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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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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Mar 22, 2012
I give up. I can't find the answer to this. So, I'll just ask and hope.I have a mid-2011 mini that was upgraded to Lion. However, it had a Bootcamp partition running Windows 7.Apparently, whoever upgraded my machine didn't create a recovery boot disk before upgrading.So, I have no recovery partition and apparently no ability to create a recovery boot usb without one.
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Apr 18, 2012
I purchased my macbook Pro just before Lion was released. How do I create a Boot Recovery Disk?
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.2), i7 4 gigs RAM
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May 17, 2012
I have university work I need to complete tomorrow. Machine is a 13" MacBook Pro with Bootcamp and windows 7 installed but the problem is on the Mac partition sequence of events:-I was using MS Word for Mac when it crashed as being unable to write to the disk.I went to utilities and ran a verify permissions - failures were found - one marked as not repairable I ran repair permissions - it repaired all but one I ran verify disk - it said it there was an error which could not be repaired - reformat the drive a restore from backup I have full time machine backup so thought no problem I shut down the machine and restarted using Cmd R and went to disk utilities - no "format disk" option.Browse on internet finds I have to delete the "Macintosh HD" partition - re- create it and restore - ok Find I cannot delete the partition because it cannot unmount the drive - because I have booted from the recovery partition which is on that drive - catch 22 Try to boot from original Snow Leopard disk - LION wont let you do it Read some more on Internet and find I can boot from the Lion Revovery HD on a USB Only way of getting it is to download it or create it using the machine I want to recover - but that machine won't boot in OS X ?...Tried the Lion Internet install but it simply fails with an " error occurred please try again.how I can get a recovery USB written in order to externally boot my Mac and recover it ?
I have available:-
Wifi
USB drives
Time machine backup on external USB drive
IPad
windows available on the MacBook
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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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Feb 10, 2012
Would very much like to know which version of lion will be on my system when I perform the Lion internet recovery. I assume it downloads the latest build so I do not need to update Lion again. I also assume that there will be no difference in Lion version when I perform an erase and install or just an install over the existing installation.
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Apr 14, 2012
My MacBook pro started to throw frequent program crashes. I cannot nail this down to a specific program. I've repaired permissions, checked RAM with remember, even re-installed using internet recovery.
[Crash Report]
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Mar 25, 2012
My Mac Mini froze while using Safari and watching a youtube video, so I restarted the machine by holding down the power button, then on startup I reloaded Safari, and it completely froze again. This time around, I got a kernel panic on boot. I tried booting into single user mode by holding down the shift key, but that still gave me a kernel panic. So I tried using the Lion Internet Recovery mode by holding down command-option-R when booting. The OS showed the Internet Recovery progress bar, but when it completed and the machine rebooted, I got a kernel panic again.
Is there anything else I can try to recover this machine, or do I need to take it into an Apple store to have them fix it? It's a mid-2011 model, so I don't have a DVD drive in it, so I can't use a boot disc, although I guess I could use a bootable USB, but I don't have another machine to create one with.
I figure if it kernel panics from an Internet Recovery, then that takes my hard drive and anything that was installed on it out of the equation. I've also disconnected all external devices, drives, etc, and only have a monitor and keyboard/mouse attached to it, so that rules out any other devices that might be causing problems.
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Macbook Pro 2Ghz, iBook G4 800mhz
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Apr 14, 2012
Bought a used 2011 iMac. Wanted to wipe everything clean from previous user and install lion. After installing lion I went into the recovery mode by pressing apple r, then wiped the harddrive clean, and now am trying to reinstall lion over the internet. At first it was working fine, eta was 90 mins. When it got down to 4 mins it suddenly went back up to 90 mins and has been stuck there for 5 hours. The computer is not frozen since I can move the mouse and everything.
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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May 18, 2012
I just bought an SSD for my MacBook Pro and I am trying to use a Lion recovery installation USB hard drive that I created when Lion was first launched. I have successfully used this drive to install Lion on my old MacBook but I can't actually remember using it for this MacBook Pro.
When I try and do a clean install of Lion on my MacBook Pro with this new SSD, instead of installing from the drive like I have successfully done in the past, it's trying to download a 4.044 GB package from the Internet. I wouldn't mind so much if it wasn't estimating 5-6 hours to download and it's already failed to download twice?
I figure it's downloading it again for few possible reasons.
1. There is a more current installer available than this one I am using so its trying to download a current version.
2. I can't use this installer because it was was created on a different MacBook.
What the reason might Be?
