Apple Releases Mac OS X Lion 10.7 as Download
Will this OS X roar?
Apple today released it next version of its Mac OS X operating system, 10.7, which it also calls Lion.
Rather than distributing on a disc, Lion bypasses traditional distribution and is sold through the Mac App Store for $29.99. Some of the new features in Lion include: new Multi-Touch gestures; system-wide support for full screen apps; Mission Control, a new view of everything running on your Mac; the Mac App Store, Launchpad, a new home for all your apps; and a completely redesigned Mail app.
"Lion is the best version of OS X yet, and we're thrilled that users around the world can download it starting today," said Philip Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. "Lion makes upgrading a Mac easier than ever before; just launch the Mac App Store, buy Lion with your iTunes account, and the download and install process will begin automatically."
Additional new features in Lion include: Resume, which brings your apps back exactly how you left them when you restart your Mac or quit and relaunch an app; Auto Save, which automatically and continuously saves your documents as you work; Versions, which automatically records the history of your document as you create it, and gives you an easy way to browse, revert and even copy and paste from previous versions; and AirDrop, which finds nearby Macs and automatically sets up a peer-to-peer wireless connection to make transferring files quick and easy.
Mac OS X Lion is available as a 4GB upgrade to Mac OS X version 10.6.6 Snow Leopard from the Mac App Store for $29.99 (US). Users who do not have broadband access at home, work or school can download Lion at Apple retail stores.
For those who don't want anything to do with the Mac App Store upgrade, Lion will be made available later this August on a USB thumb drive through the Apple Store for $69 (US). Mac OS X Lion Server requires Lion and is available from the Mac App Store for $49.99 (US).
Lion requires an Intel-based Mac with a Core 2 Duo, i3, i5, i7 or Xeon processor and 2GB of RAM. Lion is an upgrade and can be installed on all your authorized personal Macs.
The OS X Lion Up-to-Date upgrade will be available through the Mac App Store at no additional charge to all customers who purchased a qualifying new Mac system from Apple or an Apple Authorized Reseller on or after June 6, 2011. Users must request their Up-to-Date upgrade within 30 days of purchase of their Mac computer. Customers who purchased a qualifying Mac between June 6, 2011 and July 20, 2011 will have until August 19, 2011 to make a request.
- A Folding Farm PC Made of Lego
- The Core i7 Laptop With Dual 17'' 1080P LCDs
- AMD: Xbox 720 to Have Avatar-level Graphics
- Sorry, No Call of Duty Elite PC Beta After All
- Valve Details Upcoming Improvements for Steam
- Seagate Shipping Pulsar XT.2 Solid State Drive
- Deals July 18: 30% Off HP Envy 17 Core i7 $979
- Ballmer Says Windows 8 Will be Pretty Important
- Windows 8 Will Have Same System Reqs as Win 7
- Deals for July 20: Dell 'Sandy Bridge' PC $399 FS
- ARM to Challenge Intel's Dominance in Notebooks
- Apple Details Q3 Earnings, Has Best Quarter Ever
- Intel Announces Record Quarterly Earnings for Q2
- Linux Receives 20th Birthday Video from Microsoft
- Deals for July 21: 23" Dell Vostro AIO Multitouch $549
- SW: TOR Collector's Edition Will be Jam-Packed
- After Amazing Earnings, is Apple Invincible?
- Acer Heading to Cloud with iGware Acquisition
Wonder how long until people get this to work on Intel and AMD Hackintoshes.
wow, the entire blogesphere had this story plus the release of new Airs, Minis and a screen that costs $949 and Tom's puts just the Lion news online at 12:20PM??? Please, give up on giving us all the news and focus on getting it on time.
3 days from now you'll put up the news that Lion has "Internet Recovery"... I mean this was one of the best blogs on the web, I have been in this industry for over 15 years - I love this blog, but if this doesn't change in the next few months - I'm giving up...
Ok early adopters, test the waters and tell us what you think before the rest of us decide to get into the pool.
