Hello Stuart, Lion is OS X 10.7 ?... Snow Leopard is OS X 10.6 You are upgrading from Snow Leopard OS X 10.6.8 aren't you?
Are you sure the Lion Installer completely downloaded? The system places the Lion installer automatically in the Applications folder after the download is completed. Check in your Applications folder, the Lion Installer icon should be there. Double click the Lion icon in your Applications to begin the Install. A window appears with just one button: Continue. Click it! The Software License Agreement appears next; click Agree, and then click Agree again in the confirmation dialogue to proceed. If the Lion Installer didn't fully download, or the file was damaged. You will need to delete the Installer, open the Mac App Store application, click Purchased, and download it again. Cheers, Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPad4 On 02/06/2013, at 7:00 PM, Stuart Breden <bred...@highway1.biz> wrote: > Ronni, I found the hidden items that I had purchased including OS 10.6 > (Lion). I followed your instruction meticulously and got someone who is more > IT savvy than me to help. > > The OS 10.6 (Lion) file from the App Store began to download and at the end > come up with "An error occurred while preparing this installation. Try > running the application again." > > What next? > > Stuart Breden > PO Box 132 > Kalamunda WA 6926 > Ph: (08) 9257 1577 > Mbl: 0417 053 266 > > Please consider the environment before printing this email > > > On 01/06/2013, at 7:03 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: > >> Yes it is the same for Lion & Mountain Lion. >> But if you Re updating from Snow Leopard to Lion, make sure you have done >> the preparation and checked that all your applications etc. are compatible >> with Lion. >> >> My tutorial explaining how to prepare for and install and what to do after >> installing Lion can be downloaded at the link below. >> "The PDF below “Prepare for Lion” explains what you need to do to get your >> Mac ready for Lion. How to check your Mac can run Lion, the amount of RAM & >> free Hard Drive space required, and application ‘kind’ that will work in >> Lion. How to ‘clean up your computer’ and the correct way to install Lion. >> Then explains what to do after Lion has completed installation and the >> computer reboots into Lion." >> I would much appreciate a donation if you do download the tutorial. >> >> <http://ronnibrown.net/tutorials/prepare-for-lion-os-x-107/index.html> >> >> Cheers, >> Ronni >> Sent from Ronni's iPad4 >> >> On 01/06/2013, at 6:37 PM, Stuart Breden <bred...@highway1.biz> wrote: >> >>> Ronni, I'm wanting to initially to install Lion but the link about creating >>> a bootable DVD for Mountain Lion is probably the same. Thanks. >>> >>> Stuart Breden >>> PO Box 132 >>> Kalamunda WA 6926 >>> Ph: (08) 9257 1577 >>> Mbl: 0417 053 266 >>> >>> Please consider the environment before printing this email >>> >>> >>> On 01/06/2013, at 9:56 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Stuart, >>>> >>>> Did you create a bootable DVD of the Mountain Lion's InstallESD.dmg file? >>>> I'm not near my computer to send you my instructions for upgrading to >>>> Mountain Lion and what to do after upgrading. And how to create a Bootable >>>> thumb drive or DVD of the ML Installer. >>>> >>>> But these instructions explain how to create a bootable DVD of the ML >>>> InstallESD.dmg >>>> >>>> <http://macs.about.com/od/macoperatingsystems/ss/Create-Bootable-Copies-Of-The-Os-X-Mountain-Lion-Installer_2.htm> >>>> >>>> <http://macs.about.com/od/macoperatingsystems/ss/Create-Bootable-Copies-Of-The-Os-X-Mountain-Lion-Installer_3.htm> >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> Ronni >>>> Sent from Ronni's iPad4 >>>> >>>> On 01/06/2013, at 7:51 AM, Stuart Breden <bred...@highway1.biz> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Good morning. A bit nippy? Just like when I was at boarding school in >>>>> Warwick Queensland when we got snow in the air but not on the ground. >>>>> >>>>> Two questions about upgrading to Lion. >>>>> >>>>> I purchased Lion from the application store and burnt it onto a DVD. >>>>> >>>>> When I try to install Lion from the DVD I get an error message "An error >>>>> occurred while preparing this installation. Try running the application >>>>> again." Any suggestions? >>>>> >>>>> The other thing is that I've lost my purchase of Lion from my account in >>>>> the App Store. How can I get it back? >>>>> Stuart Breden >>>>> PO Box 132 >>>>> Kalamunda WA 6926 >>>>> Ph: (08) 9257 1577 >>>>> Mbl: 0417 053 266 >>>>> >>
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