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Unable to install macOS Monterey on MacBook Pro 2015
I'm trying to install macOS Monterey on my MacBook Pro 2015. These are the steps/events arranged in chronological order.
One day while turning on the Mac, my Mac stopped booting. It stopped at the ...
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iMac 12 mid 2011 model - OS installation issue
My kiddo recently got a iMac 12 mid 2011 model as a gift for homeschooling purposes. The device was working perfectly fine until the reset to remove the previous owners information as per the Apple ...
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I'm unable to reinstall OS X
I have an iMac11,1 without an OS on it (Recovery mode is still on it) and I therefore want to reinstall OS X. First thing I've tried was doing it using the recovery mode. I've reformatted the "...
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Cannot boot Mac OS via USB (created via M1 chip) on 2012 MacBook Air, freezes for a while and then just ignores it
I am trying to revive my old 2012 MacBook Air (Model A1465) to use an older version of MacOS for a program that could only run on MacOS High Sierra or earlier. Luckily the Mac comes with a ...
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Unable to boot from USB installer (17-inch, 2.66GHz MacBook Pro (MB604LL/A) [duplicate]
I have an old 2009 macbook pro that had problems with hard drive. I changed it to new SSD (also updated ram to 2x4gb 1066MHz DDR3 SDRAM PC3-8500S), and created bootable USB in windows with TransMac ...
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Can't boot Big Sur 11.2.3 installer. Can't set Startup Disk to createinstallmedia -created installer on M1 MB Air, with Big Sur or Ventura [duplicate]
I can't boot a createinstallmedia -created installer on M1 on microSD or SSD, with Big Sur 11.2.3, but I can boot one made with Ventura.
I want to reinstall Big Sur 11.2.3, which is what the Mac came ...
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How to install a fresh macOS on an iMac with a new hard disk?
I have an old iMac with a brand new disk (completely empty). I do not have the old disk, I just have the new one. Of course, now it can't boot, and the flashing folder with the question mark appears. ...
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Stuck in Kernel Panic 1 after failed OS X install via bootable usb
I had to do a complete clean reinstall of the OS on a Macbook Pro 5 (late 2009).
Reinstalling the OS through disk recovery didn't work,El capitan is no longer available to download.No backups were ...
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How to reinstalled macOS Sierra from USB Start-up Disk made using TransMac
I have a MacBook Air 7.2 early 2015: i5 2.4GHz, 8Gb DDR3, 121Gb SSD which is completely empty and I want to reinstall macOS on it. I booted my USB key under Macos Sierra from a dmg file with TransMac, ...
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Bootcamp 'Could not update computer's boot configuration'
I own a MacBookPro 16inch 2019 Touchbar i9. I need to install Windows 10 on it as a second OS, but I cannot get it to work. Each time I use Bootcamp it gives me the following error right at the ...
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Trying to install El Capitan via Bootable USB on MBP 2009 using Windows 10, not showing up
I have recently received a 2009 MBP to use with an old video camera. The MBP has no HDD so I formatted an old windows drive to exFAT and have been trying to create a bootable USB for OSX installation, ...
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Force Install Windows 7 on a 2017 Macbook Pro (Newer Macbook)
I really want to BootCamp Windows 7 to my Macbook Pro 15-inch 2017.
The problem is that Boot Camp Assistant only takes Windows 10 64bit or newer. Tried editing the Info.plist numerous amount of times. ...
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iMac, late 2006 - 64bit Linux OS
In this old post How can I install a 64-bit OS on a 2006 Mac Pro with 32-bit EFI?, a user asks about the possibility of installing a 64bit Linux OS on an older Mac PC.
Ok, I'm a little late at this ...
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Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar installation on iBook G4 stalls at gray screen, shows folder icon with question mark, then Finder icon, and then freezes
Recently, I made a Jaguar install disc from an ISO and tried booting from it on my iBook G4 12-inch. I tried booting from Startup Manager, expecting the Apple logo to appear and the CD to boot from ...
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Trying to install Mac OS X Snow Leopard, stuck on the Apple logo
This is a weird goofy story or something. I'm trying to install Snow Leopard so I can upgrade it to Mavericks, to anyone asking; it's for nostalgia as I used to use it all the time. But this crappy ...
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