Timeline for How do I use a bootable disk drive to install Mac OS on an iMac 2011?
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| Apr 30, 2020 at 0:09 | history | edited | David Anderson | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Apr 23, 2020 at 21:56 | answer | added | David Anderson | timeline score: 1 | |
| Apr 22, 2020 at 17:31 | comment | added | CodyBugstein | Let us continue this discussion in chat. | |
| Apr 22, 2020 at 14:05 | comment | added | CodyBugstein | How do you know the boot installer is faulty ? What should be expected to happen? | |
| Apr 22, 2020 at 13:59 | comment | added | Allan | I understand that. What I'm saying is that your bootable installer is faulty. I had this exact same problem and had to redownload the OS and recreate the installer. | |
| Apr 22, 2020 at 13:57 | comment | added | CodyBugstein | @Allan I followed the instructions in the section "Use the Bootable Installer" support.apple.com/en-ca/HT201372 . I can't make any progress there because it doesn't let me past the screen that tells me to connect to the internet. As soon as i connect, it says "connecting to Apple to verify... " and then it gives me the "A required download is missing" error | |
| Apr 22, 2020 at 13:48 | comment | added | Allan | that's not "how to use," that's a faulty bootable installer. Try creating it again. | |
| Apr 22, 2020 at 13:47 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Apr 22, 2020 at 13:40 | comment | added | CodyBugstein | @Allan as I said, the instructions at the link don't work because it leads me to the error "A required download is missing" | |
| Apr 22, 2020 at 13:26 | comment | added | Allan | @CodyBugstein - The very first link in your search "How to create a bootable installer" on Apple's website has a section titled "Use the bootable installer" and a link with instructions on how to select bootable media. | |
| Apr 22, 2020 at 4:04 | comment | added | CodyBugstein | When I choose "OS X Base System", I get an error saying "Failed to Open OS X installer. The path /System/Installation/Packages/OSInstall.mpkg appears to be missing or damaged" | |
| Apr 22, 2020 at 3:31 | comment | added | CodyBugstein | I clicked "Recovery 10.10.3". It loaded for a while, then took me right back to the recovery screen where I was stuck before | |
| Apr 22, 2020 at 2:59 | comment | added | CodyBugstein | No... I did not know about that. Thanks. Now I get two icons; Recovery 10.10.3 and OS X Base System . Shouldnt I see my USB Bootable drive ? | |
| Apr 22, 2020 at 2:38 | comment | added | David Anderson | You are suppose to turn on the Mac, then immediately hold down the option key until the Startup Manager icons appear. Did you do that? | |
| Apr 22, 2020 at 1:53 | history | asked | CodyBugstein | CC BY-SA 4.0 |