What's the deal now? no install disks with new computer?

[GGD]

samintx wrote:
Jez Louise! why don't the..y make it complicated. I see the HD icon airnt there either. anyway to put one on the desktop? There is anything on the desktop except the screen saver.S

Seems like to me they apple changes things just to make changes and look diff with no real reason.

From the Finder menu, choose Preferences..., you will then see check-boxes for what should show up on the desktop.

[IronMac]

Didn't we complain about this sort of thing with Windows machines years ago?

[WHiiP]

WE know, Suzanne . . . the PC is SO much easier . . . :villagers:

You need to stay current, NO MATTER what OS you choose. YOU don't stay current, YOU don't read these forums to see what is happening in the Mac world, YOU only post when you run into a problem, which, IF you had stayed current, would NOT be a problem.

The LION scenario has been hashed and re-hashed (NO pun intended) since before LION was released.

KEEP up!

You can do it if you try!


Sending Forum love your way . . . :patriot:

[richorlin]

jdc wrote:
No discs since Lion.



You can always make a DVD or thumb drive, instructions on the Apple site.

Link?

[samintx]

IronMac wrote:
Didn't we complain about this sort of thing with Windows machines years ago?

YES WE DID! I complained when they didn't include BASIC anymore. I loved writing little programs, I have had many complaints over the years with the OS on a PC. Now I hate the new tool bars MSFT has. Bought a neew HP and gave it away because I hated their new "look" which was just arranging the same chairs on the deck. No reason.

[samintx]

well, I have many things going in my life, Whiip. I don't spending getting information I don't need or will forget by the time I need it. I sorta thought that was what the FORUM was for....to answer questions...if it isn't then please pardon me.

AND...for your information I'm not using my PCs anymore. But because I deal with other people/organizations on computers the PC is of great benefit to me and necessary. And I am not a snob about PCs OR macs.

WHiiP wrote:
WE know, Suzanne . . . the PC is SO much easier . . . :villagers:

You need to stay current, NO MATTER what OS you choose. YOU don't stay current, YOU don't read these forums to see what is happening in the Mac world, YOU only post when you run into a problem, which, IF you had stayed current, would NOT be a problem.

The LION scenario has been hashed and re-hashed (NO pun intended) since before LION was released.

KEEP up!

You can do it if you try!


Sending Forum love your way . . . :patriot:

[samintx]

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2389178,00.asp

This is instructions to make your own thumb drive installer. Any comments about its possibilities. The author did it and seems to work.

[ka jowct]

If you don't want to do it yourself, you can buy an Apple thumb drive.

[Cellocorman]

I thought I would toss out there that the software can be reinstalled on recent macs even if the restore partition has also died... through internet recovery. I had to do so about a year ago on my Air... major PITA in practice, and obviously needs an internet connection. Apple did think of total drive failure or replacement... SLOW on even a very fast net connection though.

I have a USB drive sitting ready these days, and would highly recommend it to anyone. Better safe than sorry!

[olnacl]

A little late to the party, but here's a link to a process that I used just a couple days ago to install plain vanilla Lion to my mid 2011 Mini Server. Since my server is set up as a RAID, I can't have a recovery partition and this gave me a restore image on a USB stick (Use 8 GB - won't quite fit on a 4 GB). Worked like a champ.