Thanks Carlo, I was just typing instructions for Adrian, but posted my reply re Stuart’s email first… you have saved me from having to complete my reply to Stuart. Thanks as I also have a couple of clients offlist wanting my attention.
The only thing I will add to your instructions are Adrian might find if he goes to the Mac App Store to re-download Lion install he might receive a message saying Lion is already installed on this Mac (or some such message). Try holding down the Option key while clicking on the Purchased icon? It should re-install right over his current setup giving him the Recovery Partition. Cheers, Ronni On 10/03/2012, at 1:45 PM, cm wrote: > Hi Adrian, > > I was in the exact same position last year after porting Lion from an > external drive to my MacBook Pro internal drive. My notes tell me that I > proceeded as follows: > > Restore Recovery Partition > > After using Carbon Copy Cloner to move Lion install from an external drive to > the internal drive of MacBook Pro, the recovery partition was gone. This > means I could not enable Find My Mac in iCloud settings. To restore the > Recovery Partition, I reinstalled Lion 10.7 from the paid download over the > top of the data and then re-ran the 10.7.2 combo update. > > Cheers, > Carlo > > > On 10/03/2012, at 8:41 , Adrian Skehan wrote: > >> My humble apologies Ronnie, my last reply was done in a hurry and was >> largely a case of going off half cocked. >> >> I checked for the recovery partition as you suggested and as you suspected >> there is not one. This was a bit of a surprise to me; could it have gone >> missing when the HD was replaced a few weeks ago? I am downloading the >> 10.7.3 combo Update and will see if it will restore the partition. >> >> I will be attending a workshop for board members of the NFP charity I have >> been involved with for the last 12 years which will take up a large part of >> the day so I will report back later. >> >> Thanks again! >> >> >> Regards, >> >> >> Adrian >> >> adrianske...@me.com >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On 10/03/2012, at 7:38 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: >> >>> Hi Adrian, >>> >>> You are making it more difficult for me to keep helping, by not including >>> my previous text 'thread' in your replies >>> I have to keep referring back to what I have already sent you. >>> >>> How did you install Lion first? >>> Did you create a Recovery Partition in the initial install? >>> Does your computer only have ONE partition? >>> >>> Sounds like you might not have installed the 'Recovery Partition HD' when >>> you installed Lion. >>> The Recovery HD will only be created if you install Lion on the drive using >>> the Lion installer. Restoring a backup will not create the Recovery HD. >>> >>> The recovery partition is a hidden partition to take the place of the old >>> disks if you need to run diagnostics or repairs. >>> >>> If you cloned, it got wiped out in the process (it will do that because >>> both CCC and SuperDuper can only clone one partition and don't recognize >>> the other because it is hidden). >>> >>> You do need the Recovery Partition HD for the Find My Mac feature to work, >>> also File Vault. >>> >>> To check whether you do or don't have the partition. >>> Restart with the Option key held down - if you are not presented with an >>> option to boot from the recovery partition, you don't have it. >>> >>> If that is the case, you 'might' be able to reinstall Lion without having >>> to Wipe your Drive. >>> But first you could try running the Lion 10.7.3 Combo Update over top of >>> your Lion install and see if that re-creates the Recovery Partition. >>> <http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1484> >>> >>> I will be returning home sometime today, but until then I will be offline >>> again. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Ronni >>> >>> Sent from Ronni's iPad >>> >>> On 09/03/2012, at 3:57 PM, Adrian Skehan <adrianske...@me.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Under Find My Mac it says "Recovery partition required" >>>> >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> >>>> >>>> Adrian >>>> >>>> adrianske...@me.com >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On 09/03/2012, at 3:14 PM, Adrian Skehan wrote: >>>> >>>>> Thanks Ronni! >>>>> >>>>> I am still having the same problem, I have downloaded the Recovery HD >>>>> Update twice but when I try to install it there is a error message that >>>>> says "Lion Recovery Update can't be installed on this disk. An error >>>>> occurred while evaluating the JavaScript for the package" >>>>> >>>>> Regards, >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Adrian >>>>> >>>>> adrianske...@me.com >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 09/03/2012, at 2:54 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi Adrian, >>>>>> >>>>>> The Apple website says that both the WiFi only version, and the 4G >>>>>> version will geotag your photos. >>>>>> >>>>>> I suspect the goetagging is done using WiFi signals, much the same as >>>>>> the "Find My Friend" app does to locate Apple devices with location >>>>>> services turned on. >>>>>> >>>>>> You will need the iPad with WiFi + 3G/4G version in order to navigate >>>>>> with GPS. >>>>>> >>>>>> I use my iPhone to hotspot my iPad regularly, it works like a charm. You >>>>>> just need to watch your Data Download on the iPhone Data Plan. >>>>>> >>>>>> Did my suggestions fix your “Find My Mac” problem? >>>>>> >>>>>> Cheers, >>>>>> Ronni >>>>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