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.1)
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Jun 24, 2014
I have a MacBook Pro running OSX 10.7.2 and it recently stopped booting. Got the gray screen with the folder that has the question mark on it. I have attempted to use Command + R to do a Internet Recovery of the system, but once I get to the Mac OS X Lion screen to select where i want to install OSX, there are no hard drives listed.
So I figure, the hard drive (Hitachi 500GB that came with the Mac) is damaged or not functioning correctly. This doesn't seem to be the case because I can hook it up to a notebook SATA hard drive enclosure, connect it to my other MBP and read all the contents of the drive! This was good news, as i was able to copy off all important data, etc.
Using Disc utility, the partitions check out, and the drive appears to be functioning OK.
Verify and Repair volume “Macintosh HD”
Checking file systemChecking Journaled HFS Plus volume.
Checking extents overflow file.
Checking catalog file.
Checking multi-linked files.
Checking catalog hierarchy.
Checking extended attributes file.
Checking volume bitmap.
Checking volume information.
The volume Macintosh HD appears to be OK.
Volume repair complete.Updating boot support partitions for the volume as required.
I have purchased a replacement hard drive and am waiting for it to arrive in the mail.
My question now is this:
Am I able to do some kind of time machine backup, make an image, or do some kind of target drive restore from this hard drive since it is accessible on my other computer?
I don't mind reloading the operating system on the original MBP, but would really like to avoid the process of setting up all the applications, settings, etc if this drive is in fact functional.
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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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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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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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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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Jun 3, 2012
how can I create Recovery HD partition? MacBook Pro (Late 2011, Mac OS X Lion 10.7.4)
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.4), 2 partitions
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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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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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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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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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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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Dec 3, 2014
I upgraded from Mavericks to Yosemite and now there is no Recovery partition. I used the Mac app store upgrade method.
I've since downloaded the Yosemite installer and put it on a flash drive. Can I use that to reinstall Yosemite?
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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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May 10, 2012
After updating to Lion 10.7.4. the recovery partition is away or not accessible.When i try to start up whit CMD-R my Macbook Air 13" late 2011 goes on the internet.
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May 11, 2012
I would be interested to know if updating, for example, Lion 10.7.2 to 10.7.3, or 10.7.3 to 10.7.4, also updates the System on the Lion Recovery Disk.
I thought I could find out by booting on the Recovery Disk, but there's no "About this Mac" item in this System's Apple menu.
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.4), Core i7, SSD, 12 GB Ram.
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May 12, 2012
i buyed the new macbook pro with lion software 1- why there is no cd comes withet 2-how can i make a recovery cd 3- why lion is not at list of purched software at apple store if apple sale the hardware with that
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.4.7)
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May 15, 2012
I have a Mac Pro 1,1 with 6 GB RAM and a 1 TB HD. After installing Lion, every reboot fails to work properly. Instead of simply booting the machine, it goes into the Recovery Partition and runs Disk Tools. Once in Disk Tools, I Quit, select my HD as the boot drive, and reboot again. THEN it runs the normal System off the HD. It seems a flag of some sort was left turned on that makes the machine thinks it's mid-install.
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Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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Jun 4, 2012
My MacBook Pro is running very slowly in every application. Slow load times, spinning beach balls everywhere, it's ridiculous. I think I should just reinstall Lion, but I am wondering what the best way to do it is. I made a bootable USB of the Lion installation when I installed it the first time, so I could reinstall from that. I could also reinstall from the recovery mode. What I want to know is if either option has an "archive & install" feature like in previous OS versions. I don't really want to reinstall all my software and reset preferences, etc. by just doing a clean install. If I use the recovery HD built into Lion and I do the "clean install" option, does it erase all my data and I have to bring everything back? Or does it just leave my data alone and install a new Lion OS? Does it matter whether I use the recovery HD or my bootable USB version?
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MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2009), Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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Jun 22, 2012
I have a MBP mid-2010, originally with Snow Leopard, but long since running Lion (currently the latest release, 10.7.4). When I installed Lion, I created a recovery partition on the MBP's boot disk. This was about 9 months ago. I now want to run Recovery Disk Assistant to create a recovery partition on an external disk, but when I start Recovery Disk Assistant it says: "Lion recovery could not be created"... because the recovery HD on this computer is damaged or not present...etc.
However, if I open a Terminal and run "Diskutil list", I see:
[Code]....
So, the recovery partition appears to be there. I presume Recovery Disk Assistant thinks it's damanged. However, I can hold down Alt/Option when booting my MBP and I see the recovery partition. I can even boot from the recovery partition and everything works as expected.
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MacBook Pro, mid-2010 MBP running Mac OS 10.7.4
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