[X4U] New Computer........

[Randy B. Singer]

On Feb 11, 2012, at 8:31 AM, Neil Laubenthal wrote:

>  For machines that ship with it installed . . .I wonder how this  
> works . . .there must be a way to get the actual installer for  
> backup purposes but I don't know what it is.

The Apple provided way to get a copy of Lion if it came pre-installed:

Download Lion Recovery Disk Assistant:
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1433
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4718

To burn a DVD or create a USB Flash drive of OS X 10.7:

Lion Disk Maker, which is a small application programmed with  
AppleScript that you can use with Mac OS X 10.7 to burn a DVD or  
build a bootable USB key from Mac OS X Lion’s Installation program.   
It is superior to Lion Recovery Disk Assistant, above, in that no  
part of the OS needs to be downloaded from Apple.
http://blog.gete.net/lion-diskmaker-us/

Burning a bootable DVD of Lion:
http://macs.about.com/od/macoperatingsystems/qt/Create-A-Bootable- 
Copy-Of-Os-X-Lion.htm?nl=1

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Randy B. Singer
Co-author of The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th, and 6th editions)

Macintosh OS X Routine Maintenance
http://www.macattorney.com/ts.html
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