HT201316: OS X: "Some features of Mac OS X are not supported for the disk (volume name)" appears during installation

Learn about OS X: "Some features of Mac OS X are not supported for the disk (volume name)" appears during installation
OblongUser
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Q: This is ridiculous - I am using bootcamp and after waiting over 2 hrs to download this OS,  and attempt to install, I get an error message - no recovery partition. So much for user-friendly MAC.

I am now advised by the links to ' wipe my bootcamp partition, and reinstall SnowLeopard (you are kidding..)  AND

re down load  Mountain Lion (2 hr +  again -  are you joking? )  THEN recreate my bootcamp partition (im using win XP on this).

 

Wow  thanks Apple ! That sounds like a great way to spend my next weekend.

MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8), tried to update my OSX 10.6 Mac

Posted on Oct 14, 2012 8:01 PM

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  • by Barney-15E,

    Barney-15E Barney-15E Oct 14, 2012 9:15 PM in response to OblongUser
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    Oct 14, 2012 9:15 PM in response to OblongUser

    Did the installer get deleted? If it fails to install, I didn't think it would get deleted. Check the Applications folder.

     

    See, What to do if the installer warns that no Recovery System can be created,

    in this document: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4718

     

    You can create a recovery hd on another drive and install on the startup drive (if your drive is formatted correctly).

     

    Otherwise, you can install Mountain Lion on an external drive.

  • by babowa,

    babowa babowa Oct 14, 2012 10:10 PM in response to Barney-15E
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    Oct 14, 2012 10:10 PM in response to Barney-15E

    You can create a recovery hd on another drive and install on the startup drive (if your drive is formatted correctly).

     

    I'm not aware of any way to move a recovery hd from one drive to another - mind sharing how to do that? I was under the impression that one had to reinstall the OS which automatically creates a recovery hd?

  • by Barney-15E,

    Barney-15E Barney-15E Oct 14, 2012 10:22 PM in response to babowa
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    Oct 14, 2012 10:22 PM in response to babowa

    Can you show me where I stated that?

    The OP doesn't have a Recovery HD and can't create one. Why would I suggest "Moving" one?

    The link I posted discusses installing on and external, thus creating a Recovery HD on the external. Then, it describes installing on your internal, having created the recovery HD on the external.

  • by babowa,

    babowa babowa Oct 14, 2012 10:40 PM in response to Barney-15E
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    Oct 14, 2012 10:40 PM in response to Barney-15E

    Ahh, I see - I understood this:

     

    create a recovery hd on another drive and install on the startup drive

     

    to mean that the recovery hd is created on one drive and then installed on another.....

     

    Sorry about that!