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There are a few tools that will do this for you, basically copying the hidden restore partition onto a USB stick. Bootable DVD though? Really?

• barake 13y ago
  As of Mountain Lion, the recovery partition doesn't contain the full OS. Just enough to bootstrap and download the whole thing from Apple. They also do not sell the update on physical media (thumb drives, DVDs, etc.) in store.
• qwerty_asdf 13y ago
  > Bootable DVD though? Really? In light of recent events involving the NSA and leaked documents, yes. A bootable DVD. Really. For some heavy-duty discussion on the withertos and wherefores, take a quick gander at a recent thread, over here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6532642 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6532642 Remember that part where GCHQ stormed the offices of The Guardian, and took an angle grinder to one of their laptops? http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/20/nsa-snowden-files-drives-destroyed-london http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/20/nsa-snowden-fil...
  • wtallis 13y ago
    Still, why not just use a USB drive? DVDs are painfully slow compared to flash drives.
  • falcolas 13y ago
    In light of the recent NSA revelations, I'd want to use Linux, not Mac, for an ephemeral offline OS. Of course, Schneider uses Windows, so to each his own.
    • nwh 13y ago
      Offline means nothing in a world where NSA slides reference jumping airgaps with hardware backdoors.
      • gohrt 13y ago
        How exactly will their hardware backdoor transmit its secrets back to the NSA? By sneaking out your apartment backdoor?
        • nwh 13y ago
          If you'd read any of the background on it rather than down voting me, you'd know!
    • qwerty_asdf 13y ago
      And I definitely agree with you on that. Just sayin'...