Can I Download Lion Without Installing It?

[Mojo1]

I have a new 13" MBP arriving Thursday from Amazon. It comes with Snow Leopard installed but I have thirty days to order a free download of Lion.

Can I download Lion via the App Store without actually installing it?

I'm wondering because I have at least one legacy app that requires Rosetta and I am considering using SL until Lion matures a bit...

 

[Koodauw]

You can download and install whenever you like. Enjoy!

 

[soundguy15]

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Yes. Just don't launch the Install application when it's finished downloading.

 

[blevins321]

Yeah just download it via the App Store, and cancel the installer when it opens. It will remain in your applications directory, and just open it when you're ready.

 

[res1233]

Absolutely. When you select "Install" all it does is download the installer and launch it, but you can just quit the installer.

 

[Mojo1]

Great!

Thanks for the quick replies.

I guess that I won't be giving up Eudora any time soon...

(Yeah, I'm THAT OLD!)