Yosemite Recovery Reinstall Not working

[chraos]

So after installing and encountering problems that make it pretty much unusable, I attempted to boot into Recovery and clean install, only I was greeted with a "Contact AppleCare" message. What the hell is going on. I am growing furious by the second. Currently re-downloading Mavericks on a separate machine to re-install on my unusable Yosemite driven macbook.

 

[skwood]

This. I'm missing Photo Booth among other things...glad I stuck it on my test machine and not my main one.

 

[Steve121178]

That's why it's Beta software. If you get mad over stuff like this, should you be using pre-release software?

 

[FSUSem1noles]

This. I'm missing Photo Booth among other things...glad I stuck it on my test machine and not my main one.

They may have taken Photo Booth out for now because I'm missing it as well.

 

[chraos]

That's why it's Beta software. If you get mad over stuff like this, should you be using pre-release software?

I have other machines to use....getting upset is a normal human response when things don't go the way you expect them to. I was fully aware of the risk of running a beta....sorry for expressing my frustration online. I promise to never ever do it again.

 

[bbfc]

So after installing and encountering problems that make it pretty much unusable, I attempted to boot into Recovery and clean install, only I was greeted with a "Contact AppleCare" message. What the hell is going on. I am growing furious by the second. Currently re-downloading Mavericks on a separate machine to re-install on my unusable Yosemite driven macbook.

I've made that mistake before. I'm currently installing Yosemite on a separate partition just in case.

 

[aholeinthewor1d]

Has anyone tried internet recovery? Internet recovery should default to installing the OS that shipped with the computer. Don't wanna try Yosemite on my macbook yet until I know for sure if I can go back without having to make a USB from another computer. From what I understand you should be able to boot to internet recovery (Command+Option+R), erase HD in disk utility. And reinstall whatever OS came with the computer (Mavericks for example). Please let me know

 

[bbfc]

Has anyone tried internet recovery? Internet recovery should default to installing the OS that shipped with the computer. Don't wanna try Yosemite on my macbook yet until I know for sure if I can go back without having to make a USB from another computer. From what I understand you should be able to boot to internet recovery (Command+Option+R), erase HD in disk utility. And reinstall whatever OS came with the computer (Mavericks for example). Please let me know

Why not just install Yosemite on a separate partition?

 

[aholeinthewor1d]

Why not just install Yosemite on a separate partition?

Yea I know I can do that. Either way I am curiouser to know what it will do to recovery and internet recovery

 

[Sky Blue]

So after installing and encountering problems that make it pretty much unusable, I attempted to boot into Recovery and clean install, only I was greeted with a "Contact AppleCare" message. What the hell is going on. I am growing furious by the second. Currently re-downloading Mavericks on a separate machine to re-install on my unusable Yosemite driven macbook.

me too... reinstalling Mountain Lion

 

[Sweetfeld28]

I just installed it on my MP, and it is horrible. The biggest annoyance is that my internet is no longer working on this computer. which means no updates. they hopefully, will have 10.10.1 out within a week or so.