Install Disk DVD missing from box

My recent new (June 19, 2013) MacBook Pro did not ship with an "Install Disk" DVD. How do I replace the System Software if I need to do a clean re-install?

Since the Lion launch, Macs don't come with DVDs to reinstall Mac OS X and iLife apps.
Instead, new Macs (and all Macs upgraded to Lion and Mountain Lion) come with OS X Recovery, that allows you to reinstall OS X and access to some utilities in order to fix problems with your Mac. See > http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4718
There's a Recovery partition in the hard drive, and to start up in that partition, hold Command and R keys while your Mac is starting. To start up into Internet Recovery, hold Command, Option (Alt) and R keys while your Mac is starting. The only difference between them is that Internet Recovery reinstalls the original OS X version that came with your Mac, and the Recovery partition reinstalls the current version

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Can I use an OSX 10.6.3 install disk to upgrade from OSX 10.5.8

Yes. And, see below:
Upgrade Paths to Snow Leopard, Lion, and/or Mountain Lion
You can upgrade to Mountain Lion from Lion or directly from Snow Leopard. Mountain Lion can be downloaded from the Mac App Store for $19.99. To access the App Store you must have Snow Leopard 10.6.6 or later installed.
Upgrading to Snow Leopard
You can purchase Snow Leopard through the Apple Store: Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard — Apple Store (U.S.). The price is $19.99 plus tax. You will be sent physical media by mail after placing your order.
After you install Snow Leopard you will have to download and install the Mac OS X 10.6.8 Update Combo v1.1 to update Snow Leopard to 10.6.8 and give you access to the App Store. Access to the App Store enables you to download Mountain Lion if your computer meets the requirements.
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       3. 5GB of available disk space
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       5. Some features require a compatible Internet service provider;
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       6. Some features require Apple’s iCloud services; fees and
           terms apply.
Upgrading to Lion
If your computer does not meet the requirements to install Mountain Lion, it may still meet the requirements to install Lion.
You can purchase Lion by contacting Customer Service: Contacting Apple for support and service — this includes international calling numbers. The cost is $19.99 (as it was before) plus tax. It's a download. You will get an email containing a redemption code that you then use at the Mac App Store to download Lion. Save a copy of that installer to your Downloads folder because the installer deletes itself at the end of the installation.
     Lion System Requirements
       1. Mac computer with an Intel Core 2 Duo, Core i3, Core i5, Core i7,
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       5. Some features require an Apple ID; terms apply.
Upgrading to Mountain Lion
To upgrade to Mountain Lion you must have Snow Leopard 10.6.8 or Lion installed. Purchase and download Mountain Lion from the App Store. Sign in using your Apple ID. Mountain Lion is $19.99 plus tax. The file is quite large, over 4 GBs, so allow some time to download. It would be preferable to use Ethernet because it is nearly four times faster than wireless.
     OS X Mountain Lion — System Requirements
       Macs that can be upgraded to OS X Mountain Lion
         1. iMac (Mid 2007 or newer) — Model Identifier 7,1 or later
         2. MacBook (Late 2008 Aluminum, or Early 2009 or newer) —
             Model Identifier 5,1 or later
         3. MacBook Pro (Mid/Late 2007 or newer) — Model Identifier 3,1 or later
         4. MacBook Air (Late 2008 or newer) — Model Identifier 2,1 or later
         5. Mac mini (Early 2009 or newer) — Model Identifier 3,1 or later
         6. Mac Pro (Early 2008 or newer) — Model Identifier 3,1 or later
         7. Xserve (Early 2009) — Model Identifier 3,1 or later
To find the model identifier open System Profiler in the Utilities folder. It's displayed in the panel on the right.
Are my applications compatible?
         See App Compatibility Table — RoaringApps.
     For a complete How-To introduction from Apple see Upgrade to OS X Mountain Lion.

IOS 6 installed data wiped/ missing from itouch and iPhone, help

Just installed latest software.
iOS 6 installed, data wiped/ missing from itouch and iPhone on calendars and contacts. help

Restore from backup. See:
iOS: How to back up
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Install Disk DVD CPU Drop-in?