Wow, so they aren't distributing a physical copy of it but are still charging the same price? I think they should charge less. Basically, they're just making more money.
I paid $32.67 for a XBOX 360 and my mom got a 17 inch Toshiba laptop for $94.83 being delivered to our house tomorrow by FedEX. I will never again pay expensive retail prices at stores. I even sold a 46 inch HDTV to my boss for $650 and it only cost me $52.78 to get. Here is the website we using to get all this stuff, BidsNew.com
Not quite sure what that has to do with this article...but thank you for that.
??????? That sounds secure. Gotta read up on this one..
Download only, sooo, what happens if the harddrive dies and you have to replace it? Sure, you'll probably take it to an Apple store, and they might replace the whole machine or something (especially if it's a macbook air), but if you only replace the harddrive, how do you get Lion back onto the machine? Do you have to use the restoration USB stick from the version that came with the computer, then re-download the Lion installation, that sounds like too much hassle. They should allow people to download Lion to a USB stick. That way, you can purchase Lion in the Apple store, download it to your own USB stick (no $40 mark up a month from now), and install it at home. That beats lugging-in your MacPro, 28-inch widescreen monitor, keyboard and mouse in to an Apple store just to install the new OS. I mean, really, if you are one of the few companies that uses Macs, would you want to download the new OS to each computer? There must be a friendly way of distributing the new OS. Downloading is the modern method, but that doesn't mean it's the best method for everyone.
No different than re-installing Windows 7 from the upgrade version, but that's Microsoft. I expect Apple to be smarter, why else pay them so much money (for the computer, I wouldn't mind $30 Windows upgrades)?
Not quite sure what that has to do with this article...but thank you for that.
They called it "spam".
Just bring in your hard drive and give your specs to the iStore, they will take care of the rest...or as a typical iUser: just bring your main unit to the iStore and leave mouse, keyboard, display, even power cord, etc at home...
Download only, sooo, what happens if the harddrive dies and you have to replace it? Sure, you'll probably take it to an Apple store, and they might replace the whole machine or something (especially if it's a macbook air), but if you only replace the harddrive, how do you get Lion back onto the machine? Do you have to use the restoration USB stick from the version that came with the computer, then re-download the Lion installation, that sounds like too much hassle. They should allow people to download Lion to a USB stick. That way, you can purchase Lion in the Apple store, download it to your own USB stick (no $40 mark up a month from now), and install it at home. That beats lugging-in your MacPro, 28-inch widescreen monitor, keyboard and mouse in to an Apple store just to install the new OS. I mean, really, if you are one of the few companies that uses Macs, would you want to download the new OS to each computer? There must be a friendly way of distributing the new OS. Downloading is the modern method, but that doesn't mean it's the best method for everyone.No different than re-installing Windows 7 from the upgrade version, but that's Microsoft. I expect Apple to be smarter, why else pay them so much money (for the computer, I wouldn't mind $30 Windows upgrades)?
I purchased the "upgrade only" version of snow leopard for 29.99 when it came out and it installed on a blank hard drive with no problem. Even though the Apple Geniuses said it would not work. maybe this one will be the same.
Just bring in your hard drive and give your specs to the iStore, they will take care of the rest...or as a typical iUser: just bring your main unit to the iStore and leave mouse, keyboard, display, even power cord, etc at home...
I don't like that...I like the download...but let me put it on a disc or thumb drive I can boot from!
??????? That sounds secure. Gotta read up on this one..
Probably including security that's as effective as WEP.
I paid $32.67 for a XBOX 360 and my mom got a 17 inch Toshiba laptop for $94.83 being delivered to our house tomorrow by FedEX. I will never again pay expensive retail prices at stores. I even sold a 46 inch HDTV to my boss for $650 and it only cost me $52.78 to get. Here is the website we using to get all this stuff, BidsNew.com
I imagine the person who reported you spent $0.
