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Re: New iMac belated upgrade

From Graham J <nobody@nowhere.co.uk>
Newsgroups uk.comp.sys.mac
Subject Re: New iMac belated upgrade
Date 2020-07-19 22:52 +0100
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID <rf2fak$g65$1@dont-email.me> (permalink)
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nospam wrote:

[snip]

> 
> it's not a trick.
> 
> internet recovery is an intentional design decision for the situation
> where the user has a non-bootable computer and no way to get the os.
> 
> it appeared about the same time when mac os was no longer available on
> a dvd.
> 
> there is no web browser, however, a hd/ssd is required. otherwise there
> would be nowhere to install mac os.


Is there a user interface so you can tell it where to get the OS from? 
Or is it hard-coded into the firmware?


-- 
Graham J

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New iMac belated upgrade PeterFJ <pfjames2000@gmail.com> - 2020-07-19 11:17 +0100
  Re: New iMac belated upgrade Graham J <nobody@nowhere.co.uk> - 2020-07-19 12:04 +0100
    Re: New iMac belated upgrade nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2020-07-19 07:55 -0400
      Re: New iMac belated upgrade Graham J <nobody@nowhere.co.uk> - 2020-07-19 13:24 +0100
        Re: New iMac belated upgrade nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2020-07-19 09:05 -0400
          Re: New iMac belated upgrade Graham J <nobody@nowhere.co.uk> - 2020-07-19 18:59 +0100
            Re: New iMac belated upgrade nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2020-07-19 16:50 -0400
              Re: New iMac belated upgrade Graham J <nobody@nowhere.co.uk> - 2020-07-19 22:52 +0100
                Re: New iMac belated upgrade nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2020-07-19 18:13 -0400
                Re: New iMac belated upgrade Graham J <nobody@nowhere.co.uk> - 2020-07-20 08:02 +0100
                Re: New iMac belated upgrade Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie@usually.sessile.org> - 2020-07-20 08:56 +0000
                Re: New iMac belated upgrade nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2020-07-20 08:31 -0400
                Re: New iMac belated upgrade Graham J <nobody@nowhere.co.uk> - 2020-07-20 14:40 +0100
                Re: New iMac belated upgrade Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie@usually.sessile.org> - 2020-07-20 14:59 +0000
                Re: New iMac belated upgrade Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie@usually.sessile.org> - 2020-07-19 22:16 +0000
    Re: New iMac belated upgrade black.hole@jonbradbury.com (Jon B) - 2020-07-19 18:10 +0100
      Re: New iMac belated upgrade Andy Hewitt <thewildrover@icloud.com> - 2020-07-19 20:45 +0100
    Re: New iMac belated upgrade ErikRS <mac-dane@is.invalid> - 2020-07-20 00:17 +0200
      Re: New iMac belated upgrade nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2020-07-19 18:19 -0400
      Re: New iMac belated upgrade Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie@usually.sessile.org> - 2020-07-19 22:51 +0000
        Re: New iMac belated upgrade nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2020-07-19 19:01 -0400
          Re: New iMac belated upgrade Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie@usually.sessile.org> - 2020-07-19 23:12 +0000
            Re: New iMac belated upgrade ErikRS <mac-dane@is.invalid> - 2020-07-20 01:47 +0200
              Re: New iMac belated upgrade nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2020-07-19 20:03 -0400
        Re: New iMac belated upgrade ErikRS <mac-dane@is.invalid> - 2020-07-20 01:26 +0200
          Re: New iMac belated upgrade nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2020-07-19 19:31 -0400
  Re: New iMac belated upgrade nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2020-07-19 07:55 -0400
    Re: New iMac belated upgrade RJH <patchmoney@gmx.com> - 2020-07-19 12:03 +0000
  Re: New iMac belated upgrade Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie@usually.sessile.org> - 2020-07-19 20:38 +0000
  Re: New iMac belated upgrade ErikRS <mac-dane@is.invalid> - 2020-07-20 00:07 +0200
    Re: New iMac belated upgrade nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2020-07-19 18:13 -0400
    Re: New iMac belated upgrade Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie@usually.sessile.org> - 2020-07-19 23:12 +0000
      Re: New iMac belated upgrade ErikRS <mac-dane@is.invalid> - 2020-07-20 01:44 +0200
        Re: New iMac belated upgrade nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2020-07-19 20:03 -0400
        Re: New iMac belated upgrade richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin) - 2020-07-20 00:22 +0000
          Re: New iMac belated upgrade richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin) - 2020-07-20 00:23 +0000
      Re: New iMac belated upgrade black.hole@jonbradbury.com (Jon B) - 2020-07-20 09:32 +0100
        Re: New iMac belated upgrade Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie@usually.sessile.org> - 2020-07-20 08:58 +0000
          Re: New iMac belated upgrade Ian McCall <ian@eruvia.org> - 2020-07-20 10:57 +0100
          Re: New iMac belated upgrade black.hole@jonbradbury.com (Jon B) - 2020-07-20 11:51 +0100

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