I have a MacBook Pro with Lion currently installed, and want to do a clean install for Mountain Lion. I am going to Install Snow Leopard First. But do i install Lion then Mountain Lion or go from Snow Leopard straight to Mountain Lion. Which is best and will there be any difference?
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Clean Install and Mountain Lion
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I just burned the mountain lion DMG to dvd and did a clean install reformatting the drive. What you're doing is an upgrade, not a clean install.
Here's how to get Lion onto a USB drive- you will need at least an 8GB drive: http://www.tuaw.com/2011/08/11/build-your-own-lion-install-usb-thumb-drive-for-cheap/
As stated above you're planning an 'upgrade' install rather than a full, clean install. I 'upgraded' from Leopard to Snow Leopard, had weird problems (Spotlight returning results in Cantonese amongst other things) and went for a clean install. Doing the same with Lion this weekend to try and fix some niggles and strongly recommend it for your installations
As stated above you're planning an 'upgrade' install rather than a full, clean install. I 'upgraded' from Leopard to Snow Leopard, had weird problems (Spotlight returning results in Cantonese amongst other things) and went for a clean install. Doing the same with Lion this weekend to try and fix some niggles and strongly recommend it for your installations