[citation] system-wide support for full screen apps;[/citation]
ummm...didn't I once hear that Apple was supposed to be state of the art...because I think windows has had this since like win95...
Probably including security that's as effective as WEP.
Yea, cause you know...WEP is so secure. (I can crack WEP encryption in seconds)
I personally would go with WPA-2, or at least WPA RADIUS if your router is too old for WPA-2. (In addition to using MAC address filtering)
Download only, sooo, what happens if the harddrive dies and you have to replace it? Sure, you'll probably take it to an Apple store, and they might replace the whole machine or something (especially if it's a macbook air), but if you only replace the harddrive, how do you get Lion back onto the machine? Do you have to use the restoration USB stick from the version that came with the computer, then re-download the Lion installation, that sounds like too much hassle. They should allow people to download Lion to a USB stick. That way, you can purchase Lion in the Apple store, download it to your own USB stick (no $40 mark up a month from now), and install it at home. That beats lugging-in your MacPro, 28-inch widescreen monitor, keyboard and mouse in to an Apple store just to install the new OS. I mean, really, if you are one of the few companies that uses Macs, would you want to download the new OS to each computer? There must be a friendly way of distributing the new OS. Downloading is the modern method, but that doesn't mean it's the best method for everyone.No different than re-installing Windows 7 from the upgrade version, but that's Microsoft. I expect Apple to be smarter, why else pay them so much money (for the computer, I wouldn't mind $30 Windows upgrades)?
Cupcake, it's called Internet Recovery - You take your mac with a fresh drive and when you boot with a key combination it will prompt you to connect with Ethernet or over wireless to the internet. It then does it's thing, formats the drive, downloads the OS and installs...
Brilliant - May we please have that in the next version of Windows?
I don't like that...I like the download...but let me put it on a disc or thumb drive I can boot from!
You can create a boot disk - if you look online there are instructions - other blogs of course...
ummm...didn't I once hear that Apple was supposed to be state of the art...because I think windows has had this since like win95...
Full screen mode isn't new to Mac OS.
What's new is that it's unified across the system. Haven't installed Lion yet, but I think the idea is that you can take any app into full screen mode, whether it's designed for it or not.
+ a way of switching between multiple full screen apps.
FU Apple and you app store, not going to put on either my Macs. Release it on a DVD and I will consider it.
And no Apple I am not going to do this. Release it on a Fing DVD.
Creating a Bootable Install Disc for Mac OS X Lion
Download Mac OS X Lion from the Mac App Store
From the Mac OS X Finder, locate the Mac OS X Installation file that was downloaded, right-click, and “Show Package Contents”
Find and open the “SharedSupport” folder and locate a disc image file called “InstallESD.dmg”
Copy “InstallESD.dmg” to your Mac OS X Desktop, this is the Lion disk image and what you’re going to create the bootable DVD from
Now launch Disk Utility (/Applications/Utilities/), pop in a blank DVD, select the “InstallESD.DMG” file, and click on “Burn”
Just priced out a 15 inch Macbook Pro. Look what you get for $2,000!2.0GHz Quad-core Intel Core i74GB 1333MHz DDR3 SDRAM - 2x2GB500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200 rpmSuperDrive 8x (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)MacBook Pro 15-inch Hi-Res Glossy Widescreen Display **STILL NOT 1080****Backlit Keyboard (English) & User's GuideAccessory KitThat's f'ing insane! My wife's laptop was $1,100 (after tax) and was better in every way other than her i5 process last December! Wtf is wrong with the world?!?!
Don't hate them until you've actually tried one.
Yea, cause you know...WEP is so secure. (I can crack WEP encryption in seconds)I personally would go with WPA-2, or at least WPA RADIUS if your router is too old for WPA-2. (In addition to using MAC address filtering)
It was pretty obvious that he was implying their security would be piss poor like WEP. But thank you anyway, Captain Obvious.
Cupcake, it's called Internet Recovery - You take your mac with a fresh drive and when you boot with a key combination it will prompt you to connect with Ethernet or over wireless to the internet. It then does it's thing, formats the drive, downloads the OS and installs... Brilliant - May we please have that in the next version of Windows?
