Mar 12, 2020 after creating the bootable installer, follow these steps to use it plug the bootable installer into a compatible mac use startup manager or startup disk preferences to select the bootable installer as the startup disk, then start up from it. Or create a bootable installer disk, then use that disk to install macos on your mac or another mac. Feb 15, 2014 in this video i show you how to install os x mac operating system on a brand new hard drive using internet recovery. Mar 29, 2019 restoring your macbook pro is useful when you want to reinstall os x or restore the original factory settings so you can prepare the computer for a new owner or resolve problems associated with viruses and corrupt files. Whether its time for you to sell your old macbook pro, want a fresh start to your old machine or just want this damn thing to work again. A new ssd drive for your mac will make an instant impact. This will install various drivers and bits of software to ensure compatibility with the macbook pros hardware, including the display, trackpad, and. You will need at least 64gb of storage or 128gb would be better. May 11, 2012 using the optical disk drive odd slot for placing an ssd or hdd inside the mbp optibay how to format a new hdd to install mac os x onto or make a bootable copy onto click to expand. Click the erase button or tab, then complete these fields. Before you install the new os on it, you need to erase all data on the drive youve chosen for it. Installing ssd solid state drive in your macbook pro or.
Use startup manager or startup disk preferences to select the bootable installer as the startup disk, then start up from it. How to make a bootable lion install disc or drive macworld. Luckily for macbook pros, its just a simple 3step process recovery, wipe, reinstall. I have installed refit and burned my start up disk, but i have had a hard time running the disk on startup. Restoring your macbook pro is useful when you want to reinstall os x or restore the original factory settings so you can prepare the computer for a new owner or resolve problems associated with viruses and corrupt files. Install windows 10 on your mac with boot camp assistant. From here you can select your language, then use disk utility to erase the new internal drive.
Is it possible to add a second internal hard drive or ssd to a unibody macbook. You do not want to clone as you will not get the repair partition. Remove the ten screws using the phillips screwdriver make sure that. May 10, 2019 the next step is to take the old hard drive out and prepare your macbook pro for replacement. To do that, you want to start with your computer upside down on a solid, staticfree surface. I decided to upgrade my new macbook pro by installing a new 360 gb solid state drive. How to install an ssd to macbook pro early 2011 macrumors. Aura n is designed for apfs file system available on macos 10. How can i go about obtaining one in case somethings happens to where i need it. Ive found a lot of helpful information on running ubuntu on a macbook pro from 2006.
To check how much data storage is available on your macbook, click the apple logo about this mac storage. Or maybe the optical drive no longer works, and you would rather have more internal storage than replace it. This is useful for doing a clean install which is recommendable to do every 6 months or so, or for keeping a reusable installer handy to use on other machines. Jan 30, 2017 this will install various drivers and bits of software to ensure compatibility with the macbook pro s hardware, including the display, trackpad, and wifi. Choose the volume youd like to clean up and click erase. Install disk creator is a straightforward way to create a boot disk. Owcs stepbystep video of how to install memory, a hard drive, the owc data doubler, and a battery in the apple macbook pro. The whole process is relatively simple and takes up to 10 minutes to install the new hard drive. Install disk creator turns a usb stick or other media into a bootable macos installer. Using the optical disk drive odd slot for placing an ssd or hdd inside the mbp optibay how to format a new hdd to install mac os x onto or make a bootable copy onto click to expand. I tried several ways of installing the os on the hard drive which i had formatted when i was getting ready to install high sierra.
Can i just go ahead and swap out my hdd to my new ssd, and go buy the disk of mac os snow leopard or lion and pop it in to install it. How to create a bootable macos sierra installer drive. Apr 30, 2018 replace the macbook cover and screw in the ten tiny screws. In most cases, mounting is an automatic process that happens as soon as the hard drive is connected to a mac or macbook pro. Usb or dvd if you have original installation disk or usb, otherwise we will. A little later than expected, apple has added the following 20 and 2014 models of the macbook air and macbook pro to its vintage and obsolete products list. You will need a small phillips screwdriver and a t6 torx screwdriver. Howto install windows 10 on external hard disk for my. Learn how to use macos recovery to reinstall the mac operating system on your builtin drive or an external drive. How to create a bootable installer for macos apple support.
