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Mac OS X 10.6.8 hints Apple readying Mac App Store for Lion upgrade

Monday, May 30, 2011 · 9:00 am · 36 Comments

“A third test build of Mac OS X 10.6.8 has surfaced this weekend and produced a discovery confirming Apple’s plans to offer Lion through the Mac App Store,” Electronista reports.

“New notes added for the release mention that it’s intended to ‘enhance’ the store to ‘get your Mac ready to upgrade to Mac OS X Lion,’” Electronista reports.

“Mac users will most likely need 10.6.8 as a minimum requirement to upgrade to Lion through a downloadable copy and will have to buy a disc if using an earlier OS,” Electronista reports.

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36 Comments

S. Balmy

Monday, May 30, 2011 - 9:09 am · Reply

Skipping Lion upgrade … one critical piece of software won’t work … bummer!
- SamLowry
  
  Monday, May 30, 2011 - 9:40 am · Reply
  
  same for me… Rosetta !
  - Maeric
    
    Monday, May 30, 2011 - 11:24 am · Reply
    
    Ditto that
    - jimtiv
      
      Monday, May 30, 2011 - 12:45 pm · Reply
      
      If Rosetta won’t work then I’m gonna have to figure some work arounds… or not upgrade either.
disposableidentity

Monday, May 30, 2011 - 9:33 am · Reply

With that Apple’s whole model could change. How stupid will people (and enterprise) feel paying hundreds for an OS when Apple’s charging $30?
- Robert
  
  Monday, June 20, 2011 - 3:36 am · Reply
  
  yeah…Apple has never charged $$$ for an OS yet alone a dot upgrade release…
TowerTone

Monday, May 30, 2011 - 10:01 am · Reply

Happy Memorial Day!
Thanks to our vets for all you have done and, in turn, allowed us to do.
- silverhawk1
  
  Monday, May 30, 2011 - 3:07 pm · Reply
  
  Thanks TT, from an old Vietnam vet.
- iQuack
  
  Monday, May 30, 2011 - 6:08 pm · Reply
  
  Thank you TT
Bream Rockmetteller

Monday, May 30, 2011 - 10:43 am · Reply

I don’t have any hardware that will run Lion. Good thing that they’re selling a lot of new machines otherwise Lion might not go over very well…
Bream Rockmetteller

Monday, May 30, 2011 - 10:44 am · Reply

Oh yeah, and with an 80kB download speed, that App Store upgrade ain’t gonna happen here anyway.
Mark S.

Monday, May 30, 2011 - 10:53 am · Reply

Since I have to support 10.6.8 and 10.7, I need to keep on all that stuff.
Thank you, TowerTone.
smacsteve

Monday, May 30, 2011 - 11:21 am · Reply

There is no way I’d buy the download version over a DVD option from the retail store.
- Wade
  
  Monday, May 30, 2011 - 11:40 am · Reply
  
  Same here. I want the physical DVD Disc in my hand.
  - jltnol
    
    Monday, May 30, 2011 - 12:16 pm · Reply
    
    What if you could download a copy AND burn it to a DVD? Why wouldn’t this be possible ?
    - ChrissyOne
      
      Monday, May 30, 2011 - 3:42 pm · Reply
      
      It should be. It’s probably just a disc image. Save the plastic, I say.
      - Jacques Cousteau
        
        Monday, May 30, 2011 - 4:58 pm · Reply
        
        “Save the plastic …”
        
        What ever happened to save the whales?
        
        ChrissyOne
        
        Monday, May 30, 2011 - 9:14 pm · Reply
        
        No worries, Jacques – even Americans are capable of saving multiple things at once.
- RDF
  
  Monday, May 30, 2011 - 2:55 pm · Reply
  
  I’m no Luddite but am not sold on all this cloud computing stuff. I NEVER do upgrade and install – only clean installs. With a fairly complex setup I have found it works best.
  Think about the data on an install DVD and add it to the data cap some of us have to deal with. Also, some “broadband” isn’t so speedy ( yes I refer to ConCast- who has seriously throttled the internet in my ‘hood since switching to all digital TV). My cable Internet is slower now than a decade ago when our system was Time-Warner RoadRunner- Xfinity my ass.
  I’ll take a DVD, Thank You, and want to see if Apple has a decent replacement for Front Row. I’ve tried Plex and am less than impressed. Maybe ElGato can whip up a living room FS interface for all iTunes content.
  Losing Rosetta is also BS.
  - peter.s.
    
