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These may have been mentioned here before, but here are a bunch of really helpful articles about Lion, with all of the links in one post:
A wiki has been created where you can check if your applications are
Lion-compatible:
App Compatibility Table - RoaringApps
HOW TO: Do a Clean Install of OS X Lion
OS X Lion: How to Do a Clean Install
Review of Lion:
Mac OS X 10.7 Lion: the Ars Technica review
OS X Lion Survival Guide
The OS X Lion Survival Guide
This is a good article about the workings of Lion Recovery.
Hands on with Lion Recovery ( - Software )
"It turns out that when you install Lion, the installer creates an invisible, bootable, 650MB partition--a portion of a drive the operating system treats as a separate volume--on your startup drive called Recovery HD that includes a few essential utilities for fixing problems, restoring files, browsing the Web, and even reinstalling Lion."
"The idea behind recovery mode is that if you ever have problems with your Mac's startup volume, you can boot from Recovery HD and perform some basic troubleshooting procedures without the need for an OS X installation DVD..."
A wiki has been created where you can check if your applications are
Lion-compatible:
App Compatibility Table - RoaringApps
HOW TO: Do a Clean Install of OS X Lion
OS X Lion: How to Do a Clean Install
Review of Lion:
Mac OS X 10.7 Lion: the Ars Technica review
OS X Lion Survival Guide
The OS X Lion Survival Guide
This is a good article about the workings of Lion Recovery.
Hands on with Lion Recovery ( - Software )
"It turns out that when you install Lion, the installer creates an invisible, bootable, 650MB partition--a portion of a drive the operating system treats as a separate volume--on your startup drive called Recovery HD that includes a few essential utilities for fixing problems, restoring files, browsing the Web, and even reinstalling Lion."
"The idea behind recovery mode is that if you ever have problems with your Mac's startup volume, you can boot from Recovery HD and perform some basic troubleshooting procedures without the need for an OS X installation DVD..."