Mac, some to
make the two platforms work better together, and some to keep making
the Mac better and better.
Lion is only available by purchase and download from the Mac App Store, where it retails for US$29.99. You must have OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard installed to purchase, download, or install Lion, and the 4 GB download could take some time with slower DSL connections (we don't even want to think about how long it would take with dial-up). As a convenience, Apple is allowing users to bring their Macs to a nearby Apple Store and use Apple's WiFi to make the download.
Like OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, Lion requires an Intel-based Mac, but it goes two steps further than that. First of all, Lion is a 64-bit operating system, so it won't work on those 2006 Macs built around the 32-bit Core Solo and Core Duo processor. It requires Core 2 Duo or newer, which leaves the following Macs out in the cold:
- Early 2006 iMac
- Early 2006 Mac mini
- Early 2006 15" MacBook Pro
- Early 2006 17" MacBook Pro
- Mid 2006 MacBook
- Late 2006 Mac mini
Additionally, Lion is the first version of OS X with no support for
PowerPC software. Apple introduced Rosetta, which lets Intel CPUs run
PowerPC apps, with OS X 10.4 Tiger
for the first Intel Macs, and it's been part of the OS ever since -
until now.
Lion Links
- coming.
Downloadable Updates
Standalone Updates let you update to a newer version of Mac OS X from your hard drive instead of using Software Update, which requires an Internet connection. Download the one(s) you need and install them after mounting the disk image and launching the Installer program.
There are two types of Standalone Updates: Individual (or Delta) and Combo.
- Individual Updates update one version of Mac OS X to the next version. For example, the Mac OS X 10.7.4 Update updates Mac OS X 10.7.3 to version 10.7.4. Individual Updates are also known as Delta Updates.
- Combo Updates update the base version of a Mac OS X release to the version specified in the Combo Update, including all intermediate updates. For example, the Mac OS X 10.7.4 Combo Update updates any earlier version of Mac OS X 10.7 to Mac OS X 10.7.4 using a single installer, as opposed to installing the individual Mac OS X 10.7.1, 10.7.2, 10.7.3, and 10.7.4 updates.
Standalone Updates are generally available 24 to 48 hours after the Update is available through Software Update.
If you burn a Standalone Update to CD, its disk image must be copied to your desktop or another location on your Mac OS X startup disk in order to be installed.
This page will be updated as Standalone Updates become available.
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