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by X-Istence 3755 days ago
In newer Mac's (2012 onward IIRC) you can just boot into a net installer, and it goes and fetches the installer from the internet before re-installing.
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escobar 3754 days ago
The main reason I don't do this is because I'm often installing the OS to a brand new (blank) drive that has absolutely no recovery on it.
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X-Istence 3754 days ago
It is part of the ROM. It can be done with a blank drive.

http://www.macrumors.com/2011/07/20/internet-recovery-lets-n...

So the drive doesn't even have recovery on it.

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microtonal 3755 days ago
Even older Macs (2010 models):

http://www.macrumors.com/2012/02/07/apple-brings-lion-intern...

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KannO 3755 days ago
What happens if no internet connection is available?
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