What is an Apple Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard Install Disk DVD CPU Drop-in?

Hello,
Leo/10.5 Drop in DVDs were usually supplied to/with New Macs that had 10.4 installed/included, but were sold about the time of Leo/10.5's release, it was a free upgrade, & most require 10.4.x to be installed first.

Bootcamp Assistant: "'Create Windows 7 Install Disk Option' Missing" Fix Problem

Firstly, sorry if this is in the incorrect fourm area, it's related with the Mountain Lion OSx software, so I posted here.
I am Running OSX 10.8.3
I'm trying to install bootcamp with a .ISO and a USB Drive. You need to make a Windows 7 install disk, and Bootcamp Assistant can do that for you, but the option isn't showing up.
I am running OSX 10.8.3 M-Lion
The link below shows how to fix the issue......
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MD4kgJQ-r0c
I did everything as it says, until the 2:20 mark in the video, where he tells you to go to the USBSupportedModels and copy the first string that follows....
I couldn't find it,however,I found a similar one, shown below. I beleive it's the thing that I need to duplicate, but the strings, shown below, are considerably different.
<key>PreUSBBootSupportedModels</key>
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                    <string>MacBook7,1</string>
                    <string>MacBookAir3,2</string>
                    <string>MacBookPro8,3</string>
                    <string>MacPro5,1</string>
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If you look in the Top comments section, there are people, running the same OSX as mine (10.8.3) saying that it's not working, with 2 people rating it up. There is a reply saying that it does work. However, I know if somthing is messed up, the Assistant would be rendered unusable, a risk i am hesitating to take. I Googled everywhere, but all I'm finding is the same fix for USBSupported over and over again.
Has anyone found a correct or know of a fix for this? OR should I just go ahead and do as the video says?
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Don't modify that file because anyway it won't work. The reason is that Apple has determined the Macs that support the Windows installation from a USB drive by their firmware. It means that if you modify that file you will be able to create a Windows 7 USB drive, but if you try to install Windows, your computer will show up a black screen in the next startup telling you that it hasn't found any bootable device.
You can edit that file if you want, but it's not sure that the option will show up in Boot Camp Assistant, and you won't be able to install Windows through a USB drive because the firmware of your computer doesn't support this

Can't start up from 10.5 Install Disk, but can from MB Pro Install Disk?

Many thanks in advance for your attention.
1. I was going to Verify (and then maybe Repair) HD by starting up my computer from the OS 10.5 install disk, but my laptop just blacked out (froze) each time I tried to start up from the 10.5 install disk. I tried starting up holding down the "c" key, the "option" key, and the "shift" key.
Each time my laptop just blacked out and froze. Odd as the 10.5 install disk has very rarely ben used and has no visible scratches, etc. I think I haven't used it since the original install.
2. So I tried instead the original Install Disk 1 that came factory specific with the MacBook Pro (which also has 10.5 and iLife, etc. on it). Held down the "c" key and I was able to boot from the Disk (and do a Verify Disk, etc.). No problems at all.
Anyone know what could be up with my OS 10.5 Install Disk? Is there a way to test if the Disk itself is somehow damaged?
Thank you.

Thanks again for your response.
I am all for these forums in helping people out. I know some questions/ answers can't be all black and white.
But - in the interests of clarity for others out there -
1. Again, I was not trying to INSTALL from the 10.5 Install Disk.
2. I was merely trying to insert it and use it to VERIFY my HD.
3. I know one cannot do an "update" INSTALL from (for example) a 10.4 Disk if one already has 10.5 installed.
4. But - through the incarnations of 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4 - I had always been able to use the OS X retail install disk (no matter how old) to check out my HD, even if my HD had (for example) 10.3.5 on it and my Install Disk was just 10.3.
According to the link William posted, this may be different (I would guess on rare occasions), starting with Leopard.
5. But, given my history through all the incarnations of OS X, I was puzzled when it seemed my laptop could not read my very unused, mint 10.5 OS Install Disk. A mystery. But when I washed a seemingly flawless disk, it worked afterwards. So something must have been on it I couldn't see.

