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Where did the SL installer go?

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frenetic

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Feb 11, 2004
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Hi everybody,

I have one question: where did the SL installer go? In the previous OS, there was a file called "install mac os x Lion" in the applications folder. In Snow Lion it is actually still there, but I cannot seem to find something like "install mac os x Snow Lion". Has it been taken out so I need to download a new one if I want to install it again, or on a new computer? Or am I overlooking something?
 
I'm guessing you mean mountain lion.


After installing it it just disappears.

That's how it works now.

If you need to reinstall it you do it from the recovery partition.
 
Peoples.....before you install back up to an 8gb usb drive. Forget the DVD backup as it won't work on single layer 4.7 DVD.
 
Peace said:
I'm guessing you mean mountain lion.
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Of course. sorry, not very awake yet. And way too many obscure cat names :)

So if I understand correctly: after having it installed I cannot put it on a separate USB? Kind of a bummer, especially when in countries with flakey internet connections.
 
frenetic said:
Of course. sorry, not very awake yet. And way too many obscure cat names :)

So if I understand correctly: after having it installed I cannot put it on a separate USB? Kind of a bummer, especially when in countries with flakey internet connections.
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you can redownload it at any time from the MAS under your purchased items, but its best to back it up before you install because it does disappear after installation.
 
frenetic said:
Hi everybody,

I have one question: where did the SL installer go? In the previous OS, there was a file called "install mac os x Lion" in the applications folder. In Snow Lion it is actually still there, but I cannot seem to find something like "install mac os x Snow Lion". Has it been taken out so I need to download a new one if I want to install it again, or on a new computer? Or am I overlooking something?
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If you have a failure you can use the recovery partition on your mac. If you have a catastrophic failure internet recovery will redownload the cat.
 
Thanks, I have just downloaded the ML installer and will make a back up of it on a USB stick, as Jason2811 recommends. I really prefer not to have to depend on an internet connection. Thanks for the tips, everybody!
 
eagandale4114 said:
If you have a failure you can use the recovery partition on your mac. If you have a catastrophic failure internet recovery will redownload the cat.
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Partly true... if Mountain Lion has been installed it will make a new Mountain Lion Recovery HD, and booting from that will DL and install Mountain Lion. But if the whole drive dies and there is no Recovery HD, an Internet Recovery is going to get you Lion and not Mountain Lion.

See this.
 
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