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Recovery Partition OSX version

 

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Anyone know how to ensure the OSX version of the Recovery Partition is the same as the current boot drive version? or how to update it so that it IS?
I recently tried to do a security update that failed, and the Recovery Partition was not even bootable (I had previously upgraded to Sierra some time ago). I ended up having to wipe and restore from a TimeMachine backup (done just before update attempt) as my so-called bootable clone turned out to not be bootable either! (Should have double checked that too... perhaps use the other cloning app next time [ I have both SuperDuper and CCC; don¡¯t recall which I had used in that instance.].

JR
 

On Oct 31, 2019, JR wrote:
I ended up having to wipe and?restore from a TimeMachine?backup (done just?before update?attempt) as my so-called?bootable clone turned out to not be?bootable either! (Should?have double checked that too... perhaps?use the other?cloning?app next time [ I have both SuperDuper and?CCC; don¡¯t recall?which I?had used in that instance.].

I subscribe to the philosophical point of view that says that you only *think* that?you have created a bootable clone until you ACTUALLY boot from it successfully.
I try to remember to do that every time.

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Jim Saklad
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On Oct 31, 2019, at 2:45 PM, JR via Groups.Io wrote:

Anyone know how to ensure the OSX version of the Recovery Partition is the same as the current boot drive version?
Check out these utilities:

Apple's OS X Recovery Disk Assistant (free)


Create Recovery Partition Installer (free)


Recovery Partition (free)


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Randy B. Singer
Co-author of The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th, and 6th editions)

Macintosh OS X Routine Maintenance

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Only Apple¡¯s Recovery Disk Assistant still seems to be available and working.

The GitHub tool stopped at 10.13 and has been archived.

The Silvertooth tool leads to a 404 error, but the following link gets you to the software¡¯s page:?

It looks like most of the software hasn¡¯t been updated since 2016.

Christopher

On 1 Nov 2019, at 12:01 pm, Randy B. Singer <randy@...> wrote:


On Oct 31, 2019, at 2:45 PM, JR via Groups.Io wrote:

Anyone know how to ensure the OSX version of the Recovery Partition is the same as the current boot drive version?

Check out these utilities:

Apple's OS X Recovery Disk Assistant (free)


Create Recovery Partition Installer (free)
https://github.com/MagerValp/Create-Recovery-Partition-Installer

Recovery Partition (free)
http://musings.silvertooth.us/index.php/2016/10/05/recovery-partition-4-0-4/

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Randy B. Singer

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