A few bug fixes users have reported should hopefully be quashed. Fixed – Able to create a recovery partition with 2 or more drives connected. New – Able to create a recovery partition on any bootable drive Look for it tomorrow. Cheers, Chris
UPDATE!!! Version 3.8 – http://musings.silvertooth.us/2014/07/recovery-partition-creator-3-8/ I updated the program this afternoon to work with Mavericks. I had to add some extra dialog boxes so that it would work with 10.9. That said, I also added a skip option to the disk check since it was a requested feature. You should check your disks unless… Read more »
Well I moved over to Mavericks this last weekend and I have to say that this breathed new life into my Macbook Pro early 2011. Seriously, I can’t say enough how much more usable my system is under load than with 10.7 and 10.8. As for software compatibility the apps… Read more »
*** This currently does not work with Mavericks. It is an Apple thing *** So I just got a brand new pair of Bose Headphones courtesy of my parents for my birthday. These are the new Bluetooth enabled Bose AE2W’s that can connect up to your iPhone and Mac… Read more »
IMPORTANT Update: Recovery partition creator 3.5 currently does not work with Mavericks. A new version 3.7 is available which works with Mavericks (10.9) and can be found on the downloads page. I am leaving 3.5 up in case 3.7 does not work with 10.7 and 10.8 UPDATED to 3.5 –… Read more »
I know quite a few people come to my site looking for the recovery partition creator script and I have good news for you. Soon I will have version 3 of my script out. This is a complete re-write in Applescript so it has taken a bit to figure out… Read more »
Here is the solution to fix the app. This should work with versions 3.5.2. or 3.5.3 [php] sudo ln -s /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.7.0_17.jdk /System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0.jdk[/php] You may need to change jdk1.7.0xxxx to the correct version that is installed on your system. Also, I was informed that Crashplan is working on a native version… Read more »
So I spent the entire weekend re-building my Macbook Pro since it was totally fubar’ed. Here are the things that occurred to me during this rebuild. 1. I am my own worst enemy. 2. Spending the extra time to build out a test platform is worth its weight in gold…. Read more »
If you don’t already know about this site then I will enlighten you. If you are ever in need of a DIY on how to repair a computer or other device iFixIt is the place to go. I usually only head to iFixIt to check out their tear downs of brand… Read more »
UPDATE to 3.0 – Check this out first. http://musings.silvertooth.us/2013/05/recovery-partition-creator-3-0/ UPDATED to 2.0.5 – THIS SCRIPT DOES NOT WORK WITH FUSION DRIVES… YET Alright folks, here is the latest version. Please be sure to read this entire post before running the script. I have added an addition that will now check… Read more »