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"Recovery system update required." for Find My Mac -- after already updated!

I've run the latest round of updates on My 2011 MacBook Pro, and I have run into a snag with the new iCloud control panel.

I want to enable the "Find My Mac" feature, but unfortunately I am not able to, as the checkbox is grayed out. There is an error beside the control saying that I need to update the recovery system as per the title of this thread. I actually already *did* do this earlier today, however, and there are no other updates.

What is going on here? Is it possible that the update didn't actually install properly? I was away from the computer at the time it rebooted and would have installed that portion, so I can't tell, but if I look in the update history, I see "Lion Recovery Update 1.0" from today in the list.

Is anyone else having this problem? I wonder if it's just a buggy update 😝 Hopefully this will be fixed soon by Apple in a subsequent update, but I'm curious if there's something I can do in the meantime.

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.1), Just updated to 10.7.2, not listed

Posted on Oct 12, 2011 3:08 PM

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SP Forsythe

Level 5

5,454 points

Posted on Oct 12, 2011 8:22 PM

Run Disk Utility, and Verify Disk.

You will likely notice errors that require you to reboot to the Recovery Partition, and run Disk Utility from there, to "Repair Disk".

After running Repair Disk, reboot to the main partition, and run Repair Permissions from Disk Utility.

Then install the Recovery System Update again.

I bet your problem will be solved.

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Jmaster

Level 1

5 points

Oct 12, 2011 9:44 PM in response to Supacon

Alright guys. Im sure you all got it by now. But apple is having some server issues.

just go to http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1464 and download the file.

Restart your computer and install it. Should go well. If that fails. then do the repair disk ... etc

Oct 18, 2011 5:47 AM in response to SP Forsythe

There seems to be a lot of betting going on on this thread. I've very dilligently done the following:

- Checked Location Services were enabled under Privacy (they initially weren't)

- Ran disk utility and repaired the disk (which did show some faults)

- Reinstalled Lion Recovery Update

When this didn't change anything, I installed the so called Lion Update Combo 10.7.2 (even though I already had 10.7.2 installed).

Well, it still does not work. But one thing I've noticed in the meantime is that the Enable Location Services checkbox is keeps getting unchecked. To clarify, preferences allows me to set it, but then as soon as I leave Security & Privacy and immediately return, the option is unset again.

Any ideas?

Jmaster

Level 1

5 points

Oct 13, 2011 11:42 AM in response to Vytbar

I would just turn off you computer.

Start it again and hold R.

reinstall Lion.

then try again.

EuroJohn

Level 1

4 points

Oct 13, 2011 3:46 AM in response to Supacon

How to access Recovery Partition in Lion?

The solution provided by SP Forsythe totally solved the problem for me.

I just wanted to add instructions on how to access the Recovery Partition. If you are running Lion, then you don't have a Recovery Disk since you downloaded the installation files from the App Store. Instead there is a Recovery Partition on your hard disk.

To access this partition, shutdown your Mac and restart it while holding down the Command key and the letter R. Keep holding them down until your Mac restarts in the Recovery Partition mode. Select Disk Utility and follow the instructions posted above.

stanswx

Level 1

0 points

Oct 13, 2011 8:28 AM in response to Jmaster

Jmaster's suggestion worked for me. Downloading the update manually did the trick. Thanks!

MCBT

Level 1

0 points

Oct 12, 2011 6:54 PM in response to Supacon

I have this issue as well. I'm on a 2011 MacBook Air. I did the update to 10.7.2 and then tried to enable it in iCloud but said I need the recover system update. When I do actually check for updates, none are found.

Karen P

Level 2

232 points

Oct 13, 2011 8:15 AM in response to SP Forsythe

Repairing the disk and reinstalling the update as described by SP Forsythe worked for me. Unfortunately, "Find my Mac" says that there is no location available for my mac, but can find my iPad and iPod that are on the same network. One step forward, two steps back.

Neovex

Level 1

0 points

Oct 13, 2011 2:59 AM in response to Supacon

I followed several tutorials to start the fsck-yf and no one told me it was dangerous.
At home it worked. No problem
It should also work for you.
Good day.

Oct 12, 2011 6:16 PM in response to Supacon

Having exackly the same issue as you, I've tried the manual 10.7.2 update from apple support sire and still get it same issue.

I can boot into the recover partiion allows time machine restore) But I cannot configure it with iCloud.

Oct 12, 2011 6:33 PM in response to Supacon

I'm also having this issue with a 2011 Macbook Pro. Exactly the same as the first post, where I saw it int he download list (seperate from the 10.7.2 update) and thought both happened on the same refresh, now it doens't say I have any updates waiting in the software update queue but in the iCloud settings it says I need the recovery system update. If anyone has a solution, let us know.

bmx8

Level 1

0 points

Oct 12, 2011 7:42 PM in response to Supacon

its the same for me, MacBook Pro Early 2011 model, tried calling apple care, they suggested me to download client combo update from support.apple.com/kb/DL1459 , still no luck.

One more note, when I try to access iCloud settings, I see growl notification for recovery partion mounting and then unmounting (and it keeps on doing this in a loop)

Supacon Author

Level 1

8 points

Oct 12, 2011 9:56 PM in response to Jmaster

Reinstalling the update in this way didn't help me. The process completed fine in MacOS, although I didn't notice anything different about the boot process and EFI and such that indicated anything was updating there.

I still have the same problem with iCloud's Find My Mac complaining that I need to update the recovery system.

nitro345

Level 1

4 points

Oct 12, 2011 10:07 PM in response to Supacon

I also still have this problem after attempting everything suggested. Jobs is rolling in his grave. I am bored trying to fix iCloud right now; it is just another MobileMe fiasco. Apple servers cannot handle the demand and it has taken me an age to just get things running today...

Supacon Author

Level 1

8 points

Oct 12, 2011 10:44 PM in response to MCBT

I tried this once more with no change...

Just throwing this out there, but I also have a Windows 7 partition, and at one point I had used rEFIt, but have uninstalled it because it was preventing brightness controls from working under Windows.

I'm wondering if there's a special way of installing this update (ie closing all other programs, etc) that would help.

Also, should anything noticeably change about the boot process? This changes the recovery system, right? So shouldn't this initiate some special update process after rebooting? I don't see anything like that.

Jmaster

Level 1

5 points

Oct 12, 2011 10:52 PM in response to Supacon

Guys, Relax.

Apple servers are really busy. They are handeling thousands of migrations. Not to mention, some of them have loads of data/emails and contacts. I would just wait it out. If anything, youre being kept from minor problems that will happen.

This has nothing to do with filevault. or EFI password. or partitions.

Go to bed. it will be fixed in the next 10 hours.

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