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Trying to do a clean install of Lion is possibly the most convoluted, painful and stupid process ever. Apple, this is full of fail.

#1 6:31pm Jul 29th 2011 via web

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@ianbetteridge Can't you just write an install DVD from the InstallESG.dmg and use that?

#2 6:32pm Jul 29th 2011 via Twitter for Mac in reply to ianbetteridge

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@ianbetteridge The key to Lion is that when you find an odd feature, invoke, "But your mother wouldn't want to...."

#3 6:34pm Jul 29th 2011 via Echofon in reply to ianbetteridge

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@ianbetteridge More info? I'm about to try this since my current upgrade-install is buggy. (Planning to vape then use the install partition)

#4 6:35pm Jul 29th 2011 via Echofon in reply to ianbetteridge

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@ianbetteridge What's so fail about it? Burn the disk image to a USB drive/USB key and boot from it.

#5 6:36pm Jul 29th 2011 via Twitter for iPhone in reply to ianbetteridge

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@BodyofBreen Not "odd". "Broken". "Not working". "Full of Fail".

#6 6:37pm Jul 29th 2011 via Twitter for iPhone in reply to BodyofBreen

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@ianbetteridge "But your mother wouldn't want to perform a clean install."

#7 6:38pm Jul 29th 2011 via Echofon in reply to ianbetteridge

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@RichardR That's the "not supported by Apple" method. Try it the way they tell you to. It's utterly broken.

#8 6:39pm Jul 29th 2011 via web in reply to RichardR

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@yoz Do not, for the love of God, try and do it the way Apple tells you to. You'll be there for days. I'm actually in Day Three.

#9 6:39pm Jul 29th 2011 via web in reply to yoz

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@ianbetteridge Jesus. OK. Pointer to "the way Apple tells you to"?

#10 6:40pm Jul 29th 2011 via Echofon in reply to ianbetteridge

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@BodyofBreen My mother wouldn't fix her broken Mac. She'd get me to. And I'd tell her to get a sodding PC at this rate.

#11 6:40pm Jul 29th 2011 via web in reply to BodyofBreen

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@ianbetteridge Hmm, oh well, I did it for all my developer installs, that's all the Lion USB key will be anyway.

#12 6:40pm Jul 29th 2011 via Twitter for iPhone in reply to ianbetteridge

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@yoz support.apple.com/kb/HT4718. Do not do it that way. Do it this way: macworld.com/article/161069…

#13 6:41pm Jul 29th 2011 via web in reply to yoz

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@ianbetteridge "But your mother wouldn't want you to tell her to buy a PC." See, it works for everything! Brilliant.

#14 6:41pm Jul 29th 2011 via Echofon in reply to ianbetteridge

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@BodyofBreen ARGH! ;)

#15 6:45pm Jul 29th 2011 via web in reply to BodyofBreen

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@RichardR There's no disk image with the retail version. Well, there is, but it's hidden because that's not the supported way.

#16 6:45pm Jul 29th 2011 via web in reply to RichardR

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@ianbetteridge Hmm, the GM had it and I've had no problems with it, it works and seems to be technically supported even if not "supported".

#17 6:48pm Jul 29th 2011 via Twitter for iPhone in reply to ianbetteridge

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@RichardR Oh it works if you delve into the installer package (which is deleted after you install once!), dig out the image and burn stuff

#18 6:49pm Jul 29th 2011 via web in reply to RichardR

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@ianbetteridge That's what I did, boot it, wipe the disk in Disk Utility and proceed as normal.

#19 6:50pm Jul 29th 2011 via Twitter for iPhone in reply to ianbetteridge

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@Zoonie @ianbetteridge maybe.... clean installs don't really mean anything anymore. like defragging the hard disk.

#21 7:14pm Jul 29th 2011 via web in reply to Zoonie

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@antimega @Zoonie They do when you install a lot of software - all kinds of stuff gets scattered around

#22 7:22pm Jul 29th 2011 via web in reply to antimega

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@ianbetteridge but that's saving HD space rather than making it quicker. Just being devil's advocate - is it just a habit these days?

#23 7:31pm Jul 29th 2011 via web in reply to ianbetteridge

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@antimega Applications still monkey around in system stuff.

#24 7:32pm Jul 29th 2011 via web in reply to antimega

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