It is likely youll be given an older installation of macos and. How to wipe your old macbook pro and reinstall macos. I needed to downgrade my wifes late 20 macbook pro from catalina to high. I cant remember the exact steps but essentially if you have a disk you can install from that, you might be able to access disk utilities and download a os from the app store, or you can sideload an older os onto a flash.
How to install a macbook pro hard drive i easy stepbystep. In order to install windows 10 on macbook, you must have enough disk space. How to install a second drive in your mid2012 macbook pro. I tried to reinstall macos, but it says that its locked. The next step is to take the old hard drive out and prepare your macbook pro for replacement. Installing a new hard drive on a macbook pro sohel katchi. Install macos high sierra and restore your data boot your macbook pro. Enter a name for the disk or volume, such as macintosh hd. You want to connect your ssd to your macbook pro using the cable. Making a windows 10 install disk from macos high sierra isnt as simple as formatting a drive in disk utility and copying over files in the finder you need to use the terminal.
I am given about 7 choices including the mac and ubuntu os. Install os x from the internet replacing macbook pro hard drive nonretina part 2. Mar 07, 2017 if you have an old macbook pro with one foot in the grave, the single best thing you can do to breathe new life into it is replace its traditional spinning hard drive with a solidstate drive. I have an old macbook pro from 2010 which used to have high sierra on it. It sounds like you do have an external adapter or enclosure. The macbook pro can be restored by erasing your computers hard drive and performing a clean install of os x. Macbook pro mac os x install disc 1 2z691 6088 aapple inc. How to create a bootable macos sierra installer drive macworld. Power on the computer while holding down the option key. People said that i should go to disk utility and unlock the locked disk there. I selected the sdd as the disk to which i wanted to install the operating system, and then i marveled at how easy the process was. Then again, drive mounting can be performed manually using the disk utility of your machine. Oct 10, 2019 a little later than expected, apple has added the following 20 and 2014 models of the macbook air and macbook pro to its vintage and obsolete products list.
Hi ashb, this help document contains instructions for installing creative suite on sierra. You can also use your bootable installer to install the macos on a. Jan 16, 2020 in order to install windows 10 on macbook, you must have enough disk space. Jan 15, 2020 learn how to use macos recovery to reinstall the mac operating system on your builtin drive or an external drive. After creating the bootable installer, follow these steps to use it plug the bootable installer into a compatible mac use startup manager or startup disk preferences to select the bootable installer as the startup disk, then start up from it. Put the macos high sierra installer on an external usb thumb drive or hard. Disk utility will create the partition and set up the drive it can take a while. If your hard drive crashes and you have to replace it, this tutorial shows you. How to fix a macbook pro that cant mount its startup disk. Wait while disk uitlity creates the partition and sets up the drive this can. If a wireless network is available, you can choose it from the wi. Go to the applications folder and choose disk utility. Replace the macbook cover and screw in the ten tiny screws.
I had a 2011 macbook pro, but didnt have the original os x install disc that came with it. Select the usb flash drive from the left side list. Usbc 100w pd, usbc 40gbps data, 4k hdmi, microsdsd card reader, 2xusb 3. View the answer i have this problem too subscribed to new answers. Let us know if that allows you to get around the wonky disk image message. How to make a bootable macos installer on an external drive. As shipped, the unibody aluminum inch macbook models the macbook core 2 duo 2.
