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install Lion on Imac with macbook-pro HDD copy
Is it possible to do a new lion install on an imac if you copied/cloned the HDD of your macbook-pro (with CCC)?
In theory that is ofcourse, because it won't.
The installer log, mentions:
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OS X unusably unresponsive after upgrading 10.6 to 10.8
Every other click and keystroke seems to cause my MacBook to just freeze for minutes at a time.
(I saw How to fix OS X Lion being unresponsive? but I'm not seeing much swap activity nor is my RAM ...
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Reinstall MacBook's OS X
I have a bit of a problem with MacBook Pro.
Currently it's running Mac OS X 10.8.3, but I want to install from DVD Mac OS X 10.5.2, which is for this MacBook Pro and was reinstalled few months back. ...
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Reinstall OS X Lion on Macbook Air 2012
I have a MacBook Air (11-inch, Mid 2012) MD223LL/A MBAIR 11.6/1.7/4/64FLASH running OS X 10.7.5. It shipped with Lion. I want to reinstall the OS on the laptop without an internet connection. Is this ...
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How to download Mountain Lion installer after changing a store?
I'm going to upgrade my machine with ssd drive, so I want to make a clean install. I was told that I can redownload the installer via Mac App Store, but the problem is that I used the store of other ...
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Install Mountain Lion to another drive without rebooting
I'm wondering if its possible to install Mountain Lion to an external drive (connected via esata) without rebooting from the host system?
I came across this hint suggesting that it was possible to do ...
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Mountain Lion clean install
I've lost my HDD which is unrecoverable on my MacBookPro 5,5. I don't have any Mountain Lion installer or disk. How can I install Mountain Lion after i put brand new disk?
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I've installed a new version of Safari and now it refuses to open and doesn't allow me to downgrade [duplicate]
I've installed a new version of Safari and now it refuses to open and doesn't allow me to downgrade.
Someone pointed I had to reinstall the whole system. I'm reading on how to do it right ...
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Buy OS X Lion on AppStore but install from previous download with other Apple ID
I have OS X installed at home and I am therefore able to re-download it from the app store and to copy the installer on an USB drive.
My parents have a very bad internet connection and I would like ...
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Copying applications from applications folder to external and reinstalling osx
Is it possible to copy all my applications from the applications folder onto an external, format my mac, reinstall OS X and finally copy the applications back into the applications folder for ...
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Would installing MacOS on a new partition fix my partition table?
I think I messed up my partition table, would installing mac os on a new partition (to keep the old one which I WANT to use) fix that so when I boot the Option key works and everything runs smoothly?
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Can't download Mountain Lion from app store on a Mac already running Mountain Lion?
I am trying to download and/or acquire an operating system installer for my newly purchased Mac. My objective is to put this onto some form of removable media (USB ideally) such that in the event that ...
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Mountain Lion Installation Error
I was helping a friend to do a clean install on his Macbook Pro with the bootable Mountain Lion USB disk (By holding down the option key at boot up and choosing the USB Installer) but I got stuck with ...
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Reinstalling clean system on faulty hardware? Suggestions
I have a faulty MBP 17' Late 2009.
I can sell it for spares & repairs on ebay for quite a lot as I've found but it has a lot of sensitive data on it and I'd like to return it to a base system.
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Fresh install of OS X with AppStore version
I want to make a fresh and clean installation of OS X Mountain Lion, all data should be erased.
I have already tried installing the OS in the "cmd+R" tool, but what it does is installing the OS X ...
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SSH to localhost on OS X Mountain Lion fails with invalid password (after reinstall & migration)
After reinstalling OS X, then migrating my account over via Time Machine, I cannot ssh to localhost. It asks me for a password, but doesn't take my actual user's password.
I tried setting up a ...
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Dropbox syncing issue (permissions) after new hard drive migration on OS X
Since upgrading my hard drive (and reinstalling OS X), doing an OS X "Migration" to the new drive, and finally re-logging into Dropbox, I now show 700 files have syncing issues. This shows up when I ...
