Timeline for How do I install macOS Sierra now after all these issues?
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| Aug 31, 2019 at 8:02 | vote | accept | user240852 | ||
| Jun 15, 2017 at 3:06 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/askdifferent/status/875187836634443776 | ||
| Jun 11, 2017 at 11:10 | comment | added | user240852 | Thanks @klanomath for helping & offering to do a "remote desktop session". I see you've helped a lot of people with hard drive problems & I wonder if you could please read my comments below Allan's answer & tell me if you think it would still be helpful to do that, or if you think it's time for me to replace the hard drive? Or is it something you can still maybe fix? | |
| Jun 10, 2017 at 1:51 | history | edited | Allan | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 10, 2017 at 1:45 | answer | added | Allan | timeline score: 5 | |
| Jun 9, 2017 at 23:54 | comment | added | JMY1000 | @user240852 Worst come to worst, you could try to return it on the grounds that the GPU could fail, even if it hasn't yet. | |
| Jun 9, 2017 at 23:46 | comment | added | Monomeeth♦ | I've just added an answer. Otherwise, in case you need some reassurance, what @klanomath is suggesting above is not dodgy. But, if you'd prefer to try my answer first, and it doesn't work, then I'd take Klanomath up on his offer. He has helped a lot of people with potential HD problems, which is what I'm starting to suspect in your case. | |
| Jun 9, 2017 at 23:39 | answer | added | Monomeeth♦ | timeline score: 6 | |
| Jun 9, 2017 at 22:46 | comment | added | klanomath | @user240852 Would you mind creating a new admin (with an easy password), installing TeamViewer onto the MPB, booting the iMac to the MPB (in target disk mode like you did previously) and let me have look at the internal hdd of the iMac via a remote desktop session? | |
| Jun 9, 2017 at 22:25 | comment | added | user240852 | @klanomath After Apple's announcements last week I was thinking about trying to sell it. I wanted to get it ready in case people came to look at it, and so it would be easier to quickly log out of iCloud et al if it sold. Now I can't even use it. :( | |
| Jun 9, 2017 at 22:20 | comment | added | user240852 | Yes @JMY1000 this iMac has a AMD Radeon HD 6970M 1024 MB GPU. The screen doesn't display any strange signs of GPU trouble. I regularly do video editing and photoshopping with no sign of trouble. | |
| Jun 9, 2017 at 22:20 | comment | added | klanomath | @user240852 Why did you delete the previous Sierra installation? | |
| Jun 9, 2017 at 22:18 | comment | added | user240852 | Thanks @klanomath for helping. No, no new customizations. The only thing different from when I installed macOS Sierra the very first time 6+ weeks ago is that I'm not using the same keyboard. My HD is the same 1TB model it originally came with, so it is a little old now, but no signs of HD problems. | |
| Jun 9, 2017 at 16:29 | comment | added | JMY1000 | Is it the model with a 6970M? Those were partially recalled for GPU issues. The errors your getting aren't particularly indicative of a GPU issues, but it's possible. | |
| Jun 9, 2017 at 14:02 | comment | added | klanomath | @user240852 Any hardware customizations like a new HDD/SSD? | |
| Jun 9, 2017 at 9:59 | comment | added | user240852 | If by 'reset' you mean erase, then yes, I secure erased it two days ago. | |
| Jun 9, 2017 at 8:55 | comment | added | Harcker | Have you tried to reset the harddisk in your iMac? | |
| Jun 9, 2017 at 7:09 | comment | added | user240852 | Thanks @JMY1000 for helping. The iMac in question is a mid-2011 27" model. I just tested it by putting a 2012 MBP in target disk mode and booting it from that. It booted fine and seems to run fine. The MBP also has macOS Sierra installed. What does this tell us? | |
| Jun 9, 2017 at 4:55 | comment | added | JMY1000 | Does the installer give the same error when attempting to install to an external HDD? Since you've got access to another Mac, does the iMac boot successfully if you create an external bootable volume and boot from that? What model iMac do you have? | |
| Jun 9, 2017 at 2:34 | history | asked | user240852 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |