Right-click the installer and choose Show Package Contents. Go to the Applications folder and locate the Install Mac OS X Lion package.Īt this point you can either create the installation disc, or you can copy the installer to a backup location so you can create the installation disc at a later point. When downloaded it will be added to your Dock and Applications folder, but do not proceed with the installation and instead quit the store and close the installer if it has automatically opened.

Purchase and download Lion from the Mac App Store. You can now quit Terminal and eject the volume.After choosing Show Package Contents on the installer, navigate to this folder to locate the InstallESD.dmg image that contains the Lion installation (click for larger view).

When Terminal says that it's done, the volume will have the same name as the installer you downloaded, such as Install macOS Ventura.

After the volume has been erased, you may see an alert stating that Terminal would like to access files on a removable volume.

Terminal shows the progress as the volume is erased.

When prompted, type Y to confirm that you want to erase the volume, then press Return.

Terminal doesn't show any characters as you type.

When prompted, type your administrator password.

If the volume has a different name, replace MyVolume in the command with the name of your volume. Each command assumes that the installer is in your Applications folder, and MyVolume is the name of the USB flash drive or other volume you're using.

Type or paste one of the commands below into Terminal, then press Return to enter the command.

Open Terminal, which is in the Utilities folder of your Applications folder.

Plug in the USB flash drive or other volume that you're using for the bootable installer.

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