I'd rather be able to quickly retore everything, down to the last program, file, setting, and whatwhosit. You know, via WHS or a myriad of other automatic backup schemes that already exist, local and offsite (though obviously local is preferred for speed in backup and restoration).
...
Cupcake.
GET IN THE CAR ITS A......oh wait never mind.
Downloaded it, using it. Like most software, the initial release is buggy, and it is no different with Lion.
FU Apple and you app store, not going to put on either my Macs. Release it on a DVD and I will consider it.
DVDs aren't on the table right now. But, they are going to release Lion later on USB drives that you can go buy at the store. Problem is, it'll cost $69 instead of $29.
And whats wrong with downloading? The last time I actually owned an operating system on disk was Windows 98. Win XP/Vista/7 & Mac Panther/Tiger/Leo/SnowLeo/Lion I've all downloaded online (legally I might add).
OSX v10.7? So essentially you are spending $30 to get SP7 for OSX. Not sure what the excitement is all about.
OSX v10.7? So essentially you are spending $30 to get SP7 for OSX. Not sure what the excitement is all about.
It's not really a service pack. I mean, I suppose 10.6 and 10.7 were running the same core operating system. But beyond that, it is not really a service pack.
It is comparable to upgrade from Windows Vista to Windows 7, except that upgrade is $100, while this upgrade is $30.
It was pretty obvious that he was implying their security would be piss poor like WEP. But thank you anyway, Captain Obvious.I'd rather be able to quickly retore everything, down to the last program, file, setting, and whatwhosit. You know, via WHS or a myriad of other automatic backup schemes that already exist, local and offsite (though obviously local is preferred for speed in backup and restoration)....Cupcake.
It's called making a Time Machine backup that you can, oh my oh my, quickly restore everything. If you were smart to begin with, you'd make regular backups anyways. ............. Cupcake
It was pretty obvious that he was implying their security would be piss poor like WEP. But thank you anyway, Captain Obvious.I'd rather be able to quickly retore everything, down to the last program, file, setting, and whatwhosit. You know, via WHS or a myriad of other automatic backup schemes that already exist, local and offsite (though obviously local is preferred for speed in backup and restoration)....Cupcake.
As said above, you can use Time Machine to restore everything... If you are wondering how to download it if you have a machine with a brand new unformatted drive - It's called "Internet Recovery"... Please google "Lion Internet Recovery" - Going forward - If you've purchased Lion - you can download it from the EFI boot screen using a key combination and providing wired or wireless access to the web... I want this feature on the next version of Windows kthanks....
Cupcake, it's called Internet Recovery - You take your mac with a fresh drive and when you boot with a key combination it will prompt you to connect with Ethernet or over wireless to the internet. It then does it's thing, formats the drive, downloads the OS and installs... Brilliant - May we please have that in the next version of Windows?
I love how giving people on here the whole story about the OS and how people can download it when they have a catastrophic failure still gets the trolls to give negative feedback... I am left scratching my head why Tom's isn't doing this...
And yes can we please have this innovative feature on Windows soon??
Finally, Glad that Mac is now equal to Windows 95 with full screen - Windows people can own and rejoice in that fact... The reality is that every innovation each company makes in their OS is eventually copied and makes all our lives as consumers better...
Seems solid so far.
Price is great, and a USB version will come in a month or so at ~ double the price. Either way, its still much cheaper than any version of windows.
Few irritations as always, but downloading and upgrading was a breeze. Everything was exactly as i'd left it. All apps, files, favourites etc etc. Only took a few clicks and from start to finish i was done in about an hour.
My machine was obviously the testbed, but it will be pointlessly simple to upgrade the remaining machines.
Only thing i REALLY hate is the new iCal. Already looking if a downgrade is possible.
I heard nothing about it so far anywhere, so I believe it is safe to assume that it has fallen flat on its face.