HT206567: About the security content of OS X El Capitan v10.11.5 and Security Update 2016-003

Learn about About the security content of OS X El Capitan v10.11.5 and Security Update 2016-003
dblel
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Q: REMOVE ROOTLESS FROM EL CAPITAN 10.11.5

installed 10.11.5 today.. but could NOT access El Capitan's Recovery partition to temporarily REMOVE Rootless!  Only previous OS Yosemite Recovery Partition..

Thank you.. Hope you can Help?

Posted on Jun 15, 2016 4:55 PM

by dblel,Solvedanswer
dblel dblel
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A:

to answer your query.. no room for 10.11.5 Rec-Part.. not true But what I finally did DO..

was to take a 32GB usb flash drive, and INSTALL 10.11.5 on it.. and BEHOLD.. there was

the 10.11.5 Recovery Partition.. and Finally able to use - -> " csrutil status "

I wanted to send you a PNG graphic of the Boot Screen I installed using BootXChanger

on El Capitan.. which shows a Graphic of me (w/magnifying glass) and Pressing a keboard

below.. and another Graphic below it of a SanDisk USB Flash drive - it boots Great.. of course

I must say that using a USB, rather than HD.. it's a bit slow.. even when I use it on my macmini

(2012) w/16GB-ram.. But HEY it works!  Thanks again..LL

Posted on Jun 17, 2016 9:31 PM

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  • by Kurt Lang,

    Kurt Lang Kurt Lang Jun 21, 2016 1:18 PM in response to dblel
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    Jun 21, 2016 1:18 PM in response to dblel

    Sorry, screwed up what was installed where.

     

    I give up, too.

  • by dblel,

    dblel dblel Jun 22, 2016 2:46 PM in response to Kurt Lang
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    Jun 22, 2016 2:46 PM in response to Kurt Lang

    Jun-22-16 Hello again Kurt;

    I had to let you know I found a solution I learned from OSXDaily.com.. by 1st using terminal to access from ~/Downloads

    it's a recovery trick using recover.sh(found on OSXDaily-recovery.sh.zip) this made a 650mb partition for me, on my

    mac mini w/16GB ram.. I then used my USB version of OS X 10.11.5 - where I copied all files from the Recovery Partition

    on THAT USB drive.. copying the folder - " com.apple.recovery.boot " to my NEW 650MB extended-journaled Partition

    I then Rebooted my Mac Mini w/16GB ram.. (I'm using a BOOT Manager called " rEFInd " rather than using Option key)

    on THAT BOOT Manager I can see all my partitions as icons.. including Recovery Partitions.. That I could NOT see

    using the Option Key method - I clicked on the NEW corrected Partition.. and VOILA! there it was!!

    By the way.. I'm writing you from OS X 10.11.5 EL Capitan - Thanks for all your input.. LL

    PS.. Hope this helps some other folks too!

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