- #Install disk creator for 10.7.5 mac os x
- #Install disk creator for 10.7.5 full
- #Install disk creator for 10.7.5 password
This will be fine as long as you don't let the app restart your machine. Once the file finishes downloading, the installer will extract the InstallESD.dmg image from it and delete the package.
It will be the file in the folder with the largest file size. Of the files it puts in there, the interesting item is a package with a funky name (on my system, it was '').
#Install disk creator for 10.7.5 mac os x
#Install disk creator for 10.7.5 password
Enter your admin password when prompted, and the installer will start downloading.As long as you don't let the installer reboot, it shouldn't be able to install anything, but I like to err on the side of caution.) (Or the boot partition if you're feeling gutsy. Once it asks you for a disk to install on, choose the external drive or spare partition. Surprisingly, it launches, even when booted into a standard Mac OS X user account from the hard drive! Now, from the newly mounted Mac OS X Base System image, double-click the 'Install Mac OS X' application at the root of the disk.Hdiutil attach "/Volumes/Recovery HD//BaseSystem.dmg" The disk image inside the recovery HD is invisible, so use the Terminal to mount that too:.Replace above with the identifier from step 2.Type the following command to mount the recovery HD:ĭiskutil mount readOnly /dev/.It will be something of the form diskXsY, where X and Y are numeric digits. Look for 'Recovery HD' in the list, and note its identifier.Open the Terminal, and type this command to list all partitions on your hard drive or SSD:.However, it is possible to capture the installer and interrupt the install, so that it doesn't get a chance to delete itself. Unfortunately, it deletes itself after installation, so it doesn't give you a chance to make a boot disk that doesn't involve network access. A large USB flash drive might work, but I haven't tried it.Īs we all know, the Recovery HD lets you reinstall Lion by downloading it from Apple's servers. An external hard drive or separate partition is great. To avoid messing up your one and only good Lion installation, I recommend getting an external drive big enough to install Lion on.
#Install disk creator for 10.7.5 full
By following this hint, it should be possible to get a full Lion install disk for those machines that won't require network access to install.
This seems to work on my 2008 MBP machine with the App Store version of Lion installed on it, but it should be of particular interest to users of the new MacBook Airs and MacBook Pros which don't come with an install disk, but can't install the App Store version of Lion. I suggest using Ethernet if possibleīecause it is three times faster than wireless.I've found a way to get a full Lion installer by capturing the installer files that the recovery partition downloads. Note : You will need an active Internet connection. OS X Mountain Lion- Erase and reinstall OS X Install or Reinstall Mavericks or Mountain Lion from Scratchīe sure you backup your files to an external drive or second internal drive because the following procedure will remove everything from the hard drive. Follow the instructions in the below link for the OS X version you wish to reinstall. When the Utilities Menu appears select Disk Utility and click on the Continue button. Select the Recovery HD and click on the arrow button below the icon. Alternatively, restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager screen appears. Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the menu screen appears. The process you follow will require you boot from the Recovery HD: