OS X V10.7 Lion :: No Recovery In 10.7.3 From Factory?

Apr 13, 2012

Using 10.7.3 on a new Mini and trying to use the "recovery" to reset the disk.  Holding down Control - "R" on restart does nothing, goes immediately to normal desktop instead of the Disk Utilities or the RecoveryHD,  I've tried all the combo's I can think of as well as Control - Option - "R", again straight to desktop.  This is a new Mini with OSX 10.7.3 factory installed.  Initial startup seemed to be normal.  Can't find the RecoveryHD....I'm going to take it back and upgrade, so my interest is in erasing anything that would allow access to my data and the applications I installed (only Office).

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Mac mini, Mac OS X (10.7.3)

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MacBook Pro :: Lion Recovery (Command R- Reinstall Lion) Says 148 Hours After Being On For One Day And Over Night?

Jun 13, 2012

I accidently deleted some file on my computer that wouldn't let me start up my MacBook pro, 13 Inch, so I had to press Command- R at start up (brought me to Lion Recovery) and I choose reinstall lion and I started it yesterday morning and all day and over night. It's barely half way through and it says "148 Hours Left" which is crazy.. Should I just wait? is this normal? what do I do?

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MacBook Pro

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OS X V10.7 Lion :: Lion Recovery Disk Erased Mounted Volume?

Mar 26, 2012

Has anyone had this problem: I created a Lion Recovery Disk and it erased mounted volume? Can the data be recovered?

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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3), External USB Disk

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OS X V10.7 Lion :: Way To Factory Reset Macbook Pro Osx

Feb 3, 2012

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OS X V10.7 Lion :: How To Reboot MBP To Factory Settings

Jun 5, 2012

I just bought a MBP 13" from my friend. It has OSX Lion pre-installed on it so theirs no boot disc. I read the instructions online about rebooting but I didn't do it correctly. What I wanna do it get it back to as if the computer was being turned on for the 1st time. I changed the user name to my name, but when I go to the Air Drop section in Finder, his name still pops in that area. I wanna make it so that everything is under my name. Basically, the login user has my name on it. Air Drop has his name and when you go to USER folder, his name is there too. Want to get it so all of it is under my name.

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OS X V10.7 Lion :: Restore To Factory Settings?

Jun 13, 2012

I am selling my macbook pro to purchase a new one soon, and I need to erase all my data and restore it to factory settings?

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OS X V10.7 Lion :: Create Lion Recovery Media Without Internet?

Mar 30, 2012

I have not been able to connect to the AppStore. My internet connection may be too slow or there is some other problem. The Apple helpdesk is less than helpful. They do not assist with connection problems. Result: No AppStore for me. So How do I upgrade to Lion? (The problem started when the Lion USB stick was not yet available) One possible solution is to buy a new MacBook. I may have to, because the one I am using is falling apart. 

So, suppose I have this brand new MacBook and no connection to the AppStore. Is there a way to create a recovery DVD or USB stick from the new MacBook, without buying the official USB stick? 

All articles about Lion recovery assume that you have an internet connection. I have news: not every internet connection counts as an internet connection as far as Apple is concerned. Funny thing is, that all updates to Leopard and Snow Leopard went without problems. 

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MacBook
Pro, Mac OS X (10.7)

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OS X V10.7 Lion :: Mountain Lion DP4 Installer Telling Me I Don't Have A Recovery HD?

Jun 12, 2012

Whenever I try to install the latest preview of Mountain Lion, it says"Some features of OS X Mountain Lion are not supported for the disk "R2iMac". The warning directs me here: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4649 It seems like it'll let me continue, but once it restarted it eventually said the installation failed. The point is I do have a Recovery HD and I don't know what to do about this. Check out my partitions:And here's the error dialouge: Please advise.

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iMac 2.4 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo 24", Mac OS X (10.6.4), 4GB RAM

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OS X V10.7 Lion :: ILife Comes Back When Factory Reset?

Feb 18, 2012

I want to restore my macbook (fall 2009) to its factory built. I've just installed OS X Lion and I now wath I must do for that.So... I do a workshop for Garageband and I've get something like a gift, iLife 2011, from the school. But it was installed from a disc.Now the only that I must now is: when I do the reset, get I then back iLife or not? 

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MacBook, Mac OS X (10.7.3)

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OS X V10.7 Lion :: Restoring MacBookPro To Factory Settings?

Feb 22, 2012

So I recently purchased a MacBook Pro and used Migration Assistant to transfer my files.  I realized after that I should have transfered right at the beginning when I had the chance for Setup Assistant, because I have a lot of files that require permission from my other user account on my old MacBook.  I went to Disk Utilities, and there were two options to "Erase Free Space", some Toshiba thing and Macintosh HD (I am assuming was the hard drive that was transferred).  I pushed "Erase Free Space" and closed down disk utility, but it looks like it didn't delete my hard drive because all the applications and files are still there.  I am now reinstalling OS X Lion hoping it will bring me back to that first screen where it askes if i want to transfer from another computer.  Am I doing this right? I feel like I'm gonna mess something up and i've already wasted 5 hours already trying to fix my primary mistake of using Migration. 

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Intel Mac :: Restore Os X Lion To Factory Settings?

Mar 25, 2012

I need to know how to restore Os X Lion to Default Settings?

Info:iMac (27-inch Mid 2011), Mac OS X (10.7.3)

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OS X V10.7 Lion :: How To Reset Mail App To Factory Settings

Apr 2, 2012

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MacBookPro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)

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OS X V10.7 Lion :: Restore MacBook Pro To Its Factory Settings?

Apr 14, 2012

I am trying to restore my MacBook Pro to its Factory Settings.All data was erased and tried to reinstall the Lion. When my apple ID and password were entered.The following message came out: "This Apple ID has not yet been used in iTune Store" I was not allowed to reinstall the Lion. Yes I did not buy anything in the iTune Store.how can I reinstall the Lion. 

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Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)

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OS X V10.7 Lion :: How To Restore To Factory Setting Without Install DVD

May 2, 2012

How to restore fresh from factory setting w/o install DVD?

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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)

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Mac Mini :: How To Restore OS X Lion To Factory Setting

May 7, 2012

I have a mac mini 2011 with os x lion installed right out the box I just wanted to know if this is the right way to restore it to factory settings. (click on link below) As if you opened it right out the box.

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Mac mini, Mac OS X (10.7.3)

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OS X V10.7 Lion :: Reset Imac To Factory Settings?

May 20, 2012

I have a 27"imac which is 3 months old, purchased new from an Apple store.  I have purchased a 15" macbook pro as well.  The imac is not being used so I want to reset it back to factory settings wipe all personal and keychain data so I can sell it.

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Intel Mac :: How To Restore Lion To Factory Settings

May 31, 2012

i bought a imac 21.5 and it came with lion already installed without discs. How do i restore lion to factory settings?

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Jun 1, 2014

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Mac Pro :: No Recovery Partition - How To Make USB Recovery Boot Drive

Sep 12, 2014

I'm on a 2008 model Mac Pro 8-core system for work.  For whatever reason it doesn't have a recovery partition.  I read that if I don't have a recovery partition, I can't make a recovery USB bootable drive....so how do I make one?  And no, I cannot reinstall the OS on here, that would be beyond detrimental to what's going on here.  (too many details to get into) 

Alternatively, can I make one with my 10.8.5 MacbookPro at home and run it here on my Lion system? 

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MacBook Pro :: Restore Lion To Original Factory Settings?

Apr 5, 2012

Early 2011 15" MBP with Lion (purchased new July 22, 2012). I had a two year old MBP running Snow Leopard then upgraded to Lion. The computer got flooded. I took out the hard drive and put it in a portable hard drive case and used it to restore my new MBP running Lion. It seemed to go very smooth and very easy. I am not a very knowledgable computer person, I use the computer for Photoshop, iTunes and email and just barely know not to turn it off with the on/off button! I keep noticing that I have two of many things in the computer, like library, multiple systems and multiple hard drives. I also get conflicting amounts of free hard drive space. I feel that I mistakenly copied too much stuff. I have backed up my files onto a fire wire hard drive. I want to "push a button" and have the computer  go back to the way it was the day I bought it. This time, I will take the time and move the files and programs manually (there are not that many). I am affraid a typical restore from Time Machine will only bring back the problems I am trying to get away from.

