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Drew017

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May 29, 2011
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I have a disk image of OS X 10.7.4 (It was what was originally on my MBA before I did a clean install of Mountain Lion, I just turned it into an image and put it on my USB for safe keeping). I would like to clone it to my USB stick, to use as something to boot into. My problem is, that the USB has only 8GB of storage. Lion itself is around 7.5 GB, but I can't boot into it because there isn't enough space for OS X to work. Is there any possible way to get this to work, or will I just need a USB with more storage capacity? I've already slimmed it down a lot (deleting languages etc), but not enough. Any suggestions? Thanks!
 
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