Hello, you can also make a recovery partition on an external drive like a flash drive or, SD card. Apple actually has a utility to create this. I believe using such a drive would allow you to skip needing to redownload a copy of the OS again. Ricardo Walker ricardo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On May 23, 2013, at 4:52 PM, Andrew Ireland <andrew@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Guys, > > I wonder if anyone can advise please. To recover a Mac mini back to factory > default, is the internet download the only way, by holding Command + R at > start up? Or do they have a recovery partition? So far I can only find > restore from a time machine back up and download from the internet. > > Many thanks in advance, > > Andrew. > > >> >> Click on the link below to go to our homepage. >> http://www.icanworkthisthing.com >> >> Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. >> //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >> >> Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to >> macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web >> interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >> > > Click on the link below to go to our homepage. > http://www.icanworkthisthing.com > > Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. > //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover > > Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to > macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web > interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >