honestly can't remember the last time I burnt a DVD. only to realise it was too big to burn on a standard DVD and no DL ones handy. Windows 10 just flat out didn't like the ISO, so had to try and find a decent (non spyware/virus infested) ISO tool. I sent to Norphy to thank him for the help. Here is an edited/extended version of the P.M. OK, so just to update this thread (because I know you're all on the edge of your seats) and offer a solution to anyone else in the unlikely event they are trying to put such an old OSX on an even older Macbook Pro. DVD writer, I think I'm still stuck?!Do you have a DVD writer anywhere? I can see if I can make an ISO of the installer for you to burn? DVD writer, I think I'm still stuck?!ĮDIT: Just seen the DVD option. and also the fact that it seems Apple didn't reach the 21st Century until after this Macbook 'Pro' was produced and there is no USB boot on this model (apparently).ĮDIT: Just seen the DVD option. because this is the only Mac in the building, so I'm guessing the other steps are a moot point. What is more unfortunate is that I'm falling at the first hurdle. Unfortunately there were obviously some steps I missed as (unlike your thorough explanation) I guess the internet guides assume that one is familiar with the Mac OS. Sad to say I've got so used to downloading an ISO and whacking it on any old computer, this just baffles me. Windows can be cryptic at times but with MacOS, I really have no clue why it isn't letting me do what I want (especially as it is randomly refusing to format a disk or unmount it etc). Many thanks for taking the time to detail all this for me, I do appreciate it! Nothing more frustrating that going round in circles especially with an OS you're not familiar with. I've just done this and the USB stick shows as a bootable volume in the Startup Disk panel in System Preferences so I assume it should be bootable. With luck and a following wind, you should see the Lion installer in your bootable image list. Plug it into the Mac you want to install Lion on, reboot it while holding down the Option key and wait for the boot menu to appear. It should then turn into a Lion USB stick and be bootable. Step 6) Wait an indeterminable amount of time for the DMG to get restored to the USB Stick. Tell it to restore from "Mac OS X Install ESD", then press the Restore button. Step 5) Find your newly formatted USB Stick volume in the Disk Utility, right click on it and press Restore. Format it with Mac OS Extended format and choose the GUID Partition Map scheme. Find your USB stick and click the Erase button. I'm on a Mac with High Sierra at the moment, earlier or later versions will look different. Step 4) Put a USB stick into your Mac and open Disk Utility. There's a DMG in there called InstallESD.dmg. Right click on that and click "Show Package Contents". Step 3) In the extracted contents, there's another PKG file called InstallMacOSX.pkg. Copy the PKG file somewhere, then use The Unarchiver to extract it. Step 1) On a handy Mac, grab Lion installer from Apple website here: It sounds like you've done this already, but here we go: in fact I lost count of the amount of ways it told me it couldn't do what I wanted. So, I downloaded a Lion.dmg file and researched what to do (after realising it won't USB boot), which is restore an image or something, which I try and get various error like 'cannot unmount disk', 'source busy', 'couldn't resize partition', then it asks to scan the image and tells me 'resource busy'. but apparently my Apple ID is too new or something and can only download later versions. Got into Disk Manager (sorry 'Utility') wiped the disk and tried to do a 'Reinstall Mac OS X' from an online thing. I thought I had a fairly good grip on what to do (only internet searches as I'm no Mac daddy for sure)! There are a few more things to try before I admit it beat me, but to save me time that I don't really have does anyone know how to get the Mac OS back onto a Macbook Pro (A1211 - 2006'ish). After spending a couple of hours on this yesterday afternoon, (although I have to admit I'm not sure it's worth the effort - long story short, I need a Mac to do some testing for another issue, so I dug out an old Macbook that's been sat in the cupboard for a few years).
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |