jacko198
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Registered: 1st Mar 07
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So im on OSX 10.5.8 Leopard at the moment. I want to get to Lion 10.7.
Whats the easiest and cheepest way to do it? Could i download 10.7 off a torrent for example and just run that?
Or am i going to have to spend £15 to buy snow leopard and then £15 to download Lion?
Not the most technical guy in the world either so as simple as possible please!
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Russ
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Registered: 14th Mar 04
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torrent to 10.8, free upgrade to .9
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jacko198
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Registered: 1st Mar 07
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Old macbook though so 10.7 is as high as i can go 
Would that work for example?
http://isohunt.to/torrent_details/6722970/Mac-OSX-Lion-10-7-3-Retail-dmg
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LeeM
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Registered: 26th Sep 05
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got an apple store near you? I've heard of them giving the disks away if you say you're trying to upload to 10.7 but can't seem to find the app store, play dumb and they may give you the disk to get there
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Dom
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Use a retail (make sure it is retail) image and backup your stuff beforehand. And make sure you have you old 10.5 discs to hand.
Alternatively, purchase a 10.7 USB drive from eBay (seen them go for £6-10) or similar. Or try and blag a copy as Lee said.
I'd go down the official route first before hunting down a OSX retail image just incase the using an internet image causes your Mac to self destruct etc.
[Edited on 05-11-2013 by Dom]
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evilrob
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I've got a legit Lion disk - can make you a "guaranteed to not be full of computer AIDS" bootable USB if you provide the drive. (8Gb)
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