I need to replace the internal drive in an iMac (I've done this before - on this iMac - without any troubles) but this time (in a dry run) I can't get the iMac to boot from an external recovery ...

One of the best features introduced in Lion (OS X 10.7), and available on every version of OS X since, is OS X Recovery. The OS X installer creates an invisible, bootable, 650MB partition—a portion of ...

If your Recovery HD partition in OS X Lion is missing or not working, then it may be easy to get working with just a few steps. Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, has been a contributing ...

A major feature that debuted in Lion (OS X 10.7) and continues in Mountain Lion (OS X 10.8) is one I hope you’ll never need to use: recovery mode, officially called OS X Recovery. (It was called Lion ...

Installing OS X Lion sets up a hidden recovery partition on most systems, but if for some reason this is missing, then there are some options for restoring or otherwise using the functions this ...

With Lion’s digital-only release, someone apparently forgot to send Steve Jobs the security memo about single-points-of-failure being a definitively bad thing. Well no longer: Apple just released ...

Editor's Note: Product not yet tested by editor. The following description is from the manufacturer. Meetsoft Partition Recovery is a powerful and easy-to-use software utility. It was developed to ...