New Mac OS X Lion Recovery Mode Can Reinstall OS From Apple's Servers

A leaked AppleCare screenshot reveals that Mac OS X Lion will have a new recovery mode that can reinstall Lion over the Internet, reports 9to5Mac.

A little birdie of ours has managed to snap a page from an internal AppleCare manual detailing OS X Lion's brand new recovery system, invoked by holding down Command-R during startup. Upon entering the new recovery mode, you can restore your system to any point in time from a Time Machine backup and run Disk Utility to check, repair, erase or partition volumes. In addition – and this is obviously your key takeaway – users can"reinstall Lion over the Internet from Apple's servers".

Apple Stores have already begun receiving Mac OS X Lion GM and are expected to install the OS tonight for its release tomorrow.


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