Questions & Answers for OS X Lion (10.7)

Hi Rebecca,

You may not still need this, but I spent hours and hours trying to figure this out. Here's the answer:

1) Open the App Store (if you don't see it, type in "App Store" using Search from top right hand corner)
2) Navigate to Categories from tool bar at top (in the middle, next to Top Charts and Purchased)
3) Now look in top right corner of App Store window and under Quick Links you will see Redeem (this text is gray and hard to see)
4) Click on Redeem
5) Enter code

Hope this help anybody else from wasting as much time as I wasted on this...

• Answered by Colby L from Piedmont
• 13-Apr-2016
• Flag as inappropriate Answer (How to Download Lion 10.7 from the apple store I am currently running Snow Leopard 10.6.8 and want to update to Lion)

Mountain Lion is newer.

Mountain Lion is version 10.8 and Lion is version 10.7. However, Lion is compatible with more older Macs than Mountain Lion.

• Answered by Markus R from Germantown
• 03-Nov-2013
• Flag as inappropriate Answer (What's newer the lion or mountain lion?)

Version 6.1.6 is the latest release on OS X 10.7 (Lion)

• Answered by Brandon A from Achilles
• 30-Jul-2015
• Flag as inappropriate Answer (What version of Safari comes with lion?)

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-May-2015
• Flag as inappropriate Answer (Can I upgrade the mac I currently have? Running 10.5.8)

There are ways to run OS X using an AMD processor, however this is not support or even approved by Apple. Not even 100% sure it's legal.

• Answered by Brandon A from Achilles
• 30-Jul-2015
• Flag as inappropriate Answer (Mac can run in AMD processor or not ?)

no, you must purchase it for about $20. The only free os i think is Yosemite on the Mac App Store

• Answered by Chloe-ann B from St Peters
• 03-Dec-2014
• Flag as inappropriate Answer (is the upgrade from snow leopard to lion free?)

No, upgrading your Operating System does not require you to erase the hard drive. All your files, applications, and settings will be transferred over. Be sure to backup your computer using a external hard drive + Time Machine first, to be safe. Also, verify all of your 3rd party programs that you've downloaded/installed and make sure they are compatible in 10.7 or have updates to make them compatible.

• Answered by Justin M
• 01-May-2015
• Flag as inappropriate Answer (I have snow leopard 10.6.8 and want to download lion 10.7. Do I have to erase by harddrive?)