Environment:
- Mac Mini Mid 2010. Original OS is Snowleopard
- Current OS is Yosemite
- Tool. Recovery Disk Assistant which is downloaded from Apple website.
Purpose:
- Make a recovery Yosemite disk on USB stick
Procedure:
- Downloaded Recovery Disk Assistant fro Apple
- executed Recovery Disk Assistant on Yosemite
Problem:
The recovery disk assistant has fixed image and text. There is a Lion photo image, not Yosemite and it said successfully made Lion recovery disk.
So I am wondering whether I got Lion recovery or Yosemite recovery…
Best Answer
Yes, it is a Yosemite recovery USB flash drive. The application copies the hidden (internal disk) recovery partition to the flash drive. I believe Apple no longer recommends using a recovery flash drive, so I suppose they have not updated the Recovery Disk Assistant application. I believe Apple now wants you to keep a bootable copy of OS X on an external drive. Still, the recovery flash drive is good to have if you need to download and install a fresh copy of OS X (and your internal recovery partition is damaged). Some will argue you can just boot using internet recovery to reinstall OS X, but you will get the version of OS X that was shipped with the machine. If you keep your flash drive up to date, then you can download the current version of OS X (that you have installed).