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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Restore paths after OS reinstall
I sent my MBP to the shop for repairs, and one of the things they did was reinstall the Snow Leopard. Now my system settings and paths are gone, for example:
$ brew install ngspice
Error: Cannot ...
