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hatuko

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Sep 28, 2014
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Espoo, Finland
Hi. I did a clean install of Yosemite yesterday, and since I was having problems with a USB install disk, I ended up reinstalling the OS using the recovery. Question: why is it so that if I start recovery (Cmd + R) I can reinstall Yosemite, while if I start Internet Recovery (Cmd + Alt + R) the OS available for reinstall is Mavericks??

Thanks!
 

dZp

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Mar 29, 2006
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https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201314
Which version of OS X is installed by OS X Recovery?
  • If you use the Recovery System stored on your startup drive to reinstall OS X, it installs the most recent version of OS X previously installed on this computer.
  • If you use Internet Recovery to reinstall OS X, it installs the version of OS X that originally came with your computer.
 
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