9/9/2023 0 Comments Os x lion installer![]() ![]() But what happens when your hard drive completely fails, forcing you to replace it with a blank volume that has no recovery partition? Apple has thought about that, per this knowledge base document: All those capabilities are provided regardless of the state of your OS X Lion installation because Lion Recovery resides on a hidden partition as a separate software entity. From there, Apple explains on the Lion Recovery page, you can restore your Mac from a Time Machine backup, run Disk Utility to check, repair or erase your hard drive and run Safari to get help from Apple Support online. After a few moments, you will see a desktop with a Mac OS X menu bar and a “Mac OS X Utilities” application window. If you need to install Lion on another Mac, you can always re-download your purchased copy off Mac App Store free, but what if your hard drive has some issues?Įnter Lion Recovery, a new mode invoked upon holding down Command-R during startup. Apple is now offering the Lion installer on a 8GB USB key for $70, but most folks likely won’t bother with it. Remember yesterday we told you about a new Lion ability to re-install itself over the Internet? Why would it come in handy? Well, as you know Apple distributes Lion exclusively as a Mac App Store download and the new MacBook Airs and Mac minis no longer ship with the USB stick pre-loaded with the OS installer. ![]()
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