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Clean install from external HD to external SSD stops
I put a Mountain Lion DMG via recovery onto my external USB HD. After that I tried to install OS X onto my new SSD, connected via USB too. Everything looks quite well, but the install screen (title ...
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How can I back up my OSX 10.6 Installation DVD and create a bootable USB drive?
I have a MacBook Pro mid 2009, It came with two DVDs: Application Install DVD and OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) Installation DVD.
Since DVDs have a short life, I want to back up these two DVDs (Especially ...
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Fresh installing Mac OS 10.6 on a MacBook Pro with new hard drive
I had some bad sectors on my hard drive, I took it out and did a low-level format on it, now when I scan it passes the scan with no error and without any bad sector.
Now I have put it back into my ...
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Restore user data, settings and apps from hard-drive copy
Here's the situation:
My GF's MacBook Pro broke, OS would not start at all
I inserted Knoppix Live CD, booted and just copied all of the files from her HD to folder on external HD
I've reinstalled ...
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Reinstalling OS X 10.6 without losing any data
My MacBook Pro 13' (mid 2009) won't boot. It doesn't get past the initial grey boot up-screen - and nothing I've tried seems to help that. The only way to get the computer started up is via the ...
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Cannot reinstall OSX Mac mini 6,1
I've been trying to install Ubuntu server on my Mac mini 6,1 with no success.
However now I'm stuck and can't even reinstall OSX from a USB key. I've created it on my MBPr, and tested it there : it ...
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To what extent does time machine restore files [closed]
I've had some problems with my Mac recently, and thinking they were a bad block issue, I zeroed out the drive, reinstalled OS X and restored everything with Time Machine/Migration Assistant.
The ...
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Question about Macbook Hard-driver replacement
My OSX 10.8.2 crashed recently, I think I got a very good chance to replace my Hard drive as I need more storage. My question is: Can I seamlessly transfer my data (Include my iTunes music library and ...
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MacBook Mac OS X Install DVD not loading on new hard drive
I have a MacBook Pro 13 late 2008 for which I just replaced the HD with a WD Blue notebook 500GB, 5400rpm, model WDBABC5000ANC-NRSN. After replacing the HD, powered up the MBP, the screen displayed a ...
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Fresh Install of Mountain Lion on MacBook Pro Retina that upgraded via a voucher
I want to do a fresh install of Mountain Lion. I bought my MackBook Pro before Mountain Lion was out. Later I got my free download voucher and used it to upgrade. Now I want to do a fresh install, but ...
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Are there any downsides to cloning an HDD to an SSD?
I'm setting up a MacBook (2009 unibody, for the record) for a friend. There's currently a regular HDD in the machine, and I'm going to be putting a fresh install of Mountain Lion and iLife on it, ...
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Can't start up MacBook Pro from OS X install discs
I wanted to re-install my mid-2010 15-inch MacBook Pro (Intel Core i7 2.66 gHz 8 GB 1067 MHz DDR3 RAM) which is currently running Mac OS X 10.6.8.
I inserted the retail Mac OS X 10.6 install disc, ...
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Reinstall Mac OS X Mountain Lion before selling a Mac
I want to sell my laptop (Macbook Pro late 2011).
I have erased my disk drive but it seems that I cannot reinstall Mac OS without an Apple ID.
At the origin my mac was shipped with Lion, I have ...
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Is it easy to mount my Time Capsule after a clean install (without any restore) so that I can copy individual files from it?
People say it is possible but I am suspicious. I want to clean install and start fresh with nothing. Then I can access my Time Capsule that has my backup and copy any files I want. How easy or ...
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Macbook pro cant boot from harddrive or CD
My macbook pro stopped getting past the boot screen. Initially there were vertical purple lines on the boot screen. Then for a while it was purple specks, now it’s sort of purple checkered.
If I put ...
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How to install Mac OS X from Windows on MacBook Air?
I have OS backup .dmg installation file. The problem is I have Windows 7 on my MacBook Air, and I do not have access to OS X to use Disk Utility to burn/restore the OS X image.