    Tuesday, May 31, 2011 - 3:41 am · Reply
    
    The DVD version ist old in that moment you buy it. So in most cases you install an out of date version of Lion and you have to start the update process which will replace your clean install entirely. So why not skip step one and install the newest version directly ?
JB

Monday, May 30, 2011 - 11:31 am · Reply

convenient to download Lion wirelessly without having to purchase and install a DVD. Awesome news for me.
RDF

Monday, May 30, 2011 - 11:42 am · Reply

I served from 1982-1990 in the US Army and was fortunate enough to never have to combat.

My Battallion Commander in Germany, the late (Col Retired then a LTC) Robert Howard, Medal of Honor awaredee and legend in the Special Forces, was an amazing soldier and a soft spoken man- the opposite of the Hollywood
image of a warrior. Even after retirement and well into old age he took trips to Iraq & Afghanistan- visiting our Soldiers & Marines in harm’s way. It’s people like Col. Howard I think if on days like this.

To all the men & women who are serving our nation this day and to all who have served- Thank You. To those who have lost family or friends in the service of our nation- Thank You.

Our military secured our independence, has preserved it, and defends it to this very hour. As I write this our troops are serving all over the world in ways & places well known and places few have heard of. They are from every background, race, ethnicity, faith and political viewpoint one can imagine. They are our family, friends & neighbors.
Thanks.
- RDF
  
  Monday, May 30, 2011 - 2:43 pm · Reply
  
  Pardon the mangled post. Auto correct on an iPhone can bite you in the arse.
ChrissyOne

Monday, May 30, 2011 - 3:39 pm · Reply

Happy memorial day everyone, and happy birthday to me!
- Cheers!
  
  Monday, May 30, 2011 - 4:20 pm · Reply
  
  iCal’d !
- Joan Rivers
  
  Monday, May 30, 2011 - 4:55 pm · Reply
  
  And darling, for your age you look simply fantastic! But you know, it’s never too early to think about a little facial enhancement. It’s done wonders for me.
  - ChrissyOne
    
    Monday, May 30, 2011 - 5:16 pm · Reply
    
    Too late, I’ve already seen “Brazil”. o.O
- iQuack
  
  Monday, May 30, 2011 - 6:11 pm · Reply
  
  Happy Birthday! <3
- silverhawk1
  
  Monday, May 30, 2011 - 7:20 pm · Reply
  
  A very happy birthday to you C1! Oh, can you maybe use something else on your site instead of Flash? Just askin’ ya know.
  - ChrissyOne
    
    Monday, May 30, 2011 - 8:33 pm · Reply
    
    You mean the videos? That’s up to YouTube, not me. There isn’t any other Flash in there.
- ChrissyOne
  
  Monday, May 30, 2011 - 8:34 pm · Reply
  
  Thanks everyone!!!
Abdullah

Monday, May 30, 2011 - 8:05 pm · Reply

Happy Memorial Day! Could someone please tell me how to create folders on the iPad 2? Would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance.
- ChrissyOne
  
  Monday, May 30, 2011 - 8:33 pm · Reply
  
  Drag one app on to another.
  - Ballmer's left nut
    
    Tuesday, May 31, 2011 - 8:42 am · Reply
    
    Think of it as app sex.
    - spellman
      
      Tuesday, May 31, 2011 - 8:48 am · Reply
      
      And the automatically created folder is iPad’s way of saying “get a room!”
- Abdullah
  
  Tuesday, May 31, 2011 - 10:50 am · Reply
  
  Thanks, ChrissyOne! Apologies for the late acknowledgement.
  Well, my apps are getting busy in their “rooms” now – must be quite an orgy, eh, spellman and Ballmer’s LN?