My MacBook Pro didn't come with a recovery CD and recovery HD will not show up

if you're running Snow Leopard - there there will be no recovery partition - only Lion and Mountain Lion has that.
did you buy your Macbook used?
you can call Apple to order the original install DVD for your Macbook or you can order Snow Leopard for $20.

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If you just bought it and it came with Lion then you don't get a DVD. Instead what they have done is created a Recovery Partition on the drive that serves the same function.
Allan

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I bought a MacBook Pro a little over a year ago and it didn't come with Pages. I thought this was normal but my MacBook which I had a couple years ago previously did come with Pages. Are all laptops supposed to come with Pages automatically? My MacBook Pro did come with Keynote which I thought was strange and random....any thoughts? If the MacBook WAS supposed to come with Pages, is there any way for me to get it now or is it too late? Thank you!

alfairly wrote:
I Are all laptops supposed to come with Pages automatically?
No.
iWork was never bundled with a Mac.It was an optional buy.
Now you can download iWork free from App store if you buy a new Mac.
Best.

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Boot to the Recovery HD:
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Yeah customer service is generally good and understanding just let them know! It cant hurt!

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Though these instructions are for Mt. Lion, they will work for Mavericks as well. Making one one of these will free you from depending upon Apple servers if the need should arise.
http://www.tuaw.com/2012/07/25/building-an-os-x-mountain-lion-installer-thumb-dr ive/
http://www.macworld.com/article/1167857/how_to_make_a_bootable_mountain_lion_ins tall_drive.html
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I recently bought a MacBook Pro and I never found a Mac OS X Restore CD anyone else find also not have a CD? Also does anyone know if you can get another CD for free if you didnt recieve one?

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My macbook pro didn't come with install discs?

I have just had to replace my hardrive and have now got to the stage of booting up again, only to realise I don't have any discs to do that! Its a mid 2010 Macbook Pro 13"! Help Hope for a solution tonight so I don't have to go back tot he Genius bar for a 4th day this week! Not a very happy Macbook user at the moment!

TJC1961 wrote:
I have just had to replace my hardrive and have now got to the stage of booting up again, only to realise I don't have any discs to do that! Its a mid 2010 Macbook Pro 13"! Help Hope for a solution tonight so I don't have to go back tot he Genius bar for a 4th day this week! Not a very happy Macbook user at the moment!
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I have a new MacBook Pro that prints fine with my upstairs computer, but the IMAC will not print through the AirPort

I have a Canon printer (USB), in my office. I plugged it in to the back of the Airport Router. The downstairs new MacBook Pro can print with either of my two printers upstairs with no problem. The IMac upstairs can not see the Canon printer at all. When I go to Print & Fax settings, it does not see the printer! How can I solve this?
THANKS!

You will need to get on the Canon website and download the latest drivers for your printer on the iMac.
That's really about all that you can do.

I have a MacBook Pro, does it come with antivirus software already installed?, I have a MacBook Pro, does it come with antivirus software already installed?

I have a MacBook Pro, does it come with antivirus softwarealready installed or do I need to purchase it.

No. You don't need it. But if you did you could use the freeware ClamXav 2.2.1.

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I just opened my new retina macbook pro, unfortunately it comes with lion 10.7 not mountain lion

This link should solve your problem.... http://www.apple.com/osx/uptodate/

Hi i just bought a mac pro but i notice that it didn't come with a recovery disk.where can i find the recovery disk?

hi i just bought a mac pro but i notice that it didn't come with a recovery disk.where can i find the recovery disk?

https://support.apple.com/kb/HT4718
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I have a macbook pro 15" Retina Display with 2.6 ghz and 8gb of ram yet when i try to download a HD movie from itunes it says my computer doesn't support HD?

i have a macbook pro 15" retina Display with 2.6 ghz and 8gb of ram when i try to download an HD movie from itunes it says my computer doesn't support HD? i went to the support on the apple website and looked at the specs that a computer has to meet in order to play HD movies and mine is well above them. Why can't i play the movies?

That would at least partially explain it.
These MacBook Pros drew more power than the power brick could readily supply, and so would only run at top speed when the power brick was supplemented by the battery.
Though the applicable tech note has been removed, it stated:
"If the battery is removed from a MacBook or MacBook Pro, the computer will automatically reduce the processor speed. This prevents the computer from shutting down if it demands more power than the A/C adapter alone can provide."

Cannot install lion from mac appstore. i have a macbook pro early 2011 model with 10.6.8 and i keep getting a wierd error NSInternalInconsistencyException i have no idea what to do.

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I changed my wireless broadband to a landline-base DSL wifi and it works like a charm. Sun was the culprit even you fiddle with its router and disable firewall, it won't work.
try changing yours too and let me know how it goes.

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