27" iMac arrived... Missing recovery discs?

[DewGuy]

This Apple Doc will tell you all about using OS X Lion: About Lion Recovery to restore Lion and/or iLife.

This Apple Doc will tell you how make a bootable recovery disk from the current Recovery partition using Lion Recovery Disk Assistant

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mattkime wrote:
[quote=spacescape]
So, how do I recover "if need be" Lion and iLife? Just asking... I don't overly care as long as I'm prepared.

I didn't know until reading this thread, but that doesn't mean i can't make fun of you for it.

I'll install lion eventually. Probably when its cold outside. Iceland has changed mattkime.

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chopper wrote:
Yeah, it's awesome. You have to download the lion recovery program onto a flash drive where it will remain invisible until you need it. Then it will download the 40 trillion gig program via your inet connection.

Everybody! Get to da choppa! (and let him know that Lion includes a built-in recovery partition).

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spacescape wrote:
So, how do I recover "if need be" Lion and iLife? Just asking... I don't overly care as long as I'm prepared.

Apparently Lion-loaded Macs no longer ship with disks.

When you boot holding the Option key, you get the chance to use the Recovery disk, a minimal Lion installation. If that does not work, then a new Lion OS is auto-downloaded from the AppStore (providing you have an internet connection). This process eliminates the need to provide disks, according to Apple. Apple knows best.

[Chakravartin]

Article Accelerator wrote:
[quote=chopper]
Yeah, it's awesome. You have to download the lion recovery program onto a flash drive where it will remain invisible until you need it. Then it will download the 40 trillion gig program via your inet connection.

Everybody! Get to da choppa! (and let him know that Lion includes a built-in recovery partition).
The recovery partition doesn't have all of the files needed to reinstall the OS. It downloads them from the App Store, which means that without a handy DHCP router and a fast Internet connection you're SOL.

Cloning the recovery partition to a flash drive puts you in the same position as running the re-installer from the recovery partition. It has to download files to complete the installation.

Your best option for making a Lion emergency boot/install disk is to download the Lion installer from the App Store and make your bootable flash drive (or burn a DVD) from the InstallESD.dmg file hidden in the installer package. That should contain a complete installer.

[chopper]

I've heard that all of a sudden, and for no warning, hard drives just fail.

And if you have not made your own media to recover, what then?

Look in the box for the DVDs some more?

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chopper wrote:


I've heard that all of a sudden, and for no warning, hard drives just fail.

And if you have not made your own media to recover, what then?

Look in the box for the DVDs some more?

Apple wants you to bring it to the Genius Bar.

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chopper wrote:


I've heard that all of a sudden, and for no warning, hard drives just fail.

That's true, chopper...but at that point, you're solidly into "propeller cap" territory anyway, right?

chopper wrote: Yeah, it's awesome. You have to download the lion recovery program onto a flash drive where it will remain invisible until you need it. Then it will download the 40 trillion gig program via your inet connection.

Try to explain this to someone who just uses a computer as a tool and doesn't even own a propeller cap.