Questions & Answers for OS X Lion (10.7)

Office 2011 is compatible with Lion, but 2016 is not. You should still be able to find copies of 2011 on shelves. Not sure if you can still download it from Microsoft's site directly.

You can also use something like Pages or OpenOffice.

• Answered by Glenn B from Grantham
• 9/11/2015
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Mac OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion)

• Answered by Mac A from St Leonards
• 19/05/2015
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You need OS 10.6.8 (latest version of Snow Leopard) in order to download Lion from the App Store. According to Apple, Lion is not available any other method,

• Answered by Breona L from Bethany
• 3/11/2016
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Not by using this method. You must be running 10.6.6 Snow Leopard to be able to run Lion by using this method. This method is a redeemable code for the Mac App Store to where the OS will begin to download immediately.

To get Snow Leopard, you must purchase it the DVD (search "OS X Snow Leopard") from the Apple online store, install it, and then return to this page to buy the Lion upgrade. Please make sure your Mac is able to run Lion before purchasing any software.

I hope this helps.

• Answered by Andrew S from Warren
• 25/10/2013
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Go to 10.7.5. As I understand it. Once you are there you can go to 10.11 - El Capitain for free. Like you, I am stuck on 10.6.8 and seems that in order to continue to get upgrades on software i run i need to upgrade.

I am not a professional computer consultant although I have been using Macs for over 25 years.

Be sure to back up your computer to an external hard drive or cloud service before upgrading. Use the time machine application on your computer to do this. It is very self explanitory.

Good luck.

• Answered by Dean H from Scottsdale
• 9/05/2017
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This is a download. You get an email with an activation code.

• Answered by Kellen R from Lake Forest Park
• 11/02/2014
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yes, installing lion will remove el capitan. i dont recommend going about this by yourself, because if you dont know what youre doing, then you will encounter problems. I did this same thing as well. I wanted to go from yosemite to lion because i couldnt stand yosemite. I did it myself and I encountered many problems. I almost had to have my hard drive replaced. so i went to the apple store and they did it for me. but yes, downgrading is possible but risky.

Make sure you have a backup of everything on an external hard drive or usb.
(I recommend external hard drives like My Passport which can hold up to almost one terabyte, which is more than enough space)

I hope this was of some help to you :)

• Answered by Yasmine P from Burnaby
• 24/01/2016
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Yes, that's the best way to install anything: is on a blank harddrive. Of couse you'll need the OS X Lion install disk and once you slip it into the iMac, the rest is self explanatory. Good luck.

• Answered by Joe B from Or Mind Beach
• 17/04/2016
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Ask an Apple expert if your particular computer can upgrade. My Macbook can only go as far as Lion, as I was told by someone at Apple. If you want to upgrade from Leopard (what you have now) to Lion, first you will have to upgrade to Snow Leopard by buying the discs. Then you can purchase Lion here and download it.

• Answered by Samuel K from San Francisco
• 21/05/2015
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