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Typing in the terminal diskutil list gives me this...

/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *500.1 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD            499.1 GB   disk0s2
   3:                  Apple_HFS Recovery HD             629.1 MB   disk0s3

I try to change disk0s3 to type "Apple_Boot", by using...

sudo asr adjust --target /dev/disk0s3 -settype "Apple_Boot"

But I keep getting the error...

asr: Volume adjustment failed: Operation not permitted

The partition isn't mounted. I have also tried the command as superuser.

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  • Is adjust an new verb in the version of asr that ships with OS X 10.11, as it is not one in OS X 10.10 and earlier?
    – user3439894
    Dec 2, 2015 at 12:47
  • What are you doing this? What's the goal?
    – Khürt Williams
    Dec 2, 2015 at 14:27
  • @KhürtWilliams, Crimbo is probably trying to do it because it's supposed to show as: Apple_Boot Recovery HD not Apple_HFS Recovery HD
    – user3439894
    Dec 2, 2015 at 20:43

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It seems that normal "umount" command is not suitable here, especially if Recovery partition is on system hard disk (SSD/HDD). I found working script on JAMFNation for that:

#!/bin/sh

RecoveryHDName="Recovery HD"
RecoveryHDID=/usr/sbin/diskutil list | grep "$RecoveryHDName" | awk 'END \{ print $NF }'\

/usr/sbin/diskutil unmount /dev/"$RecoveryHDID"
/usr/sbin/asr adjust -target /dev/"$RecoveryHDID" -settype Apple_Boot
/usr/sbin/diskutil info /dev/"$RecoveryHDID"*

The key is that you need to eject only this particular partition (you can do this from Finder also!) and only then execute: sudo asr adjust --target /dev/diskNsM -settype "Apple_Boot" where you should replace N and M with your Disk and Partition number.

Apple Recovery partition is used as emergency tool. In case you cannot boot to your system, you at least can try to do repairs.

To access Recovery partition, reboot your Mac and press and hold Cmd+R during startup/power on.

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  • Cheers for the answer! I am going to mark this as the correct answer - I cannot test it as the situation has past, but it has been over a year since another answer was provided
    – Crimbo
    Aug 31, 2017 at 18:19
  • The idea is correct, but the script written in this way will does not work. Right: #!/bin/sh ... RecoveryHDID=$(/usr/sbin/diskutil list | grep "$RecoveryHDName" | /usr/bin/awk 'END { print $NF }') ... sudo /usr/sbin/asr adjust -target /dev/"$RecoveryHDID" -settype Apple_Boot /usr/sbin/diskutil info /dev/"$RecoveryHDID" | grep "Partition" P.S. The prefixes "/usr/bin/" and "/usr/sbin/" can be omited, just like the last string.
    – cave-canem
    Dec 9, 2018 at 16:13
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At first:

umount -f "/Volumes/Recovery HD"

Then:

sudo asr adjust --target /dev/disk0s3 -settype "Apple_Boot"
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    umount gives: umount: /Volumes/Recovery HD: not currently mounted, thus asr still not able to execute.
    – Arunas Bartisius
    Aug 25, 2017 at 11:01
  • Use “sudo” and everything will work properly: umount -f "/ Volumes / Recovery HD"
    – cave-canem
    Dec 9, 2018 at 16:44

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