After shutting down and disconnecting from the power outlet, you can safely use the screwdriver to open your computers back panel, replace the old hard disk with a new one, close the back panel again once done, and connect your macbook pro back to the power outlet. After youve erased the drive you can close disk utility and follow the instructions to install macos. The 2012 macbook pros optical bay cannot reliably support sata 6gbs ssds and hdds. The macbook became so slow on the os it became unusable so i decided to completely wipe the disk and try to install snow leopard 10. Release notes were unavailable when this listing was updated. Mac os x installation basics sata drive seagate support asean. This method will work on any imac, macbook, mac mini, mac pro. You may want to do this at night or when you dont need your computer it can take a while to back everything up. Ive created the usb installer but it freezes on the ubuntu installer loading screen. In the macbook or another computer where you want to install linux, you need to create a partition that is necessary so you dont install two os on the same drive. I connected the thumb drive to the macbook pro, booted up the laptop while pressing the option key, and then chose to boot from the thumb drive that read install os x.
Aura pro x2 is designed for apfs file system available on macos 10. Theres a free app called install disk creator that you can use to make. How to reinstall macos from macos recovery apple support. If you have an old macbook pro with one foot in the grave, the single best thing you can do to breathe new life into it is replace its traditional spinning hard drive with a. How to install a second drive in your mid2012 macbook pro thursday, may 26th, 2016 author. How to reformat mac os x without a recovery disc or drive. Cant reinstall macos because disk is locked 2nd hand macbook so i got a second hand macbook pro. Switch on your macbook pro, go to system preferences startup disk and make sure the ssd is selected. My recipe is if you do not give up and are very persistent.
How to clean install macos catalina and older versions. Choose either apfs or mac os extended journaled to format as a mac volume. If you are unable to watch the video above, or would like to see a quick guide on installing the data doubler, we have put together a stepbystep guide below for replacing your 2012 macbook pros optical drive with an owc data doubler. You may want to have little cups or a place with sides on it for the next few steps. At first the dots are blinking, showing that its doing something, but. Change up your computer to the newest macbook pro 16. For most reasons to erase, you should erase the disk, which also erases all volumes on that disk. The goal is to take an install on my external usb3 hard disk to my friends macbook pro 5,2 to make some performance tests before to decide if its worth to install windows on his machine and also i would like to have the ability to try it out on my machines so i think its rather neat to have an windows 10 installation on an external disk. A clean installation of macos can speed up your mac and rid it of. You can use an external drive or secondary volume as a startup disk from which to install the mac operating system. Now you have the bootable drive, disconnect it and attach to macbook in which you want to install linux.
Install os x from the internet replacing macbook pro. Sep 25, 2017 before you install the new os on it, you need to erase all data on the drive youve chosen for it. How to install os x or macos onto a new blank hard drive fresh. If you have an imac pro or mac pro with 128gb of memory ram or more, your startup disk needs at least as much free storage space as your mac has memory.
Cant reinstall macos because disk is locked 2nd hand macbook. Ive lost my install disc for the os and i need to formatre install. I have just bought a macbook pro which is sierra 10. If you still need some info from that drive, you can use an app like chronosync express to sync it with another drive and keep the files. Is it possible to install ubuntu on a 2006 macbook pro. I was able to make a macos sierra external usb boot disk in a few minutes, and the installation worked without a hitch. How to replace and upgrade a macbook pro hard disk. Install os x from the internet replacing macbook pro hard. Im trying to install ubuntu desktop on my macbook pro. You might find yourself using the optical drive in your 2012 macbook pro less and less. Starting in 2018 the macbook pro includes a secure boot chip that prevents your macbook from booting windows, linux, bsd, gentoo, fedora, atlas supervisor, other mac oss on a usb, etc. Go to disk utility erase disk select erase with journaling. Dec 15, 2019 the goal is to take an install on my external usb3 hard disk to my friends macbook pro 5,2 to make some performance tests before to decide if its worth to install windows on his machine and also i would like to have the ability to try it out on my machines so i think its rather neat to have an windows 10 installation on an external disk where i.
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