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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)

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Intel Mac :: Lion OSX Want To Reset Terminal To Factory Settings?

Apr 30, 2012

Lion OSX want to reset Terminal to Factory Settings but I can't find the terminal.plist file in Library. 

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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3)

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Intel Mac :: Restore New Mac To Factory Settings Without Having To Re-install Lion?

Jun 9, 2012

I had to interrupt the migration assistant and it seems that some of my applications and documents are incomplete (files missing/broken) I have heard the best way to solve this problem is to restore the macs factory settings, then start the migration assistant over again. What is the best way to do this?

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iMac (27-inch Mid 2011), Mac OS X (10.7.4)

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OS X V10.7 Lion :: Removed Lion Recovery Partition?

Mar 13, 2012

I have removed the Lion Recovery partition and shat should I do now to get that back again?

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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.2)

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OS X V10.7 Lion :: Recovery HD Partition Is Gone?

Feb 26, 2012

I had to reinstall everything from a time machine backup yesterday and now my recovery hd partition is gone. Everything is working ok but i would like to know what happened to the recovery disk Also i was wondering if i could reinstall my apps from a time machine backup if i had to reinstall lion from internet reinstall

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MacBook Air, Mac OS X (10.7.1)

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OS X V10.7 :: Can't Install Lion Recovery

Mar 17, 2012

Anyway when I came to install this on my selected partition (Macintosh HD) I was presented with the following error "Lion recovery update cannot be installed on this disk. An error occurred while evaluating JavaScript for the package"

Info:MacBookPro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)

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OS X V10.7 Lion :: HD Backup From Recovery?

Mar 28, 2012

woke up this morning to a software update, go to restart for the big osx update and the load bar gets about an eighth of the way home and freezes, disappears and then the computer powers down. happens consistently for the next 10 minutes or so, so i get into recovery mode>disk utility, HD wont verify, go to repair it and theres another error. Can I backup onto an external HD from disk utility in recovery mode or will it not let me?

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MacBook Pro (15-inch 2.4/2.2 GHz), Mac OS X (10.7.2)

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Using Lion Internet Recovery On New Mac Pro

May 10, 2012

I have a Mac Pro that I purchased in February 2012, and I'm selling it because the printing sub-system on a Mac is terrible.  Won't go into details here -- suffice to say I've spent these past 3 months going round-and-round with printing issues, and I'm tired of dealing with it.Since I'm selling it, I wanted to erase everything and re-set it all back to factory specs.I had two partitions on there, the original Mac partition, and a BootCamp partition.  Booting up using Command+R and selecting Disk Utility wouldn't let me erase those partitions and create a single new partition Kept giving me a Cannot Unmount Disk error. So I used a partition manager on The Ultimate Boot CD to erase the paritions on my Mac's HDD..Figured I would then use Internet Recovery to re-load everything on there. Don't really care if it takes a few hours to download.But Internet Recovery is not working..I hold Command+R or Command+Option+R and they both do the same thing -- a blinking folder with a question-mark in the midddle of it.

And the only thing I can find that will let me try using an external disk to boot with is something called Lion Recovery Disk Assistant -- but I can't use that because it requires a functioning Mac with a Recovery Partition.So how do I get this stupid thing to boot up to the Internet Recovery mode? I need to get it ready to ship later today. 

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Mac Pro (Mid 2010), Mac OS X (10.7.3)

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OS X V10.7 Lion :: Recovery Installation Of OS?

May 23, 2012

I need to reinstall lion OS from recovery, but when I start the computer holding the option key down it doesn't take me to the recovery program.

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Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.1)

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OS X V10.7 Lion :: Why Are There Not Password On Recovery Mode

Mar 22, 2012

I think it is pretty unsafe to not have a password befor entering the recovery mode.Since one can reset passwords on even admin accounts how come there are no password requiret before entering Recovery mode? It is completly idiotic and totaly unsafe and an easy ways for f.i thiefs to wipe the computer for data.

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OS X V10.7 Lion :: Create A Dvd/cd Recovery Disk Instead Usb?

May 5, 2012

How i can create a dvd/cd recovery disk instead usb?

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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)

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