Events on remote disks are missing from event library

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My iPhone 6 arrived two days ago via FedEx. Unfortunately, while the packaging, charger, and headphones were in the box, the actual physical phone was missing. Has anyone had to deal with this same horrible issue? If so, where, and what did Verizon do to rectify this issue? I've been given conflicting information by Verizon representatives who are not willing to work with me to figure out a fast and fair way to make me whole. Please help.

freemante wrote:
i HOPE it's defective... i dont think every one... but i think a large
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OS 10.4.1 Start Up disk missing from desktop

Is it my imagination or do Macs these days have a proliferation of oddities occurring when you least expect it.
Anyway, my problem is that I booted up my Intel 2.66 dual this morning, it started up fine, system running, apps all there etc. But then I noticed the hard disk icon for my Start Up disk was missing from the desktop.
Its there, its mounted, its running the system, all my apps work but you can't see it to double click on it on the desktop and when you go into a finder window its not listed in the drives available.
Its mounted, its verified, its seemingly all okay but its just not visible on the desktop or in the finder window.
I can get to it by opening a finder window from one of the two other disks attached to the machine and then searching for something on that disk - ping - the file is returned in the finder window with the directory showing the Macintosh HD as its root. I can then select that in that finder window and it opens up the window for the disc.
Any clues as to why this might have happened and more importantly how I can get it back.
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Dale
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Mac OS X Install Disk

I'm trying to make back-up copies of my Mac OS X Install Disk DVD using disk utility. Even when I create the disk image with compression, when I ask to burn the target dvd I get a message that there is not enough room on the 4.7 GB disk. What am I doing wrong? What's the step-by-step method?

rleduke wrote:
In that case, can you tell me how to configure a bus-driven external drive to use as a boot disk using the start-up-with-option-key trick? I just need the minimum stuff to boot the system. My Mac OS X install DVD wants to bundle a lot of apps and fonts and languages when I've tried to do this. Thanks again for your help!
Rieduke: didn't you notice that the Install DVD is over 7Gig and that your Mac only writes ca. 4.2 gig DVDs ?
I really wouldn't bother buying an external Burner - spend the money on good sized external HD which you can also partition for use for backup (We'll all be using 'DVD-Form factor' BluRay at ca. 40Gig ea. soon, anyway).
If you want a backup of your OS X Install disk (and I certainly think you should), get help from a friend, an understanding Mac dealer/consultant -show them the 'huge scratch' in it that isn't there...- or read around the various Forums for a 'how to split your 7.x GB Install into 2 x 4 DVDs' articles (they'll be around - it's not gonna be hard to do)
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1. get a good sized external HD and Install the system on it.
and then, either use Sys prefs-> startup disk to make it yr 'everyday' startup disk or, as YOU said, you can hold down 'Option' at startup' and choose between them. It's really that simple.
{It's also not such a bad idea: replacing a dud/wornout external on an iMac takes you and 30 seconds. Replacing an Internal takes an Apple dealer, delays and $$$. It's also the same equation adding extra HDs, more VRAM, switching to a bigger disk etc }.
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As for a 'minimal Startup Disk', I've never really found it worth the effort - beyond using 'customise' and 'options' during the Install process to not install stuff you obviously don't need (and some which isn't obvious - e.g. there are some great free Apps you may want to use that won't work if you don't install the -misnamed - 'BSD Subsystem').
If you have some deep n abiding reason, there are ways of getting the system very small - like 'monolingual' (& similar) to remove unneeded Language resources inside Application 'Bundles' (see versiontracker etc. and read around the various Forums for these too).
You can get really tiny with some Apps which are just intended to install the real 'bare bones' and a couple of Disk fix/check/test/maintain routines & Apps but God knows what 'hidden' limits & traps are there....(Tech Tools is one that does this).
Disk space is cheap. Time is expensive as are mistakes. Why bother ?.
{By 'a bus-driven external drive ' I assume you mean Firewire, USB 2 or eSATA rather than running wires from the system Bus ?).

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