Download lion without being a developer?

yanksrock100 · Feb 24, 2011, 02:30 PM

Is there anyway to do this thats not hacking/and or illegal?

Also, does anyone know where I could get the Lion wallpaper (mountain)?

Thanks

SDub90 · Feb 24, 2011, 02:31 PM

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No. You have to pay the $100/yr fee for the Mac dev program.

celticpride678 · Feb 24, 2011, 02:32 PM

Legally? No. Illegally, most likely in a few hours.

rorschach · Feb 24, 2011, 02:38 PM

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Originally Posted by celticpride678

Legally? No. Illegally, most likely in a few hours.

Most likely not. You need to enter a unique redemption code from your developer account in the Mac App Store. And then any computer you install it on has to be logged in and authorized with your App Store account.

lulla01 · Feb 24, 2011, 03:40 PM

i was wondering the same thing you are man

Zackmd1 · Feb 24, 2011, 07:41 PM

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i was wondering the same thing you are man

Same here! I want to try out lion but Im not a developer. I wish apple would do it like windows and let anyone try the beta...

lulla01 · Feb 24, 2011, 07:47 PM

i cant post links here but it has been posted online, not sure how its going to work as far as authentication goes and all but being the first release id hold off for a few days

Ahheck01 · Feb 24, 2011, 11:49 PM

You always run a risk trying it without going through the legit dev process. If you choose that risk, you can easily find links via search.twitter.com

celticpride678 · Feb 25, 2011, 01:25 AM

Developer preview has been posted online. Search for it if you really want.

Pinksteady · Feb 25, 2011, 03:18 AM

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Originally Posted by celticpride678

Developer preview has been posted online. Search for it if you really want.

Yeah the image has been uploaded online. However I'm still unsure about the activation. You have to enter a unique redemption code in the App Store to download the preview from Apple, but downloading elsewhere skips that step so is there a further activation required once Lion is installed or can anyone just install Lion once they have got hold of a copy?

nonameowns · Feb 25, 2011, 03:41 AM

anything can be pirated

careful when you go on that path though

ct2k7 · Feb 25, 2011, 05:27 AM

All I will tell you is that it has been cracked, and tested. There are at least two torrents, and at least two direct HTTP links, and one direct FTP link.

AAPLaday · Feb 25, 2011, 05:29 AM

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Originally Posted by ct2k7

All I will tell you is that it has been cracked, and tested. There are at least two torrents, and at least two direct HTTP links, and one direct FTP link.

And how do you find Lion then, are you happy with it?

ct2k7 · Feb 25, 2011, 05:30 AM

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And how do you find Lion then, are you happy with it?

So far, so good. But no Dropbox, and Parallels Desktop 6.

It seems to be good so far, had Mail 5 crash this early morning, and things seem stable.

Most of my apps run

, e.g. Zend Studio, Textual, Microsoft Office 2011, Keynote. iTunes library hasn't suffered.

After the initial boot, sound was defective. A reboot cured this.

iPhoneCollector · Feb 25, 2011, 05:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Zackmd1

Same here! I want to try out lion but Im not a developer. I wish apple would do it like windows and let anyone try the beta...

and make your computer useless after one year. go Microsoft

AAPLaday · Feb 25, 2011, 05:50 AM

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Originally Posted by ct2k7

So far, so good. But no Dropbox, and Parallels Desktop 6.

It seems to be good so far, had Mail 5 crash this early morning, and things seem stable.

Most of my apps run

, e.g. Zend Studio, Textual, Microsoft Office 2011, Keynote. iTunes library hasn't suffered.

After the initial boot, sound was defective. A reboot cured this.

Sweet. My 1st gen alu iMac is going to be replaced soon. Might wait till Lion comes out and pick up one of the new iMacs then. Im assuming it wont be £30 like Snow Leopard.

ct2k7 · Feb 25, 2011, 05:58 AM

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Sweet. My 1st gen alu iMac is going to be replaced soon. Might wait till Lion comes out and pick up one of the new iMacs then. Im assuming it wont be £30 like Snow Leopard.

Go up a bit, and you'll probably get there

AdrianK · Feb 25, 2011, 11:13 AM

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and make your computer useless after one year. go Microsoft

Giving away a beta version of the OS that expires after a year is better than charging $100 for a beta version of the OS. I know, they're the dev account not the beta itself, but I'm talking about regular users (eg non-developers).

Anyone who willingly keeps a beta version of an OS is a crackhead, but MS has to impose a time limit because otherwise people wont upgrade and then complain how buggy it is.

tl;dr: Microsoft's betas are free, Apple's aren't. Time limits are irrelevant.

antmarobel · Feb 25, 2011, 12:45 PM

I'm downloading it via http, third part of eight...Hope everything's will work fine

poobear · Feb 25, 2011, 12:50 PM

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Originally Posted by ct2k7

All I will tell you is that it has been cracked, and tested. There are at least two torrents, and at least two direct HTTP links, and one direct FTP link.

