The way I did it on previous OSes was hold cmd + r BUT now if I do that, it sends me to Internet Recovery Mode instead which afaik, should only show up when I press cmd + option + r so I'm confused what's the new way of entering recovery mode and not internet recovery mode on El Capitan?
MacBook Air, OS X El Capitan (10.11.1)
Playthough wrote:
I see, thanks. Out of curiosity though, what could be the reason behind it not being available?
Good question.
Newer Macs include the ability to start up directly from an Internet-based version OS X Recovery. Your Mac automatically uses this feature when the Recovery System on the startup drive isn't available. For example, if your startup drive encounters an issue, or if your startup drive has been replaced or erased. Internet Recovery lets you start your Mac directly from Apple's servers. Starting up from this system performs a quick test of your memory and hard drive to check for hardware issues.
If the Recovery partition is not available on your machine you will automatically be shuffled to the Internet Recovery.
I see, thanks. Out of curiosity though, what could be the reason behind it not being available?
Check
>(option key)System Info>Hardware>Diagnostic
Does it show any errors?
How to enter recovery mode in El Capitan?
