A System Running Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.6.6 or later with:
Intel Core 2 or above, 64 bit CPU
Mac App Store Account + $29.99
Internet Access to Download 4GB OS X Lion App through Mac App Store
4GB space available in /Applications
8GB additional free space on your hard drive OR 8GB USB Stick.
Use this Extra from Bronxteck
Use this Smbios.plist
Don't have Snow Leopard yet? Install via this guide from the wiki
Install Guide.
STEP 1: Purchase OS X Lion from the Mac App Store
1. Boot into your existing Snow Leopard installation.
2. Download the OS X Lion App directly from the
Mac App Store - it will automatically open.
3. Click Continue.
4.Target your currently booted Snow Leopard drive and hit Install. This will not install the OS or affect this drive in any way. It will simply install the files necessary to do so later in the process.
5. Click Restart to reboot.
STEP 2
Create 1 Partition 8 GB of size if you want restore to HDD (name it Lion) or 8GB USB Drive if you want to restore to Usb
STEP 3
1. Download
xfail
2. Double-Click xfail, and choose Installer as Destination
WARNING: DO NOT choose existing Snow Leopard as the Destination.
Do not interrupt the process- it will only take a few minutes. When done, you'll have a secondary partition on your drive containing the OS X Lion Installer!
STEP 4
1. Use Champlist to download latest Chameleon.
2. Install Chameleon on your USB stick.
3. Copy your
existing Extra map to your USB Stick.
4. Rename your
com.apple.Boot.plist to org.chameleon.Boot.plist
STEP 5
1. Reboot- at the Chameleon boot screen, choose Installer
2. It will boot directly to a familiar Mac OS X Installer complete with Disk Utility. 3. Install OS X Lion over existing Snow Leopard or onto any empty drive or partition or do a clean install.If you've installed directly over an existing Snow Leopard installation, you're done! You should already have done proper post-installation steps on your existing Snow Leopard drive.
STEP 6
1. Install Chameleon
2. Copy your Extra from your USB Stick to the root of your Hard Drive.
Warning: Use champlist to add arch=i386 or you won't have QE/CI
What works: Almost Everything works expect Bluetooth after sleep.
Credits goes to tonycrapx86 & MacMan for making the base for this guide and xfail
