App Store Question

So now that Apple is all about the app store, does anybody know how the heck you get the programs back onto your hard drive if you have to wipe clean your HD. Also with Lion, how do you do an erase and install if you are downloading the app from the web and there is no install disk to boot from the C drive?

1. I would advise backing up your apps before formatting your hard disk. This problem will be solved long-term by iCloud.

2. Here's how to create a Lion boot disk: [www.cultofmac.com]

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All Apps that you purchase in the App Store are forever linked to your Apple ID. You simply enter your Apple ID and re-download anything that you have purchased in the App Store.

If you purchase a second computer, you can download any apps you previously purchased on another computer with the same Apple ID.

Lion is not yet in final release, so it's too early to state with certainty exactly how you'll be able to restore if the hard drive dies or you need to wipe it and start over. However, since Lion will have been purchased via the App Store, and therefore tied to one's Apple ID, it would seem likely that, at the very least, an install of Snow Leopard (which has the Mac App Store) will allow the re-download of Lion.

And from Macworld:

Lion can troubleshoot and reinstall without a CD

The next time you need to repair your disk or restore your computer from a backup, you won?t need to search for an external boot disk, those old restore CDs, a FireWire cable, or anything, really. In Lion, your computer will have its very own restore partition pre-installed.

The partition?which takes up a measly 600MB or so?is all but invisible, tucked away in a corner of your hard drive until you have need of it. When you hold down the option key while booting your computer, the partition will show up next to your primary partition as Restore HD; click it, and you?ll be brought into recovery mode. Here, you can restore your computer from a Time Machine backup, reinstall Mac OS X, troubleshoot your system using Disk Utility, or get help online by using a built-in version of Safari. You can use the browser to access Apple?s Website, where you can make an appointment to see a Genius if you can?t figure out how to troubleshoot your problem on your own, or any other site on the Web.

[www.macworld.com]

But what happens when the cloud goes down?

- Loren

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Thanks for your words of wisdom! I appreciate it and your time.

Jeff

iRain! lol.


- Loren

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