It is not cracked. Inside the legally downloaded file is a .dmg, that .dmg requires has been shared and it can be installed from without any restriction, online checks etc.

vincenz · Feb 25, 2011, 12:51 PM

Why would you want it anyway? It's buggy and slow. Just wait for the final version.

csnplt · Feb 25, 2011, 01:36 PM

I wouldn't download the pirated version if I were you. It's very possible that other malicious programs have been added. There's a very real possibility of having your information stolen / other bad stuff.

Plus, it's illegal. Just join the dev program for $100. This might actually be cheaper than buying lion once it comes out (most past OS X releases have been priced at $129). I'm pretty sure you'll get access to the golden master version, too, once it's ready.

axu539 · Feb 25, 2011, 02:11 PM

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Originally Posted by csnplt

I wouldn't download the pirated version if I were you. It's very possible that other malicious programs have been added. There's a very real possibility of having your information stolen / other bad stuff.

Plus, it's illegal. Just join the dev program for $100. This might actually be cheaper than buying lion once it comes out (most past OS X releases have been priced at $129). I'm pretty sure you'll get access to the golden master version, too, once it's ready.

Can you confirm that you get access to the public release (with regular updates and all) if you sign up for the dev program? I'm itching to pull the trigger on that right now, but only if I can get out of beta and into public release afterward.

csnplt · Feb 25, 2011, 02:18 PM

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Can you confirm that you get access to the public release (with regular updates and all) if you sign up for the dev program? I'm itching to pull the trigger on that right now, but only if I can get out of beta and into public release afterward.

I just signed up for the dev program myself. There are download links for the full, final versions of Snow Leopard and Snow Leopard Server, so I assume that once Lion is available to the general public, the final release will also be available, free for mac dev program members.

It seems to me like $99 is a great deal, especially with a free lion download for all of your machines.

ct2k7 · Feb 25, 2011, 02:41 PM

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Originally Posted by poobear

It is not cracked. Inside the legally downloaded file is a .dmg, that .dmg requires has been shared and it can be installed from without any restriction, online checks etc.

I am saying that the legally downloaded file has been cracked, and the installer checked.

Feb 24, 2011, 02:30 PM	#1
yanksrock100 macrumors 6502 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: San Diego	Download lion without being a developer? Is there anyway to do this thats not hacking/and or illegal? Also, does anyone know where I could get the Lion wallpaper (mountain)? Thanks
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lulla01 macrumors 65816 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: U.S	same i was wondering the same thing you are man
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lulla01 macrumors 65816 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: U.S	wel i cant post links here but it has been posted online, not sure how its going to work as far as authentication goes and all but being the first release id hold off for a few days
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csnplt macrumors 6502 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Chicago Area	I wouldn't download the pirated version if I were you. It's very possible that other malicious programs have been added. There's a very real possibility of having your information stolen / other bad stuff. Plus, it's illegal. Just join the dev program for $100. This might actually be cheaper than buying lion once it comes out (most past OS X releases have been priced at $129). I'm pretty sure you'll get access to the golden master version, too, once it's ready. __________________ My iPhone apps:http://thomashuntington.com Nightstand Central:Music Alarms, Weather, and Sleep Timer - An Apple Staff Favorite! Political GPS Featured by Apple - New and Noteworthy
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SDub90 macrumors 6502a Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Long Island	Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU iPhone OS 4_2_1 like Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/533.17.9 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.0.2 Mobile/8C148 Safari/6533.18.5) No. You have to pay the $100/yr fee for the Mac dev program.
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celticpride678 Guest Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Boston, MA	Legally? No. Illegally, most likely in a few hours.
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Ahheck01 macrumors 6502 Join Date: Aug 2006	You always run a risk trying it without going through the legit dev process. If you choose that risk, you can easily find links via search.twitter.com
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Feb 25, 2011, 01:25 AM	#9
celticpride678 Guest Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Boston, MA	Developer preview has been posted online. Search for it if you really want.
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nonameowns macrumors regular Join Date: Apr 2010	anything can be pirated careful when you go on that path though
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ct2k7 macrumors 601 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Florida / UK	All I will tell you is that it has been cracked, and tested. There are at least two torrents, and at least two direct HTTP links, and one direct FTP link.
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antmarobel macrumors regular Join Date: May 2009 Location: Brasília	I'm downloading it via http, third part of eight...Hope everything's will work fine
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vincenz macrumors 601 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: New York	Why would you want it anyway? It's buggy and slow. Just wait for the final version.
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