Remember yesterday we told you about a new Lion ability to re-install itself over the Internet? Why would it come in handy? Well, as you know Apple distributes Lion exclusively as a Mac App Store ...

Newly-introduced Macs -- namely Mac minis and MacBook Airs introduced today -- have a new feature called "Internet Recovery" that downloads and installs OS X Lion even if your Mac has a failed or ...

A few EFI firmware updates are available for some MacBook and Mac Mini systems that enable Lion Internet recovery on them. Topher Kessler MacFixIt Editor Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years ...

Apple today released a series of firmware updates for its 2011 Mac lineup, addressing several issues to increase the stability of the systems. But the iMac EFI Update 1.7 goes a bit further, bringing ...

In the event of a serious problem with your Mac, you may need to reinstall your Mac operating system. There’s a simple way to do this using your Mac Recovery partition or via Mac Internet Recovery.

Apple's online-only distribution method of OS X Lion may be ground-breaking, but its accompanying online-only recovery method will probably have an even greater impact on the industry as we know it ...