On my 2013 MB Air with 500 GB SSD and a Bootcamp partition, I have no Recovery Partition after MacOS 10.13 upgrade. There was one with 10.12. SSD is now formatted in APFS.
Moreover when I did a test install on an external SSD, there was a 10.13 Recovery Partition (that drive stayed in HFS+ format).
Is there a reason for this? If not can I correct it and how?
Phil
MacBook Air (13-inch Mid 2013), macOS High Sierra (10.13)
Open Terminal and type diskutil apfs list. You will see some other volumes (VM, Preboot, Recovery) besides your system volume. These volumes as well as new added volumes are all part of the APFS Container.
Open Disk Utility then change the View to Show All Devices. This will show you your drive device and underneath a Container with your OS volume (e.g. Macintosh HD). In the upper right you should see where there are 4 volumes shared.
Thanks, guys. I see now I do have one. First I did Command-R with internet disconnected, so I knew it was doing it internally, and that worked. Then I did the diskutil look and got
so all it good. Until recently I've been beta testing MacOS versions, but not this one (though I'm now at it again using an external SSD .. which did make a Recovery partition, but not on an APFS formatted drive -- hence my concern).
Anyway, all is good and no issues with boot speed. So far, so good. Next a Carbon Copy Cloner backup!
Thanks again for cleaning up this hole in my knowledge.
Phil
There is a different procedure for how recovery is handled by APFS. However, the Recovery HD volume is still there but you won't be able to see it using OPTION boot. The following may be useful.
Hey Phil !
Would you know what to do if start up keys dont do much except booting in utility disk but i can barely do anything about it. I got tempted to upgrade to sierra after i saw a little pop up then it took at least 2-3 hours .. then it looked like booting was fine but my passwords wouldnt work anymore..tried all the ones i used...
Tried:
-reset ram
-pram reset
-holding shift
-holding option
-holding option R
-running first aid
-reinstalling high sierra (did not work)..
-disk is locked...
-guess what no time machine...my bad
Also in disk utility it only allows me to
First aid/partition/erase(greyed)/restore(greyed)/unmount(greyed)
what should i be looking forward to do next?
Hey Kappy !
perhaps you know the answer!
Would you know what to do if start up keys dont do much except booting in utility disk but i can barely do anything about it. I got tempted to upgrade to sierra after i saw a little pop up then it took at least 2-3 hours .. then it looked like booting was fine but my passwords wouldnt work anymore..tried all the ones i used...
Tried:
-reset ram
-pram reset
-holding shift
-holding option
-holding option R
-running first aid
-reinstalling high sierra (did not work)..
-disk is locked...
-guess what no time machine...my bad
Also in disk utility it only allows me to
First aid/partition/erase(greyed)/restore(greyed)/unmount(greyed)
what should i be looking forward to do next?
Update: I can still do Recovery using Command-R, so perhaps the APFS dictates a different approach to Recovery than a separate partition. Can anyone provide confirmation or more info on this?
Phil
Recovery Partition missing after High Sierra Upgrade installation
