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[soulatrium]

I want to make sure I'm understanding this correctly. Running this app will allow me to install Lion on a computer, even if that computer does not have Snow Leopard on it. Is that correct?

[gossamer88]

Beware: I had a 32GB partitioned thumbdrive that had Snow Leopard installed. When I selected one of the other partitions, it erased the entire drive and made it one partition.

[Dan Frakes]

 soulatrium, on 08 May 2012 - 12:12 PM, said:

I want to make sure I'm understanding this correctly. Running this app will allow me to install Lion on a computer, even if that computer does not have Snow Leopard on it. Is that correct?

No. Lion DiskMaker just makes it easier to create a bootable Lion installer.

To do what you want to do: http://www.macworld....er_leopard.html

[Dan Frakes]

 gossamer88, on 08 May 2012 - 12:41 PM, said:

Beware: I had a 32GB partitioned thumbdrive that had Snow Leopard installed. When I selected one of the other partitions, it erased the entire drive and made it one partition.

I explained that limitation in the article. Also, when you choose a partition of a multiple-partition drive, Lion DiskMaker displays a scary dialog explaining that it will do exactly that.

[Biallystock]

Will the installation actually fit on a 4Gb USB key? Usually OSX Installers work out a little larger.

Is it also possible to modify the installation on a USB disk to include any extra disk utilities and the latest software updaters as an ongoing upgradeable Installer "Master"?

[Dan Frakes]

 Biallystock, on 09 May 2012 - 11:41 AM, said:

Will the installation actually fit on a 4Gb USB key? Usually OSX Installers work out a little larger.

If you use 1.7b1, the beta version, you can use a 4GB thumb drive. Lion DiskMaker can omit non-essential language files in order to get the installer to fit.

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Is it also possible to modify the installation on a USB disk to include any extra disk utilities and the latest software updaters as an ongoing upgradeable Installer "Master"?

You should be able to do this if you use a larger drive.

[BrianKloepfer]

If creating a boot disk with a thumb drive, will you need at least a 8GB drive?

[Petew]

 BrianKloepfer, on 09 May 2012 - 11:51 AM, said:

If creating a boot disk with a thumb drive, will you need at least a 8GB drive?

Yes, use an 8GB thumb drive, If you want to install a few disk utilities make sure you're using a 16GB thumb drive.
Installing more than one utility (say DiskWarrior and TechTool), it will be cramped on an 8GB thumb drive.
I got a 16GB SanDisk Cruzer at RadioShack for $15 a few months ago. Just shop around for your favorite brand.

[Gasport]

Very helpful writeup. Will make the process easier.

A few questions.

I assume we should always have the latest version of OS X 10.7 which was just upgraded to 10.7.4? Should one always update the flash drive to the latest version of the OS?

I purchased my iMac with Lion installed. I also purchased via MAS for several other Macs I own. I just initiated a download of that from MAS as I assume this will be 10.7.4. Is that correct?

I did run the script and manually located the Lion install app as it had found a prior version of the DMG file I had extracted when I did this process manually. The only problem I encountered was an error message at the end saying it could not eject the disk (flash drive). I did check the flash drive and it contained all the relevant files so I am assuming the process worked. I left a note on his web page. It was a simple and smooth process and rather quick. I have sent a link to this article to all my Mac associates.

Thanks again.

[Matt1000]

Note to the developers of this app, if they are reading:

Any time you ask for user input in AppleScript, always wrap it in a timeout with a duration of your choosing so you don't get the default timeout error after a couple of minutes.

with timeout of 9999 seconds
--your input here
end timeout

[peter1044]

I downloaded Lion DiskMaker, but got a message that I have no copy of Mac OS X Lion Install available.

The FAQs for Lion DiskMaker advise: Mac OS X Lion Install is automatically erased after you upgrade from Snow Leopard to Lion. If you need to download it again, open the Mac App Store, open the Purchase page while pressing Option (Alt) key. You'll be able to download Mac OS X Lion Install again.

I tried this twice but do not see Mac OS X Lion Install on the list of purchased software.

[GuillaumeGete]

 Matt1000, on 10 May 2012 - 05:43 AM, said:

Note to the developers of this app, if they are reading:

Any time you ask for user input in AppleScript, always wrap it in a timeout with a duration of your choosing so you don't get the default timeout error after a couple of minutes.

with timeout of 9999 seconds
--your input here
end timeout

Thanks for the comment, the newly released version 1.7 corrects this

[Gasport]

 GuillaumeGete, on 11 May 2012 - 02:45 AM, said:

 Matt1000, on 10 May 2012 - 05:43 AM, said:

Note to the developers of this app, if they are reading:

Any time you ask for user input in AppleScript, always wrap it in a timeout with a duration of your choosing so you don't get the default timeout error after a couple of minutes.

with timeout of 9999 seconds
--your input here
end timeout

Thanks for the comment, the newly released version 1.7 corrects this

Had some problems with the download of the beta yesterday. Tried again today and see the final version was available. Seemed to work but at the end I received an error "Can't get file "private:temp:lionDiskIcons512.png" of <class sdsk> of application "Finder". Option to edit or OK Not sure why but I use better zip and it was opened and trying to extract the .png file. Not sure if this has any effect on the final flash drive's usability.