or hold down the Option key and choose 'Recovery HD' from the Startup Manager.or hold down the Command + Option + Shift + R keys (Reinstall the macOS / OS X that came with your Mac, or the version closest to it that is still available - requires mac OS 10.12.4 or later).or hold down the Command + Option + R keys (Upgrade to the latest macOS / OS X that is compatible with your Mac).hold down the Command + R keys (Reinstall the latest macOS / OS X that was installed on your Mac, without upgrading to a later version).hold down the power button - Apple Silicon Macs only.If you have a Time Machine backup disk and are using OS X 10.7.2 or later your Time Machine disk may also contain a Recovery HD.Download Apple's Lion Recovery Disk Assistant and create an emergency external USB Apple Recovery Disk with a Recovery HD.If your Mac came with supplied with OS X 10.7 or later the primary boot disk should already contain a Recovery HD.There are other possible locations for a Recovery HD: If for some reason the Recovery HD is not available and your computer came supplied with OS X 10.7 or later it may be able to automatically boot into Internet Recovery Mode. The Recovery HD allows you to boot the computer in Recovery Mode. When you install OS X 10.7 or later it automatically installs an invisible 'Recovery HD' on the volume you installed the OS to. How to use the macOS / OS X Recovery Modes in OS X 10.7 Lion or later Using the macOS / OS X Recovery Modes (OS X 10.7 or later)

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