How to start to recovery mode in a Mac OS X VM in Parallels?

Solution 1:

I've found a way:

Enable Select boot device at startup in the virtual machine

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After the startup of the VM press any key to enter the boot device menu

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Select Boot Maintenance Manager

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Select Boot from file

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Search your recovery volume (usually it's the 2nd one listed)

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Select com.apple.recovery.boot

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Select boot efi

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Recovery mode:

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In Yosemite the mouse acts flaky though and i can't hoover the mouse over the menubar (e.g. to start /Utilities/Terminal) - it immediately jumps to the framing window. Menu navigation with CtrlF2 to circumvent this malfunction doesn't work.

In Mavericks everything seems to work bug-free.

**Addendum: You may access the menubar with your pointer after enabling FileVault 2 on the VM's system drive. **

How to start to recovery mode in a Mac OS X VM in Parallels?

Solution 1:

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