Lion recovery mode allows reinstalls via Internet

Lion recovery mode allows reinstalls via Internet

OS X Lion has a special recovery mode which includes the option to reinstall the OS over the Internet, a leaked internal AppleCare document reveals. The mode is invoked by holding down Command-R during boot, and presents users with several options. On a basic level it lets people access online help, or run Disk Utility to scan, repair, partition or even erase volumes. Under dire circumstances a person can restore from a Time Machine backup, or "reinstall Lion over the Internet from AppleÃ*s servers," according to the AppleCare note....

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Oh, ye of little faith! Everyone who cried about how they were going to restore without a physical disc. Did you really think Apple would leave you high and dry?

mymacrox said:

oh, ye of little faith! Everyone who cried about how they were going to restore without a physical disc. Did you really think apple would leave you high and dry?

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amen!

Well now this is weird. I typed that in all-caps, and the forum keeps un-capping it.

And remember, you CAN make a physical DVD or Flash Drive.

dtravis7 said:

And remember, you CAN make a physical DVD or Flash Drive.

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The future is the cloud. Come live there with me!

It's kind of weird. We started out with really powerful (for the time) mainframes shared among a bunch of dummy terminals, then we went to individual computers, and now we're going back to something more like the mainframe and dummy terminal era.

schweb said:

The future is the cloud. Come live there with me!

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I live in my house and find it quite secure and comfortable. Thanks for the invite though!

dtravis7 said:

And remember, you CAN make a physical DVD or Flash Drive.

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dtravis7 said:

I live in my house and find it quite secure and comfortable. Thanks for the invite though!

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Quite old-fashioned.

Only those with their heads in the iCloud are welcome up there!

harryb2448 said:

Only those with their heads in the iCloud are welcome up there!

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What if you live on iCloud 9?

MYmacROX said:

What if you live on iCloud 9?

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Then Google has your soul! Your information also!

Im staying down here. rain on me schweb.

robduckyworth said:

Im staying down here. rain on me schweb.

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Rob, are you sure you want Schweb to rain on you? In that rain will be a mind altering drug that will make you follow Steve Jobs into the clouds!

This is all well and good (and I'm being honest there) but such a method assumes that you have a network connection. While most people have reasonably easy access to the Internet (in the developed world at least), a sizeable portion do not (or at least a good enough connection). This announcement doesn't negate the fact that an optical/USB copy is still the better option.

And before I get 7 responses with links to instructions on how to make a bootable copy, I realize that you can make a local copy that won't depend on a network connection. My point is that Apple should be the ones providing instructions or an 'offline copy'.

Also to make a bootable copy, one needs internet in the first place to download Lion! By Internet I mean at least some decent broadband and not dialup.

And there we have it all the Non-Believers lol Steve once again is looking after us

OO what fun, reinstalling my computer for 15 days!

I still want to rip to a bootable drive...

McYukon said:

OO what fun, reinstalling my computer for 15 days!

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LOL just clicked that you are Back of Bourke with a slow connection . . . . . HAHA see ya in a week or so