How to obtain ugrade to OS X 10.7 Lion?

cranfan · Nov 23, 2012, 07:22 AM

I have recently purchased OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard), awaiting delivery. Once installed I was hoping to upgrade to OS X 10.7 (Lion), my machine specs will not support OS X 10.8.

How do I get Lion, searches on the web suggest it is no longer available from the App Store.

I gather it may be available as a USB stick by phone.

Is this the only way now?

Thanks.

maflynn · Nov 23, 2012, 08:36 AM

There is no way to purchase Lion at this point. You may be able to find the Lion thumb drive on ebay but since Lion was mostly sold through the Mac App Store there's no other way to purchase it once apple stopped offering it.

ChrisMan287 · Nov 23, 2012, 10:18 AM

Maybe give Apple a call? I think you can buy it on USB. If that's the case, you'll be out the $20 you spent on Snow Leopard because it won't be necessary.

mattyb240 · Nov 23, 2012, 10:19 AM

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Originally Posted by maflynn

There is no way to purchase Lion at this point. You may be able to find the Lion thumb drive on ebay but since Lion was mostly sold through the Mac App Store there's no other way to purchase it once apple stopped offering it.

Wrong... Call apple care and you can pay for a redemption code to put in the App Store.

Nov 23, 2012, 07:22 AM	#1
cranfan macrumors newbie Join Date: Nov 2012	How to obtain ugrade to OS X 10.7 Lion? I have recently purchased OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard), awaiting delivery. Once installed I was hoping to upgrade to OS X 10.7 (Lion), my machine specs will not support OS X 10.8. How do I get Lion, searches on the web suggest it is no longer available from the App Store. I gather it may be available as a USB stick by phone. Is this the only way now? Thanks.
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ChrisMan287 macrumors 6502 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: NY.	Maybe give Apple a call? I think you can buy it on USB. If that's the case, you'll be out the $20 you spent on Snow Leopard because it won't be necessary. __________________ 15" PowerBook G4, 1.67GHz, 2GB RAM, 250GB HD ; 16GB iPad2.
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Nov 23, 2012, 08:36 AM	#2
maflynn Demi-God (Moderator) Join Date: May 2009 Location: Boston	There is no way to purchase Lion at this point. You may be able to find the Lion thumb drive on ebay but since Lion was mostly sold through the Mac App Store there's no other way to purchase it once apple stopped offering it.
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