{"id":14605,"date":"2012-07-26T07:55:48","date_gmt":"2012-07-26T12:55:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/?p=14605"},"modified":"2014-05-22T13:28:59","modified_gmt":"2014-05-22T18:28:59","slug":"lion-no-longer-available","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/14605-lion-no-longer-available\/","title":{"rendered":"Lion No Longer Available"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-14611\" title=\"lion-caged\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/lion-caged.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/lion-caged.jpg 300w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/lion-caged-120x120.jpg 120w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/lion-caged-284x284.jpg 284w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/lion-caged-190x190.jpg 190w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/lion-caged-120x120@2x.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>When Apple released OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion yesterday, it quietly removed the option of purchasing it\u2019s predecessor, 10.7 Lion. This is nothing really new; once a new version of the software is released, older versions generally are no longer sold.<\/p>\n<p>For many, this shouldn\u2019t be much of a problem; you can still go from 10.6.8 (the minimum OS for using the Mac App Store, where you purchase Mountain Lion) right to 10.8 for the same $20 that you\u2019d pay for a 10.7-10.8 upgrade, and it installs the same way.<\/p>\n<p>If your Mac is running an earlier version than 10.6.8, you\u2019ll have to upgrade to that version first &#8211; the trick will be finding a 10.6 installer, as Apple no longer sells this online; though you may have some luck at your local Apple Store or at a reseller.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever the case, if your computer is capable of running Mountain Lion, especially if you\u2019re running 10.6.8 or later, the upgrade path is fairly straightforward.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The problem is that if your Mac is one of the few that were able to run 10.7 Lion but <em>not <\/em>10.8 Mountain Lion (see our <a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/owcpages\/osx-mtnlion\/mac_os_guide.html\">guide for finding out which Macs support which OS versions<\/a>), Apple\u2019s download-only distribution model leaves no way for you to update past 10.6.8 if you haven\u2019t already.<\/p>\n<p>Some users are reporting that if you have purchased Lion for another machine, you can still download it from Apple and install on other machines. Others claim that this no longer works, so your mileage may vary.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, if you <em>have <\/em>upgraded to Lion but can\u2019t go to Mountain Lion, we highly recommend you use Lion Recovery Assistant to make an external recovery disk, just in case something goes wrong and you can\u2019t download Lion any more. A good backup wouldn\u2019t hurt either, but that&#8217;s true for <em>any\u00a0<\/em>system.<\/p>\n<p>Hopefully, Apple will announce an option for late-adopters to upgrade to the latest version of OS X they can run.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Apple released OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion yesterday, it quietly removed the option of purchasing it\u2019s predecessor, 10.7 Lion. This is nothing really new; once a new version of the software is released, older versions generally are no longer sold. 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