Author of AutoDMG here, and since imaging is my day job I was happy to see that the article starts with a solid introduction to deploying OS X. However I&#x27;d do a few things differently:<p>* It&#x27;s best to build the image using a full installer of the latest version of OS X downloaded from the App Store (currently 10.10.5 14F27). Do not build a 10.10 14A389 image and apply the combo update to it as updates are meant to be installed on live systems and occasionally causes headaches.<p>* Avoid including extra packages on the image, it&#x27;ll only make it a pain to maintain and update. Also many packages are badly written and don&#x27;t install correctly (see <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;MagerValp&#x2F;AutoDMG&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Packages-Suitable-for-Deployment" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;MagerValp&#x2F;AutoDMG&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Packages-Suitable-...</a>).<p>* Rather than installing packages into the image you can include them but install them on first boot, e.g. with Outset: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;chilcote&#x2F;outset" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;chilcote&#x2F;outset</a><p>* Even better, it&#x27;s easy to set up Munki for software management, this way you can keep your machines updated too: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;munki&#x2F;munki" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;munki&#x2F;munki</a><p>* If you build your image with AutoDMG a recovery partition should be included in the image and created automatically when you restore with asr. If for some reason it&#x27;s missing you can create a package that will create it for you (again using the latest OS X installer): <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;MagerValp&#x2F;Create-Recovery-Partition-Installer" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;MagerValp&#x2F;Create-Recovery-Partition-Insta...</a><p>Now on to reading the rest of the guide... :)<p>Edit: reworded