[kwlug-disc] Installing OS on a mac with dead HD

[Joe Wennechuk]

You my sir, win the prize!!!


Thank you very much! I have so little experience with Mac, and MacOS, but this worked perfectly!


Joseph Wennechuk
Phone: (226) 505-4812
https://www.linkedin.com/pub/joseph-wennechuk/4/b59/382



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From: kwlug-disc <kwlug-disc-bounces at kwlug.org> on behalf of Jonathan Poole <jpoole at digitaljedi.ca>
Sent: September 25, 2017 12:22 PM
To: KWLUG discussion
Subject: Re: [kwlug-disc] Installing OS on a mac with dead HD


Can you not just replace the drive, reboot the mac into recovery mode and install from internet over wifi?



-----Original message-----
> From:Joe Wennechuk
> Sent: Monday, September 25 2017, 12:15 pm
> To: KWLUG discussion
> Subject: Re: [kwlug-disc] Installing OS on a mac with dead HD
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> I can burn an ISO I found online, but it is a problem with the UEFI I think.
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> Joseph Wennechuk
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> Phone: (226) 505-4812
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> https://www.linkedin.com/pub/joseph-wennechuk/4/b59/382 <https://www.linkedin.com/pub/joseph-wennechuk/4/b59/382>
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> From: kwlug-disc <kwlug-disc-bounces at kwlug.org> on behalf of CrankyOldBugger <crankyoldbugger at gmail.com>
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> Sent: September 25, 2017 12:01 PM
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> To: kwlug-disc at kwlug.org
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> Subject: Re: [kwlug-disc] Installing OS on a mac with dead HD
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> Assuming that you have the mac ISO, you could look at Etcher to write the USB stick:  https://etcher.io/ <https://etcher.io/>
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> On Mon, 25 Sep 2017 at 11:59 Joe Wennechuk <youcanreachmehere at hotmail.com <mailto:youcanreachmehere at hotmail.com>> wrote:
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> Hi All,
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>   I have looked everywhere and cant figure this out. I have a macbook pro and the HD is dead. I need to reinstall the OS on a new HD, but don't have access to another mac. Is there any way to create the os install boot disk from a linux machine?
>
> Joseph Wennechuk
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> Phone: (226) 505-4812 <tel:(226)%20505-4812>
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> https://www.linkedin.com/pub/joseph-wennechuk/4/b59/382 <https://www.linkedin.com/pub/joseph-wennechuk/4/b59/382>
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