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Question

Ugrading from Mac Lion DP 4 to Retail Lion

by Jun 24, 2011 5:29AM PDT

Hi, I just saw the seed note about not being able to upgrade from DP 4 to retail lion. Does anyone know how to do a clean install without deleting your datas?

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Not me, but I do have a question,
by Forum moderator Jun 24, 2011 10:09AM PDT

You were doing testing of a pre-release version of an OS on your regular machine?

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Lol
by K3V1Nbot Jun 25, 2011 2:41AM PDT

Lol, i use it for developing n work, i only can afford one mac lol

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We only lose what we don't backup.
by Forum moderator Jun 25, 2011 2:50AM PDT

Why not plan as if your hard drive was going to fail during install? Then you are ready.
bob

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Or even
by mrmacfixit Forum moderator Jun 25, 2011 4:39AM PDT

Run the development process from a separate drive or a partition on the Internal

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