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Mar 8, 2016 6:34 PM in response to Jay3000by Ferd II,Jay,
If Find My Mac is dimmed and you see 'Recovery system update required' - Apple Support explains your options.
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Mar 8, 2016 8:43 PM in response to Ferd IIby Jay3000,Sorry I should have mentioned that I tried this already. The only thing was when I got to the option to restart the computer I didnt see the restart button so I just turbed it off. I dont know if that changed anything but I didnt work. It said it repaired the disk, and then the next step should have been the restart. Any other ideas?
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Mar 8, 2016 8:45 PM in response to Jay3000by Jay3000,Oh and also I was able to do the repair I didn't have to do the extra steps.
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Mar 8, 2016 9:00 PM in response to Jay3000by Cunnla,Your screenshot says "Recovery partition required." Nothing about update. If your OS was restored from a Superduper clone there will be no Recovery partition. To check, use Terminal and type in diskutil list If there is no Apple_Boot Recovery HD in the list, you will have to reinstall the OS to get it.
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Mar 9, 2016 6:36 AM in response to Cunnlaby Jay3000,Can you explain how do find this and do this, sorry I am new to macs.
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Mar 9, 2016 3:23 PM in response to Jay3000by Cunnla,Hi Jay,
First, is your Mac a Mac Pro or a Macbook Pro and is it under warranty? If you go to the Apple logo at top left, select About this Mac / System report / Hardware you will find Model identifier.
Beginning with the OS X 10.7 Lion, there has been a Recovery partition in the OS.
To see this, disconnect any external drives and open the Terminal app, which is in Utilities. To get there, click on your desktop, which takes you to Finder, then on Go in the top menu bar, then Utilities. When you open Terminal, type or paste in Diskutil list (just like that and with a space between the words) and a list will appear of all disks and partitions on you Mac. There should be one called Apple_Boot Recovery HD there.
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Mar 10, 2016 7:09 AM in response to Cunnlaby Jay3000,I am using a Macbook Pro 13inch. Not sure about the warranty I am sure its done.
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Mar 10, 2016 7:38 AM in response to Jay3000by keg55,Jay3000 wrote:
Can you explain how do find this and do this, sorry I am new to macs.
Redownload OS X El Capitan from the App Store and go through the install process. This will write the Recovery HD for you.
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Mar 10, 2016 8:35 AM in response to keg55by Jay3000,So basically just go back in the App store and re download?
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Mar 10, 2016 8:38 AM in response to Jay3000by keg55,Yes. That's the easiest way. Do a back up of your system first. The reinstall will NOT harm your accounts/data or apps. It just installs the OS over itself. Afterwards you will want to run Software Update to reapply any OS X updates.
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Mar 10, 2016 10:07 AM in response to keg55by Jay3000,OK well I just typed in El Capitan tried to download it again when it did it said that it cant be downloaded to "Macintosh HD" It was only one image to chose from.
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Mar 10, 2016 10:10 AM in response to Jay3000by keg55,Check App Store / Purchases. There should be an item there for El Capitan. I'm assuming you previously downloaded it from the App Store Since your 1st post has 10.11.3 as your OS.
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Mar 10, 2016 10:52 AM in response to keg55by Jay3000,Yes there is, it says I downloaded it on the 3rd. Do I click something there?
