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On 2011-08-09, at 12:46 AM, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote: > Thought you all might find this important. > > Kawal. > > Sent from my iPhone > > Begin forwarded message: > >> From: Chris Moore <moor...@blueyonder.co.uk> >> Date: 9 August 2011 08:10:32 AM GMT+01:00 >> To: Mobile Access Chat <c...@mobileaccess.org> >> Subject: [M-A] Apple Releases Utility to create USB Key >> Reply-To: Mobile Access Chat <c...@mobileaccess.org> >> >> Apple Releases Utility to Create Lion Recovery USB Key >> >> Apple today released Lion Recovery Disk Assistant, a utility that lets users >> create a Lion recovery partition on an external drive or USB key. Lion >> Recovery lets users "repair disks or reinstall OS X Lion without the need >> for a physical disc." >> >> <Lion-Recovery-Disk-Assistant.jpg> >> To create an external Lion Recovery, download the Lion Recovery Disk >> Assistant application. Insert an external drive, launch the Lion Recovery >> Disk Assistant, select the drive where you would like to install, and follow >> the on screen instructions. >> >> When the Lion Recovery Disk Assistant completes, the new partition will not >> be visible in the Finder or Disk Utility. To access Lion Recovery, reboot >> the computer while holding the Option key. Select Recovery HD from the >> Startup Manager. >> >> Lion Recovery Disk Assistant can be downloaded from Apple's support website. >> >> Apple's knowledge base article about the utility notes that the partition it >> creates has all the same capabilities as the Lion Recovery that is installed >> during a Lion installation. However, this partition could be used in the >> event a user can't start their computer from the Recovery partition or if >> the hard drive is replaced. >> [Users can] reinstall Lion, repair the disk using Disk Utility, restore from >> a Time Machine backup, or browse the web with Safari. This drive can be used >> in the event you cannot start your computer with the built-in Recovery HD, >> or you have replaced the hard drive with a new one that does not have Mac OS >> X installed. >> >> The document has two final notes: >> - If the computer shipped with Lion, the external recovery drive can only be >> used with the system that created it. >> >> - If the system was upgraded from Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard to Lion, the >> external recovery drive can be used with other systems that were upgraded >> from Snow Leopard to Lion. >> >> We had previously reported that in order to do a clean install of Lion, Snow >> Leopard would need to be installed first. With this recovery partition >> creator, there is now an official path to perform a clean install without >> Snow Leopard. Also, this would seem to make the unofficial Lion boot disk >> creator unnecessary. >> >> >> ---------- >> >> * M-A offers email notifications for new podcasts, tutorials, and more! >> http://www.mobileaccess.org/notifications >> * Manage your membership independently at: >> http://My.MobileAccess.org/ >> * List archive is at: >> http://groups.google.com/group/mobileaccess/topics >> * Need help? Send email to: h...@mobileaccess.org >> >> >> Mobile access is managed by Carlos Palomino, Taylor Scott, and Ricardo >> Walker. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
