I need to replace the internal drive in an iMac (I've done this before - on this iMac - without any troubles) but this time (in a dry run) I can't get the iMac to boot from an external recovery ...

One of the best features introduced in Lion (OS X 10.7), and available on every version of OS X since, is OS X Recovery. The OS X installer creates an invisible, bootable, 650MB partition—a portion of ...

If your Recovery HD partition in OS X Lion is missing or not working, then it may be easy to get working with just a few steps. Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, has been a contributing ...

What do you do if you purchased Lion from the Mac App Store, have no installation disc or USB key, and are suddenly faced with a hard drive catastrophe? In lieu of begging Apple for your very own Lion ...

Installing OS X Lion sets up a hidden recovery partition on most systems, but if for some reason this is missing, then there are some options for restoring or otherwise using the functions this ...

A major feature that debuted in Lion (OS X 10.7) and continues in Mountain Lion (OS X 10.8) is one I hope you’ll never need to use: recovery mode, officially called OS X Recovery. (It was called Lion ...