My pleasure, Adrian and Ronni. Good tip about re-downloading, Ronni. Cheers, Carlo
On 10/03/2012, at 13:57 , Ronda Brown wrote: > 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> -- 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>
