{"id":9261,"date":"2011-07-11T00:00:01","date_gmt":"2011-07-11T07:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.technightowl.com\/?p=9261"},"modified":"2011-07-10T19:14:06","modified_gmt":"2011-07-11T02:14:06","slug":"newsletter-issue-606-some-mac-users-locked-out-of-lion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.technightowl.live\/blog\/2011\/07\/newsletter-issue-606-some-mac-users-locked-out-of-lion\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsletter Issue #606: Some Mac Users Locked Out of Lion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The latest set of rumors have it that Mac OS X Lion will land in the Mac App Store during the coming week, perhaps on July 14th. Within days, they say, you&#8217;ll also be able to order refreshed versions of the MacBook Air, and perhaps some other Macs in need of an upgrade.<\/p>\n<p>Obviously, Apple hasn\u2019t said so yet. There is just the promise of a July 2011 arrival, and the recent report that a Golden Master seed has become available to registered Apple developers. Even then, there\u2019s no certainty that version will be the one to ship. Last minute problems might result in a revision, if Apple doesn\u2019t decide to just wait for a 10.7.1 to address any lingering bugs.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, it\u2019s a sad fact that a fair number of Mac users will not be able to upgrade to Lion, and therein lies a tale.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Wait! There's more than meets the eye!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.technightowl.live\/newsletter\/2011\/07\/newsletter-issue-606\/#tale\"><strong>Continue Reading\u2026<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The latest set of rumors have it that Mac OS X Lion will land in the Mac App Store during the coming week, perhaps on July 14th. 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