How to Create a Mac OS X Recovery Disk

1. How do I make a recovery disk for Mac OS X?
2. How do I create a bootable Mac OS X drive?
3. How do I create a recovery disk for High Sierra Mac?
4. How do I boot my Mac into recovery mode?
5. How do I get an older version of OSX?
6. How do I make a disk bootable?
7. How do I install OSX on a new SSD?
8. What is the latest OS for Mac?
9. Why doesn't my Mac have a recovery partition?
10. Does my Mac have a recovery partition?
11. Where is Recovery Disk Assistant on Mac?

How do I make a recovery disk for Mac OS X?

Making Your Own Emergency OS X USB Drive

1. Connect a hard drive or USB drive to your computer. ...
2. Open the Recovery Disk Assistant application. ...
3. Accept the license agreement. ...
4. Select the disk and then click Continue.
5. Authenticate with your administrator username and password.

How do I create a bootable Mac OS X drive?

Download the macOS Sierra installer and Disk Creator.

1. Insert an 8GB (or larger) flash drive. ...
2. Open Disc Creator and click the “Select the OS X Installer” button.
3. Find the Sierra installer file. ...
4. Select your flash drive from the drop-down menu.
5. Click “Create Installer.”

How do I create a recovery disk for High Sierra Mac?

Then follow these steps to create your bootable macOS High Sierra drive.

1. Connect your drive to your Mac. It's OK if it's not formatted as a Mac drive. ...
2. Launch Install Disk Creator.
3. In the main window, you'll see a pop-up menu under “Select the volume to become the installer.” Click on the menu and select your drive.

How do I boot my Mac into recovery mode?

How to start Mac in Recovery Mode

1. Click on Apple logo at the top left of the screen.
2. Select Restart.
3. Immediately hold down the Command and R keys until you see an Apple logo or spinning globe. ...
4. Eventually your Mac will show the Recovery Mode Utilities window with the following options:

How do I get an older version of OSX?

How to download older Mac OS X versions via the App Store

1. Click the App Store icon.
2. Click Purchases in the top menu.
3. Scroll down to find the preferred OS X version.
4. Click Download.

How do I make a disk bootable?

Create a bootable USB with external tools

1. Open the program with a double-click.
2. Select your USB drive in “Device”
3. Select “Create a bootable disk using” and the option “ISO Image”
4. Right-click on the CD-ROM symbol and select the ISO file.
5. Under “New volume label”, you can enter whatever name you like for your USB drive.

How do I install OSX on a new SSD?

The way I successfully did it was:

1. Connect SSD via SATA cable to a Mac. ...
2. Disc Utility - Erase SSD, then partition SSD and give it a name.
3. Insert flash drive with bootable OS ( icon appears on desktop)
4. Click on OS icon. ...
5. Click on new SSD and install.
6. When cooked, remove SSD from Mac and insert into mac mini.

What is the latest OS for Mac?

Which macOS version is the latest?

Why doesn't my Mac have a recovery partition?

If your Mac is missing a Recovery partition, then you may be able to restore it, by resetting your PRAM. To reset the PRAM, restart your Mac while holding down the 'Command+Option+P+R' keys until you hear macOS' distinctive startup chimes for a second time.

Does my Mac have a recovery partition?

Every Mac released since 2011 has a built-in Recovery partition. This is a separate section of your hard drive that you can boot into if you need to repair or reinstall the operating system on your Mac.

Where is Recovery Disk Assistant on Mac?

How to use Apple's Lion Recovery Disk Assistant

1. Open Disk Utility (located under Applications > Utilities).
2. Select the USB drive, then select the Partition tab.
3. Click on the + sign, adding a partition to the drive.
4. Name the new partition "Recovery HD."
5. Set the format to Max OS Extended (Journaled).
6. Give the partition a size of at least 1GB.
7. Click Apply.