samer wrote
Due to our internet connection, It would be IMPOSSIBLE to re-install Lion again from App Store! Is there a way i can locate the installation files/image from Finder?
This should be helpful: How to Burn Your Own OS X Lion Install DVD or USB Drive
Thank you for the link!
Unfortunately, I already upgraded to Lion, so I can't bring back the installation DMG :( Do you know if I can use Snow Leopard DVD to restore/recover Lion if I am using Time Machine?
Just downloaded SuperDuper! to make a copy of Macintosh HD (Lion Partition). Incase something went wrong with my Mac, I will create a Snow Leopard Installation, and install SuperDuper!, then restore back the partition...
Lion is driving me CRAZY! :S
Lion driving you crazy? I just installed it today in addition to several applications. It's working pretty good so far.
MrClass wroteLion driving you crazy? I just installed it today in addition to several applications. It's working pretty good so far.
I know everything is working good, EXCEPT Recovery Partition is missing...I can't feel safe when I don't have a suitable solution incase of emergency :/
It took 46 hours for me to download Lion from the App store.
I affirm it is the best os ever and really worth the price and the wait for download
5 days later
5 days later
After using it for 2 weeks, I insist that its so powerful and so productive, especially if you are using the built-in TrackPad or a MagicTrackpad for MultiTouch Gestures.

I managed to solve the Recovery HD partition issue, by downloading a copy from Torrent, since it is almost impossible to leave my MacBook ON for days to download it again from the App Store.

When the download was done, I restored the image on a USB. Then I tested it by installing Snow Leopard as well as making a bootable image of Snow Leopard on external hard disk, then upgraded to Lion on the external hard disk. After noticing that everything is OK, I used the Snow Leopard image to make a clean install on the internal HD by formatting the Hard Disk to 1 Partition. Then I updated Snow Leopard to 10.6.8.1.

Later, I used installed Lion from the USB drive to upgrade the internal Snow Leopard. Everything went GOOD, and it created the Recovery HD partition. After Lion was installed, I used Recovery HD to restore from Time Machine Backup.

Even-thought, I used WinClone to restore the BootCamp partition....

Oh YEAH, I was a LONG way! But I managed to solve the problem :P
Do we need to download it from the AppStore to be able to get the updates?
krazy.fugitive wroteDo we need to download it from the AppStore to be able to get the updates?
Once you have Lion on your machine, you´ll start getting updates regardless of how you installed it.
samer wrote
krazy.fugitive wroteDo we need to download it from the AppStore to be able to get the updates?
Once you have Lion on your machine, you´ll start getting updates regardless of how you installed it.
We hope that we will get the updates via software update. However, Apple released the last updates of iLife not via Software Update, but via App Store. So If someone didn't purchase Lion from Mac App Store, he might not be able to update it + it will be a nightmare to download another 3.5GB using Lebanese Internet Connection :P
8 days later
Had a question, so I thought I'd post it in the this specific topic:
I wanted to downgrade from OS Lion to Snow Leopard, I feel a major loss of speed with the upgrade.
Do you think with the updates things would go better?

Anyway, is downgrading a simple task? Will I loose some of my documents?
Cyril wroteHad a question, so I thought I'd post it in the this specific topic:
I wanted to downgrade from OS Lion to Snow Leopard, I feel a major loss of speed with the upgrade.
Do you think with the updates things would go better?

Anyway, is downgrading a simple task? Will I loose some of my documents?
I think its too early to judge the first release of Lion (10.7), any initial release might have some stability problems. Today Apple released 10.7.1 upgrade, so I advise update Lion to 10.7.1 and see whether the loss of speed remains.

I found that 10.7.1 fixed the memory consumption issue, especially with Safari. At start up, Lion consumes only 1.4GB RAM, before update, it used to consume about 1.8GB. Also, Safari was going memory hungry! reaches about 850MB, now its about 350MB even in Full-Screen Mode. Most of the time I was running low on memory, reaching 10MB Free from 3GB!


If you want to downgrade to Snow Leopard, you need to make a TimeMachine backup, but you need first to format an external drive to Mac OS Extended (Journaled).
Next, bring the Snow Leopard Disk that came with your Mac, and format the existing Lion partition.
When the installation is finished, use Migration assistant to Migrate from a TimeMachine Backup.

This would keep your files as you left them before formatting Lion, but not 100% sure if Migration Assistant will consider a TimeMachine Backup as Lion or as Snow Leopard to restore it (i.e. restoring Lion to Snow Leopard might keep existing Lion features)
I used TimeMachine a lot, but didn't try downgrading to Snow Leopard and restoring files from Lion.
@ AMDeeb: I finished downloading the update this morning, I noticed a small improvement, but I still feel it is slightly slower than Snow Leopard. I ran also Cleanmymac.

Gonna wait a bit more before deciding to downgrade or to keep it.
As you said, it's still quiet early to judge.
a month later
Hell-O guys,

Not sure if this the right place to post coz this is my first time at this forum.

I got a Macbook Air mid 2011(my first mac also) that shipped with Lion, but I screwed the partitions badly (i am sure i did). I tried the following:
- Network recovery (giving me an error, and wont work)
- Normal recovery (partition already deleted)
- all variations of safe boot and PRAM reset and whatever button combinations on start up
- installing Snow leopad to go from there (panic message every time i boot)

The only way still left is to use a bootable Lion USB disk, but i cant get hold of the installesd.dmg file to create that. Any help ?

thanks in advance
So if you plug in the flash memory that came with your machine and hold the alt button during boot, you can't see the lion installer boot partition?
Another fix, which certainly works. You need another mac machine which has lion installed. Use Carbon Copy Cloner to make an image from that mac hdd, then restore the image to your macbook air hdd. I do have such an image with tons of applications installed. The image is about 55GB. If you're interested in getting a copy, PM me.
2 years later
Such an old post, but i really need help.

I have a macbook pro which had mountain lion running. I wanted to try to learn how to install the operating system so i booted and pressed options options plus r and i erased the partition. I had a bootable dvd thinking i can initiate setup just like a PC, Unfortunately it doesn't work this way with mac.

How can i get to install mountain lion again to my machine?
I have a bootable dvd (thats what it says) . No bootable flash drive.

Appreciate your help.
@Xerxes, can you open the disc on PC, see if it has multiple files or just a dmg file?