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How to create macOS Recovery Partition without ...

Hi,

I've just restored my latest backup using Time Machine on a new MacBook, upon re-checking all the iCloud settings, I found out the Find My Mac can't be activated because it's missing the Recovery Partition.

I tried searching for solutions on the internet, all are recommending clean new install of the macOS, or use another Mac machine.

Is there a better way to create the Recovery Partition without reinstalling the macOS? Or without using another Mac, because I don't have another one and there's no Genius Bar (or Apple Store) in this forsaken country of mine, not to mention I live in a remote little town.

FYI the macOS is Sierra v10.12.6 and the MacBook is the 12-inch.

Doesn't reinstall the macOS mean erasing the HD and start again from beginning?

No, not unless you choose to erase it first.

Again with "reinstalling the macOS overtop of an existing macOS partition," does this mean it keep the old files and docs, and only add the Recovery Partition to the Mac HD?

Yes, for the second time.

The installer, do you mean the Mac App Store?

Yes, you download the installer using the App Store App, note it will be a full 10.12.6 installer:

Again, make sure that you quit the installer before you use it, so that you can either copy it or move it outside of Applications folder. Make sure you make a copy and not just an alias. Then when you use the installer, it won't self delete.

Purchase Carbon Copy Cloner. There is a feature for installing a Recovery HD if one is missing on the drive itself.

Also, see Create Your Own Mac Recovery HD on Any Drive, Cloning Apple's Recovery HD partition using Carbon Copy Cloner.

Kappy wrote:

 

Purchase Carbon Copy Cloner. There is a feature for installing a Recovery HD if one is missing on the drive itself.

The Carbon Copy Cloner can't create the Recovery Partition, I attach the screenshot below:

You know, just reinstalling the macOS is a no brainer and really doesn't take that much time. In the time you've spent searching for a solution, you could have completed the install.

P.S., you should be keeping a full backup of your Mac on an external drive.

Lanny wrote:

 

You know, just reinstalling the macOS is a no brainer and really doesn't take that much time. In the time you've spent searching for a solution, you could have completed the install.

 

P.S., you should be keeping a full backup of your Mac on an external drive.

Are you sure?

How much time does it really need to reinstall the macOS Sierra?

Because it took more than two and a half hours yesterday for me to reinstall the macOS on the old MacBook, seems like it downloaded the macOS Sierra via internet. (I had to erase the HD because I was selling it)

And if I have reinstall the macOS, that means the next step is to transfer all the files from the latest Time Machine backup?

The initial reason the Recovery Partition was gone because I restored the latest Time Machine backup on the new MacBook, but I like the fact that everything is like the last time I used the old MacBook.

And if I have reinstall the macOS, that means the next step is to transfer all the files from the latest Time Machine backup?

No, it just reinstalls overtop of your existing partition.

I don't know how fast your Internet connection is, and I don't know the speed or type of your hard drives.

Once the installer downloads to your Applications folder, quit the installer, and make a copy of it or move it out of your Applications folder. That way it won't self delete after you use it.

For me, on a Early 2015 12" Retina MacBook with a 500 GB SSD, reinstalling the macOS overtop of an existing macOS partition takes less than an hour.

Just to note, there probably won't be anymore point updates to Sierra before the release of High Sierra (Can't really speculate though), but many people download the latest full installers and run them over their existing partitions in lieu of using the App Store Software Update feature.

Lanny wrote:

 

No, it just reinstalls overtop of your existing partition.

 

Just to note, there probably won't be anymore point updates to Sierra before the release of High Sierra (Can't really speculate though), but many people download the latest full installers and run them over their existing partitions in lieu of using the App Store Software Update feature.

Wait, so all the files and docs will not be deleted?

Doesn't reinstall the macOS mean erasing the HD and start again from beginning?

I saw the High Sierra during last WWDC keynote (via on-line), I think I'll better wait until it's released so I don't have to do it (reinstalling the macOS) twice.

Lanny wrote:

 

I don't know how fast your Internet connection is, and I don't know the speed or type of your hard drives.

 

For me, on a Early 2015 12" Retina MacBook with a 500 GB SSD, reinstalling the macOS overtop of an existing macOS partition takes less than an hour.

My internet subscription is only 20Mbps tops, in real use it's less than that.

The old MacBook's HD is the standard 256 GB SSD, it's the early 2016 model.

Again with "reinstalling the macOS overtop of an existing macOS partition," does this mean it keep the old files and docs, and only add the Recovery Partition to the Mac HD?

Lanny wrote:

 

Once the installer downloads to your Applications folder, quit the installer, and make a copy of it or move it out of your Applications folder. That way it won't self delete after you use it.

The installer, do you mean the Mac App Store?

Doesn't reinstall the macOS mean erasing the HD and start again from beginning?

No, not unless you choose to erase it first.

Again with "reinstalling the macOS overtop of an existing macOS partition," does this mean it keep the old files and docs, and only add the Recovery Partition to the Mac HD?

Yes, for the second time.

The installer, do you mean the Mac App Store?

Yes, you download the installer using the App Store App, note it will be a full 10.12.6 installer:

Again, make sure that you quit the installer before you use it, so that you can either copy it or move it outside of Applications folder. Make sure you make a copy and not just an alias. Then when you use the installer, it won't self delete.

Lanny wrote:

 

Doesn't reinstall the macOS mean erasing the HD and start again from beginning?

No, not unless you choose to erase it first.

 

Again with "reinstalling the macOS overtop of an existing macOS partition," does this mean it keep the old files and docs, and only add the Recovery Partition to the Mac HD?

Yes, for the second time.

Is there any downside for this setup?

None of the above post answer the original question: How to create a missing macOS Recovery Partition

最后更新：2017-10-16 17:01:53

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