Can’t access download link for Lion on the official site using Snow Leopard

[meatbrick64]

So I’m fairly new to MacOS, mostly familiar with windows and just recently bought an old A1181 Macbook for cheap to use for iTunes and light productivity. Came with Leopard installed already, upgraded to Snow Leopard with a retail disc. Heard Apple made Lion free to download and thought that was great! However the thing is so out of date that it can’t even load the website to download lion properly, there’s just a box that says “download icon” and it does nothing. Checked for any software updates and for my version (10.6.3) Safari seems to be at its most updated state possible. Not sure what other steps to take, and for my uses it’s been a pain when the old software isn’t compatible with any modern websites or even signing into iTunes since newer versions aren’t supported. Any help would be appreciated, thanks!

 

[meatbrick64]

update: currently downloading Lion, for anyone else possibly needing this:

download Opera version 25, which if you just google “opera version 25” you’ll find an Opera ftp client that allows you to download it. using opera, download the Interweb browser, which is hosted on Github which couldn’t be accessed on the most modern Safari version available on snow leopard, and Opera still can’t properly load the Lion installer site. interweb browser loads the Lion installer site just fine and go from there

 

[Randy B. Singer]

Mac OS 10.7 (Lion) can be downloaded from:

https://support.apple.com/kb/DL2077?locale=en_US

 

[ferrarr]

Update Snow Leopard to 10.6.8 first.

 

[IWT]

Update Snow Leopard to 10.6.8 first.

Bob, I think the OP has already done that?? He/she said:

Came with Leopard installed already, upgraded to Snow Leopard with a retail disc.

Ian

 

[ferrarr]

OP stated,

Checked for any software updates and for my version (10.6.3) Safari seems to be at its most updated state possible.

Just wanted to make sure they whereat 10.6.8

Download Mac OS X 10.6.8 Update v.1.1 - Apple Support

The 10.6.8 update is recommended for all users running Mac OS X Snow Leopard.

support.apple.com

 

[toMACsh]

If I remember correctly, 10.6.8 gives you access to the App Store, which 10.6.3 does not do. Then perhaps newer versions can be downloaded. However, Snow Leopard was better than Lion. In fact, lion was so buggy that Apple quickly came out with Mountain Lion to correct the mess Lion made. On that old Mac, I'd stick with 10.6.8

 

[Randy B. Singer]

On that old Mac, I'd stick with 10.6.8

Snow Leopard was certainly a wonderfully stable release of the Mac OS. However (and I can tell you this from personal experience, I maintain an old Mac in my office running Snow Leopard to retain access to a couple of legacy PPC apps) at this point Snow Leopard isn't a viable everyday OS.

Safari is a mess and it can't be upgraded for Snow Leopard. There are third party Web browsers that you can download that are better, but at this point they are all terribly unreliable too.

Snow Leopard is 13 years old. It's a fossil. On the other hand, I'm not sure how much better Lion is going to be.

 

[pm-r]

However, Snow Leopard was better than Lion. In fact, lion was so buggy that Apple quickly came out with Mountain Lion to correct the mess Lion made. On that old Mac, I'd stick with 10.6.8

+1 !!! I would tend to agree 100%.

- Patrick
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