Is it possible to ...
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Clean install a Macbook without another Mac
A friend of mine recently bought a new laptop and passed me his old Macbook Pro 6,2. I think he had Lion on it, but the installation CD has been long lost.
I put in a new disk (he kept the original ...
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OS X reinstallation and Amazon software.
I just purchased a second hand, 2-Week old MacBook Air. I downloaded the Mac Office from Amazon. When installing, I'm prompted to enter an Administrator Password, which I still don't have, as the guy ...
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Mac doesn't reboot after reinstall of OS X
This it what I did
Select the recovery partition
erase your whole disk using disk utility...importany you erase all partitions.
After deleting all the data, select "Reinstall Mac OS X".
Maybe i ...
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Sold my MacBook Pro Lion, how to reset OS installation?
I just sold my MacBook Pro. It originally came with OS X 10.6.6 (snow leopard). I since upgraded it, through the App Store, to OS X 10.7.5 (lion).
I want to wipe everything clean on the hard drive so ...
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How to reset iMac to factory defaults?
I want to sell my iMac (2011) and I want to reset the system and remove all my data. I tried the Command-R method. It wants me to enter my Apple ID and password but I don't want to do this! I want to ...
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I chose the wrong partition to install Windows. How do I reinstall Mountain Lion?
I've had my new Mac for less than a week, and screwed it up. In trying to create a dual boot, I made noob mistake in choosing the wrong partition to format to NTFS for Windows (the partition with ...
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Can't unmount the disk during Mac OS X install
My MacBook started to get really slow recently. Now it can’t start up properly anymore. All I see is the Apple logo and then it shuts down. I've tried rebooting multiple times, but I've seen the same ...
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How do I reinstall the operating system if I downloaded the latest OS? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Is it possible to do a “clean” install of Lion?
I am running 10.7.4 and looking to re-install the operating system, but I bought the current OS on the Apple ...
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How to get MacBook Leopard installation disks?
We bought this computer second hand without the disks. Some of the applications were accidentally removed. The trash was emptied before realizing they were in there.
We are trying to find someone ...
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Is target disk mode a clean way to install (Mountain) Lion on a blank mac?
Since I don't have an optical disc, and no USB thumb drives are available, but I do have a second mac, target disk mode over FireWire seems like the only way to install Mountain Lion (since this 2010 ...
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Lost installation cd
I lost the installation cds from my MBP.
Is that possible get a copy from apple? Or can I use a installation cd from another MBP?
Thanks
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How to do fresh install of Mountain Lion?
My Mac is very slow.
My Mac is running OS X Mountain Lion after an upgrade from Lion.
How can I do a fresh install the OSX Mountain Lion, with a clean HDD (all of my documents deleted), so it ...
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Mountain Lion, EFI and Intel SSD Toolbox
Here's the problem:
I want to do a clean install of Mountain Lion on my (custom) Intel 520 SSD inside my iMac. The first time this SSD was setup, it was done by a certified Apple Retailer.
This ...
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Restoring 'User Guides And Information' folder on a Mac preinstalled with Lion or higher
When you buy a new Mac you get a digital copy of all important information relating to your hardware. These are located in the 'User Guides And Information' folder on your hard drive, or more ...
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Microsoft Office 2004 reinstall?
I bought a used iMac with OS 10.4.11 installed. It also has Microsoft Office 2004 on it. I'd like to upgrade the OS to 10.6 but don't want to lose the Microsoft Office applications. I do not have the ...
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Does the Mountain Lion installer receive updates?
I downloaded the Mountain Lion installer on the day it was released on the App Store. If I now wait some time before doing a clean reinstall:
Does this installer receive updates?
Is it updated only ...
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How do I create a Mac OS install thumb drive from InstallESD.dmg file using Windows 7?
I have completely messed up my Mac OS X Lion 10.7 on my 2011 Macbook Air (Refer thread : Is there an alternative to downloading Lion from the net?)
Recovery Parition attempts to install from the ...
