My humble apologies Ronnie, my last reply was done in a hurry and was largely a case of going off half cocked.
I checked for the recovery partition as you suggested and as you suspected there is not one. This was a bit of a surprise to me; could it have gone missing when the HD was replaced a few weeks ago? I am downloading the 10.7.3 combo Update and will see if it will restore the partition. I will be attending a workshop for board members of the NFP charity I have been involved with for the last 12 years which will take up a large part of the day so I will report back later. Thanks again! Regards, Adrian [email protected] On 10/03/2012, at 7:38 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: > Hi Adrian, > > You are making it more difficult for me to keep helping, by not including my > previous text 'thread' in your replies > I have to keep referring back to what I have already sent you. > > How did you install Lion first? > Did you create a Recovery Partition in the initial install? > Does your computer only have ONE partition? > > Sounds like you might not have installed the 'Recovery Partition HD' when you > installed Lion. > The Recovery HD will only be created if you install Lion on the drive using > the Lion installer. Restoring a backup will not create the Recovery HD. > > The recovery partition is a hidden partition to take the place of the old > disks if you need to run diagnostics or repairs. > > If you cloned, it got wiped out in the process (it will do that because both > CCC and SuperDuper can only clone one partition and don't recognize the other > because it is hidden). > > You do need the Recovery Partition HD for the Find My Mac feature to work, > also File Vault. > > To check whether you do or don't have the partition. > Restart with the Option key held down - if you are not presented with an > option to boot from the recovery partition, you don't have it. > > If that is the case, you 'might' be able to reinstall Lion without having to > Wipe your Drive. > But first you could try running the Lion 10.7.3 Combo Update over top of your > Lion install and see if that re-creates the Recovery Partition. > <http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1484> > > I will be returning home sometime today, but until then I will be offline > again. > > Cheers, > Ronni > > Sent from Ronni's iPad > > On 09/03/2012, at 3:57 PM, Adrian Skehan <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Under Find My Mac it says "Recovery partition required" >> >> >> Regards, >> >> >> Adrian >> >> [email protected] >> >> >> >> >> On 09/03/2012, at 3:14 PM, Adrian Skehan wrote: >> >>> Thanks Ronni! >>> >>> I am still having the same problem, I have downloaded the Recovery HD >>> Update twice but when I try to install it there is a error message that >>> says "Lion Recovery Update can't be installed on this disk. An error >>> occurred while evaluating the JavaScript for the package" >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> >>> Adrian >>> >>> [email protected] >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On 09/03/2012, at 2:54 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Adrian, >>>> >>>> The Apple website says that both the WiFi only version, and the 4G version >>>> will geotag your photos. >>>> >>>> I suspect the goetagging is done using WiFi signals, much the same as the >>>> "Find My Friend" app does to locate Apple devices with location services >>>> turned on. >>>> >>>> You will need the iPad with WiFi + 3G/4G version in order to navigate with >>>> GPS. >>>> >>>> I use my iPhone to hotspot my iPad regularly, it works like a charm. You >>>> just need to watch your Data Download on the iPhone Data Plan. >>>> >>>> Did my suggestions fix your “Find My Mac” problem? >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> Ronni >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >>> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >>> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >>> Settings & Unsubscribe - >>> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> >> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Settings & Unsubscribe - >> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
