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Leopard to Lion

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cep

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Apr 4, 2010
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I have 3 MacBooks with Leopard on them. I just upgraded my iMac to to lion. Can I use the SL install disc from the iMac to upgrade the MacBooks to SL and then to Lion?
The other choice is to buy SL, do I need to buy the family pack for the three MacBooks, or will the single user disc work? I am only using SL as a step to Lion.
 
The Snow Leopard disc for your iMac only works with that machine - can't use it with your MacBook's. You would have to buy Snow Leopard (RETAIL) install them on the rest of your computers then upgrade to Lion.
 
cep said:
I have 3 MacBooks with Leopard on them. I just upgraded my iMac to to lion. Can I use the SL install disc from the iMac to upgrade the MacBooks to SL and then to Lion?
The other choice is to buy SL, do I need to buy the family pack for the three MacBooks, or will the single user disc work? I am only using SL as a step to Lion.
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The single user disk will work but the proper way is to buy the family pack. If it's only to upgrade, I wouldn't sweat it and just use the single disk.
 
Are you sure that a single user version will work on my 3 MacBooks just as a step to Lion? The 3 MacBooks that my family has, has the button under the trackpad. Is this trackpad capable of using gestures?
 
cep said:
I have 3 MacBooks with Leopard on them. I just upgraded my iMac to to lion. Can I use the SL install disc from the iMac to upgrade the MacBooks to SL and then to Lion?
The other choice is to buy SL, do I need to buy the family pack for the three MacBooks, or will the single user disc work? I am only using SL as a step to Lion.
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I would suggest making a bootable disk (USB flash drive or DVD) with Lion on it. Since you are already upgraded Lion on your iMac I assume that you bought Lion or received a free copy Lion from the up to date Lion program. Simply re-download Lion on your iMac and create the boot disk. Use the boot disk to upgrade your other Mac computers. Of course you will have to do a clean install if you do it this way. This eliminates the need to install Snow Leopard first.
 
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