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Clean install Lion without iLife?

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stark4

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Can someone tell me how to do a clean install of Lion without iLife? I tried the link on top of this forum but i think it's for the old MBA because the instruction include dvd disks.

And How much do i get free space without iLife? is it even worth it?

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Darth.Titan

Darth.Titan

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Reboot to your recovery partition and erase and install. iLife won't be installed unless you download and reinstall it afterward from the App Store.
 
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KPOM

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Darth.Titan said:
Reboot to your recovery partition and erase and install. iLife won't be installed unless you download and reinstall it afterward from the App Store.
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But before you do this, go into the Mac App Store and "accept" all updates. That way, if you ever do want the iLife applications you'll be able to download them later.
 
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Gregintosh

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KPOM said:
But before you do this, go into the Mac App Store and "accept" all updates. That way, if you ever do want the iLife applications you'll be able to download them later.
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Yep. Make sure to claim it! You never when you may change your mind in the future. And on the bright side, if you have any other macs that have an older version or are missing iLife you will be able to now install iLife on up to 5 total computers.
 
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stark4

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Darth.Titan said:
Reboot to your recovery partition and erase and install. iLife won't be installed unless you download and reinstall it afterward from the App Store.
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wow... How do you reboot to recovery partition? is there a step by step guide online?


KPOM said:
But before you do this, go into the Mac App Store and "accept" all updates. That way, if you ever do want the iLife applications you'll be able to download them later.
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How come accepting updates make my iLife whenever i want it back? If i don't accept it i won't get it back later on?


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bp1000

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Hold down CMD + R when you boot until you see the recovery screen

You can accept iLife after the re-install too

Just login to app store with appleID go to purchases and click accept

I'm pretty sure you accept this if you update the apps anyway and garageband has had at least 1 update recently.
 
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KPOM

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stark4 said:
How come accepting updates make my iLife whenever i want it back? If i don't accept it i won't get it back later on?


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It registers that you have "purchased" the iLife apps (for $0) on your Apple ID. I've heard reports that people have had issues with this if they didn't accept before restoring OS X (this may be fixed, or there may be workarounds, but it's better to do this beforehand).
 
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stark4

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ok how much space will i save after doing clean install without ilife? if it is a little over 1GB i won't even bother reinstalling it. Can someone let me know?

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chrfr

chrfr

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stark4 said:
ok how much space will i save after doing clean install without ilife? if it is a little over 1GB i won't even bother reinstalling it. Can someone let me know?

Thanks
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iLife takes up several gigabytes, not sure how many.
 
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bp1000

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BTW when you reinstall Lion from the recovery agent it doesn't wipe anything anyway

It just restores the OS, all your files and settings are left intact

It automatically does an archive and install.
 
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