![]() ![]() What if I don't have my Lion DMG file anymore? Unlike Apple's official Lion Recovery Disk Assistant all you need is the USB stick to restore Lion - no Internet connection is needed to re-download Lion unlike with Lion Recovery Disk Assistant. Once the bootable USB installer has been created Restart the mac while pressing and holding down the option/ alt key.Lion Disk Maker uses Spotlight to automatically scan your Mac for the Lion-installation file. Open the app and follow the on screen instructions, the mac will ask you which USB you want to use and should locateĬreating the bootable USB installer can take quite a long time so be patient, in my case it took about 45 minutes. ![]() You can also download the slightly older DiskMaker 2.0.2 if version 3.0.4 does not work. scroll down to near the bottom of the page and click on the blue textĭiskMaker X 3.0.4, this will download the app to your mac. This was done by creating a bootable USB installer (use a USB flash drive at least 8GBs in size) I have actually had success installing Mac OS X Lion. Start from the bottom and work your way up. If you ant to view it click on the Desktop and click on Go in the menubarĪnd select Go To Folder, enter the path above and press Go.Ī Finder window will open with the file highlighted. The install log is a hidden file in the hidden path If you want to share your frustration and astonishment at Apples poor quality control you can drop them a line here, It may have been corrupted or tampered with during downloading." UserInfo=0x10055bea0 Oct 11 19:18:17 Metal-Box Install Mac OS X Lion: Stopped operation queue with Error Domain=IAErrorDomain Code=101 "The software could not be verified. Oct 11 19:18:17 Metal-Box Install Mac OS X Lion: pkgdmg validation has failed. Oct 11 19:18:17 Metal-Box Install Mac OS X Lion: pkgdmg is not signed or altered. Oct 11 19:18:17 Metal-Box Install Mac OS X Lion: Error verifying ESD Payload PKG: The operation couldn’t be completed. Oct 11 19:18:15 Metal-Box Install Mac OS X Lion: Retrieved package ( ) In the Install.log you can see the error is being generated within the ESD Payload PKG Not sure if it is going to be easy to find a solution, looks like Apple have released an installer that has got a fundamental flaw. I went into safe mode successfully and repaired some permissions found by disk utility, but afterwards could not succeed going into recovery mode. I also tried using macOS Recovery ( Option + Command + R) to upgrade to the latest compatible version of Mac OS and the computer will not go into recovery mode. The mini is connected to the internet router, although safari is obsolete on the mini, the download came from another computer and copied to the mini. So I am mystified what is happening with no result. The compatibility check at the beginning went instantly and at the end there was no reboot and in-between takes awhile. And I downloaded from apple (above url) and it goes thru all the steps, says successfully loaded, green checkmark, and nothing is changed. The requirements are met (RAM, HD space, current OS, ok processor, too old to ship with Lion). running snow leopard (10.6.8) and want to upgrade to Lion (10.7) which is the last OS upgrade allowed.
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