Forum Home
Press F1
Thread ID: 138231	2014-10-26 22:43:00	Yosemite woes	Beemer (6956)	Press F1

Post ID	Timestamp	Content	User
1386877	2014-11-07 01:59:00	Don't iMacs have a recovery partition with their original factory OS on them? Try hitting command + R on restart and you should be able to reinstall your original OS. They don't have a recovery partition as such they have System Utilities which lives in the Applications folder( it would be the Programs folder if it was Windows)	Webdevguy (17166)
1386878	2014-11-07 03:13:00	They don't have a recovery partition as such they have System Utilities which lives in the Applications folder( it would be the Programs folder if it was Windows) Usually when you upgrade OSX it will also update the recovery partition as well, so if you try and run the recovery it will just put back on the last OS version you had and not the original OSX. Beemer do you know anyone else with a MAC that is still running Mountain Lion? If you do you could get them to create a Mountain Lion recovery USB stick for you. support.apple.com	CYaBro (73)
1386879	2014-11-07 03:22:00	Yes, I tried a reinstall and nothing changed at all.	Beemer (6956)
1386880	2014-11-07 04:27:00	Yes, I tried a reinstall and nothing changed at all. But how did you do that reinstall? If you used the build in recovery option then it would have downloaded and reinstalled Yosemite, you need to use something other than the built in recovery. That's why I asked if you could get someone with Mountain Lion to run OSX recovery tool to create a Mountain Lion recovery USB stick that you can boot from on your Mac. Once booted from that use Disk Utility to erase your internal hard drive so all trace of Yosemite is gone, Plus your data will be erased so make sure you have a backup!, then start the install of Mountain Lion.	CYaBro (73)
1386881	2014-11-08 05:31:00	Usually when you upgrade OSX it will also update the recovery partition as well, so if you try and run the recovery it will just put back on the last OS version you had and not the original OSX.support.apple.com What about a internet recovery? Or does Apple update the recovery partitions on their end as well?	icow (15313)
1386882	2014-11-08 07:23:00	What about a internet recovery? Or does Apple update the recovery partitions on their end as well? They don't have recovery partitions they just have the OS version available from their server or app store	Webdevguy (17166)
1386883	2014-11-09 03:32:00	They don't have recovery partitions they just have the OS version available from their server or app store 6019 Yes I'm aware their isn't a physical partition, it's just the way it appears. support.apple.com OP Looks like you do get the factory OS if you do a internet recovery.	icow (15313)
1386884	2014-11-18 04:44:00	New update to OS X 10.10 addressing wifi issues	plod (107)
1 2 3 4