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Creating a Mac OS X 10.7 Lion Bootable Flash Drive

Posted by timothy on Thursday July 7, 2011 @07:53AM from the no-you-probably-can't-put-it-on-your-netbook dept.

WankerWeasel writes "With the release of Mac OS X 10.7 Lion this month, Apple will no longer offer a bootable installer DVD and is making 10.7 Lion available only through the App Store. This guide provides quick instructions on how to use the OS X 10.7 Lion installer to create a bootable flash drive (instructions for making a bootable DVD are also included on the blog)."

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Re:Leader, not a follower by Globe199 · 2011-07-07 08:41 · Score: 1, Flamebait

Apple just invented this option. Linux never had it. Apple invented it because I saw in an Apple commercial that it's a cool new feature that they just invented.