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)

I assume you are referring to an iPhone 6s, unfortunately, you can't. You can plug it into your Mac and it will charge, (possibly at a reduced rate), but to use iTunes to sync and back up to your computer, you need iTunes 12.5, which requires OS X 10.9 (Mavericks).

Mavericks or higher should be available as a free upgrade in the App Store in Snow Leopard, but if you are on an unsupported machine, you are out of luck, I'm afraid.

On the other hand, Apple has made it very easy to use the iPhone without requiring a computer, with iCloud. You could opt for, say, 200GB of storage for about three bucks a month which should be more than plenty for your backups, with room to spare for photos, app data, et cetera.

Even if you don't decide to get additional cloud storage, you get a base 5GB for no cost.

• Answered by Ji Young B from Watervliet
• 25-Nov-2017
• Flag as inappropriate Answer (i need to connect my 6s to mac os x version 10.6.8 how can i do this please help)

Yes, Lion 10.7 will work on Macbook 4,1 (Early 2008 White Macbook). I have the exact same Macbook / ram / 10.6.8 as you and have felt increasingly compelled to purchase and install 10.7, mainly for security concerns, as it is still supported by Apple as well as Java security updates, and also 10.7 will run the still-supported Safari 6, unlike 10.6 which is stuck with Safari 5 and it's gaping security holes. Firefox 30 is great but I will also use Safari 6 if I install Lion.

• Answered by Rl B from Shreveport
• 18-Jun-2014
• Flag as inappropriate Answer (Will OS X Lion 10.7 work on my older MacBook4,1.)

Hey. The answer to your question is unfortunately no, as you need at least a Core 2 Duo CPU in your MacBook Pro. However, if you don't already have it, 10.6 Snow Leopard is a totally great OS, or you can also run the latest Windows and Ubuntu versions available. Hope I could help!

• Answered by Charles C from Cedarburg
• 10-Mar-2014
• Flag as inappropriate Answer (I have a MacBook Pro Intel Core Duo. Can I upgrade software to Lion 10.7?)

Mac OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion)

• Answered by Mac A from St Leonards
• 19-May-2015
• Flag as inappropriate Answer (What is the next OSX update after 10.7.5)

VMware Fusion 6 will run on OS X Lion. VMware suggests 10.7.5 or later. VMware Fusion will host Lion as a guest.

• Answered by Vincent D from Portland
• 21-Jan-2014
• Flag as inappropriate Answer (does Lion 10.7 support VMware fusion?)