![]() You’ll also need access to a Mac running Yosemite that includes an existing Recovery HD partition. To create a recovery disk, you need a USB flash drive or an external hard drive that has at least 1GB free space. The simplest solution is to put an external USB drive or SD card into service using the OS X Recovery Disk Assistant. However, if your Mac is not online, or if you’ve upgraded an older Mac to Yosemite, that method won’t work. Type the administrator’s password to confirm changes to the drive. Using Recovery Disk Assistant to create Mac OS X recovery USB drive. Select the USB drive, you want to create recovery system on. ![]() Open Recovery Disk Assistant and accept the license agreement. This recovery system is stored on a hidden partition on your Mac’s hard drive - but what if something happens to your hard drive? Well, if your Mac can’t find the recovery partition but it’s connected to the Internet via either Wi-Fi or a network cable, it’ll start the OS X Internet Recovery Feature. Download the Recovery Disk Assistant from Apple’s website. On itself great, and the price (as usual) is definitely not a reason to not do it (29.99). Start your Mac and hold Command + R to go into recovery mode, from which you can start Disk Utilities, restore from a Time Machine backup, or perform a clean install. Mac OS X Lion is the first version of the Mac OS X Operating System that can be downloaded through the App Store application. OS X 10.7 Lion did away with recovery disks, and these days, Apple provides a built-in recovery system within Yosemite.
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