Hey everyone,
I have a question about replacing an internal drive on a Mac Mini.
My friend called me saying that his HD failed and I was going to let him use an old drive that I'm not using anymore so he could reinstall OS X. The problem is he doesn't have access to another Mac so he can't download the installer. Also, he never updated his Mac mini beyond the OS it came with, which I believe is Mavericks. I was thinking of downloading the Recovery HD Assistant from the Apple site and cloning my Recovery HD to the drive I was going to let him borrow, install in his Mac mini, then use the internet Recovery tool to download Mavericks so he could get his system running again.
Now here's the question...do I need to create 2 partitions on the drive (one for Recovery and other OS)? Or can I just wipe the drive, create 1 partition, clone the Recovery image (which I know gets hidden once completed) and be able to reinstall OS X via internet Recovery?
I have a question about replacing an internal drive on a Mac Mini.
My friend called me saying that his HD failed and I was going to let him use an old drive that I'm not using anymore so he could reinstall OS X. The problem is he doesn't have access to another Mac so he can't download the installer. Also, he never updated his Mac mini beyond the OS it came with, which I believe is Mavericks. I was thinking of downloading the Recovery HD Assistant from the Apple site and cloning my Recovery HD to the drive I was going to let him borrow, install in his Mac mini, then use the internet Recovery tool to download Mavericks so he could get his system running again.
Now here's the question...do I need to create 2 partitions on the drive (one for Recovery and other OS)? Or can I just wipe the drive, create 1 partition, clone the Recovery image (which I know gets hidden once completed) and be able to reinstall OS X via internet Recovery?
