Is a new Mac Mini supposed supposed to come with a Mac OS X disc/USBdrive?

Hello.


I just got a new Mac Mini at work today. I noticed something from its
small box. Is it supposed to come with a Mac OS X 10.7.x install
disc/USB flash drive or something in case I ever need to reinstall, fix,
etc.? I only got these items:

1. Mac Mini
2. DVI to HDMI adapter
3. Power adapter
4. White Apple stickers
5. A manual (didn't see any disc and USB flash drive in it?)

If I am missing it, then I hope I don't have to return since I already
set it up, installed a bunch of software, copy my data, etc.

Thank you in advance.
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nope. there's a recovery partition on the hard drive and it can
reinstall lion over the net from apple's servers if necessary.

 

Oh! So how does one get to those? Is this happening on all new Apple
computers or just Mac Minis? Is there way to make a installer disc/USB
flash media like with IBM PCs? Physical medias would be faster than
downloading especially for those with crappy Internet connections and/or
with caps.
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From http://www.apple.com/macmini/specs.html
Lion Recovery
OS X Lion includes a built-in set of tools for repairing your Mac in the Recovery HD, a new
feature that lets you repair disks or reinstall OS X Lion without a physical disc. Learn more
about Lion Recovery http://www.apple.com/osx/recovery/

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all new macs

how often do you expect to be installing lion?

anyway, the really cool thing is you can network boot the mini with a
totally blank hard drive from apple.com and install lion. just be sure
you have a fast connection.

 

Thanks. That would suck if its HDD goes bad with the recovery!
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restore from a backup.

the installer is about 4 gig.

 

that's why you have it on AppleCare, so you can take it into the
AppleStore to get it's disk replaced.

I don't know how this will work for 3rd-party, non-Apple Drives. I have
5 of them, all either data or with 10.6.8. None can be reformatted to
add a recovery partition. How does one 'recover' from _that_ situation?

 

You still need to copy that partition to another physical media. If your
hard disk dies (hardware failure), then you lose that recovery partition
as well as your real partition.

 

Yeah and no caps! That's not always the case. Hence, I still prefer the
physical media.[/QUOTE]

You can buy a Lion installer USB Flash drive from Apple for $69.

 

If you had followed the second link in my previous post you would have seen:

Internet Recovery.
Help is everywhere.

If your Mac problem is a little less common — your hard drivehas failed or you’ve
installed a hard drive without OS X, for example — Internet Recovery takes over
automatically. It downloads and starts OS X Recovery directly from Apple servers over a
broadband Internet connection. And your Mac has access to the same OSX Recovery features
online. Internet Recovery is built into every newly-released Mac starting with the Mac mini
and MacBook Air.


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Obviously you did not read the link I gave above. If you had you would have seen this:

If your Mac problem is a little less common — your hard drivehas failed or you’ve
installed a hard drive without OS X, for example — Internet Recovery takes over
automatically. It downloads and starts OS X Recovery directly from Apple servers over a
broadband Internet connection. And your Mac has access to the same OSX Recovery features
online. Internet Recovery is built into every newly-released Mac starting with the Mac mini
and MacBook Air.



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nonsense. any drive can be formatted with a recovery partition. i have
lion on two external drives and both have recovery partitions.

 

you can, but macs that are introduced after next month won't be able to
boot lion anymore (unless the changes are very minor which is not
likely). mountain lion will not be available on a flash stick because
demand for the lion stick was very low.

 

And how do you know that? Did Steve tell you?

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yes he did, in a seance.

and for those who don't believe in seances,
<http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/44422/mountain-lion-mac-app-store-only>

Apple has confirmed to Pocket-lint though that its concerns weren't
justified with customers not remotely interested in the USB drive
offering:

"It was an interesting test, but it turns out the App Store was just
fine for getting the new OS."

 

And where is the actual statement from Apple?

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"An artist is never ahead of his time but most people are far behind theirs." - Edgard Varese

 

you can, but macs that are introduced after next month won't be able to
boot lion anymore (unless the changes are very minor which is not
likely). mountain lion will not be available on a flash stick because
demand for the lion stick was very low.[/QUOTE]

True, but he was asking specifically about Lion.

 

No.


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