Questions tagged [install]
The act of putting software onto a computer so it can run
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mac OS Installer lingers after failed Mojave 10.14.3 to 10.14.4 update
I've worked this problem w Apple Mac L2 across two phone calls lasting a total of 5 hours and escalation to L3 without a possible resolution, hence opening up my search to the world.
My ask:
What ...
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2018 MacBook Pro won't let me install macOS High Sierra 10.13 from USB installer
I've got a 2018 MacBook Pro (Model ID : MacBook 15,1) that shipped with macOS Mojave 10.14, that I need to downgrade to run macOS High Sierra 10.13.
I've tried reformatting the main drive using Disk ...
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Enable “mouse keys” booted to installer/recovery?
The installer/recovery partition MAKES you connect a mouse. Is there any way to bypass this requirement (and enable mouse keys) while booted to the Mac Installer / Recovery partition?
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keep installer applications up to date
I have a folder with apps to deploy. But I would like these to be up to date. Anyone have any idea how to keep these applications up to date?
I can't use the MAS (mac app store?) because they are ...
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Can't install High Sierra on VirtualBox or Parallels-not solved by changing date
I'm trying to install High Sierra on VirtualBox or Parallels Desktop. My host is MacOS Sierra.
My installer is 10.13.6 Build 17G85 with its checksums verified.
I created the ISO with this method:
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My MacBook Pro won’t turn on, shows me only the installer log
Of course right before a deadline. I told clicked “try tonight” and this happened
I login and instead of going to my desktop, I get an installer log that begins with
1 Jan 1 10:44:17 localhost ...
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Cannot create bootable USB with Boot Camp, “there is not enough space available on the disk”
I am trying to install Windows 10 on my MacBook (macOS Mojave 14.4.4). I have used Windows 10 till last week and I had to remove all the partitions with a complete refresh of macOS too.
Since then I ...
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Software update wants to install Command Line Tools. Why? I have no Xcode installed
Next to the mac OS 10.14.4-Update, Softwareupdate also shows me the following as a further update / download:
Command Line Tools (macOS Mojave version 10.14) for Xcode 10.2
Now if I need it, I am ...
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Installing legacy Microsoft Office 2008 on macOS Sierra
After leaving a company that supplied MS-Office 365, I removed it from my Applications folder according to instructions from the IT support. All seemed to go well. I've preserved the deleted files on ...
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Is it allowed to be an Apple trusted developer with pure Java
I am developing JavaFX with Spring applications that are shipped with native installers for Windows, Linux and macOS. I am hosting the macOS DMG and pkg installers outside Mac App Store on my web site....
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How to fix Permission Denied error when starting up MongoDB
So I'm newbie to learning react and node and thought of building something based on MERN stack - I installed mongodb using npm install -g mongodb then it says its installed - then to create data ...
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Where installer pulls environment variables from?
While looking over /var/logs/install.log, I've noticed that whenever I install a pkg, the installer first outputs a bunch of detected environment variables. However the env vars it outputs doesn't ...
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anyone able to install High Sierra on a Macbook Air mid-2011?
I've tried several times and get into a Kernal panic loop every time. I read something about needing a firmware upgrade before this can be done.
Any help?
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ChunkWM suggests cding into directory that does not exist ~/Library/LaunchAgents
When trying to install chunkwm, with MacPorts, I'm getting an instruction to,
Symlink prepared agent and start it:
cd ~/Library/LaunchAgents
ln -s /opt/local/Library/LaunchAgents/com....
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“This is not a supported method of installing the operating system” when reinstalling OS X after formatting
After formatting my MacBook, when I reinstall OS X it doesn't come. When I skip that I can't choose startup disk because nothing shows up.
This is not a supported method of installing the operating ...
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Disk disappears while trying to upgrade to Mojave, error ppm002
I'm on High Sierra, MacBook Pro, 2017. For some reason it wouldn't finish logging me in and turn the laptop off today's morning.
What I've tried so far:
First aid says everything is OK, while giving ...
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Error while attempting to install Homebrew on Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion)
I'm attempting to update my installation of Homebrew by re-installing as prescribed by http://brew.sh:
/usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)...
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Attempting to install Mac OS X from install DVD with no previous OS installed
I have been trying for weeks to install Mac OS X Snow Leopard on my iMac Late 2006. I have been having trouble lately due to the installation saying that Mac OS X cannot be installed, although I have ...
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Reinstall macOS after having Linux
I installed Ubuntu on a 2010 Macbook, just to try it out. I now want to go back to either Sierra o High Sierra.
I created Install UBS sticks and I tried to boot from them by holding the Option Key. ...
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Download Mojave on a non-Mojave suitable computer [duplicate]
I want to do a fresh install (and SSD upgrade) of Mojave on a mac-mini that currently runs Mojave, but whose performance is so horrendous that it is barely usable1. Easy .. just download Mojave and ...
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Cydia Impactor won't sideload
When I try to sign/resign (sideload) H3lix-RC5.ipa (iPhone 5C w/ iOS 10.3.3 x32) or g0blin_rc2.ipa (iPhone 6S w/ iOS 10.3.3 x64) I get:
Error:
file: installation.cpp; line: 42; what:
Failed to ...
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“Continue” button greyed out when installing .pkg
Update: There is no solution. After I got the .qtz file into /Library/Compositions, it didn't work, and then I found out that third-party visualizers have been disabled as of iTunes 12.6. It may ...
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Booting into macOS installer; possibly stuck
I'm trying to boot into a macOS Sierra installer that I made today. For the last about 20% of the progress bar, it was booting extremely slowly. Now, the progress bar has been stuck for the last ~20 ...
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“Permission denied” when running macOS installer from command line
I'm trying to install High Sierra to an external drive, from a system which is running Mojave. I can't run the GUI installer (it warns me about trying to install an older version of the OS), so I'm ...
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Clean install of El Capitan on an older iMac? [duplicate]
I have an old iMac (Mid-2007 Core 2 Duo, A1225) that our workgroup is retiring. My colleague wants to use it for her son. I migrated all data to a new iMac, wiped the drive, and initiated reinstall ...
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How can I create a bootable windows 10 usb installer on Mojave?
Boot Camp Assistant no longer allows to do this
dd shouldn't be used for bootable sticks (see here)
Using unetbootbin I can only write on FAT32 formatted USB, but that does not work (see here)
How ...
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iCloud app cannot be installed on Windows 10
Recently I reinstalled my OS on my Laptop and tried to install iCloud for Windows 10 and unfortunately I am unable to do so because at the end of it I got this error:
There is a problem with this ...
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Reinstall vmware fusion and vm cannot run
First I explain why I reinstall vmware fusion: ubuntu on vmware fusion cannot detect my external hard disk.
This forum tells me to reinstall the vmware fusion while my security is unlocked(for more ...
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Issues erasing APFS disk
The MacBook Pro (Mid 2012) won't boot because it can't find the system software (flashing questionmark folder when trying to boot).
I tried to reinstall the system by installing macOS on an external ...
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How to create a dmg installer that adds a shortcut to the desktop or the launchpad
I have very limited knowledge of Mac OS and have a couple of questions related to DMG installers.
We have an application that runs on Windows, Mac and Ubuntu. We generate our installers for all three ...
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Block opening of DMG files by non-admin user
I set up Parental Control for a user but said user is still able to download and install additional software from DMG files (among other they downloaded TOR browser which bypasses parental control)..
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How can I upgrade from Oracle JDK 8 to OpenJDK 8 using Homebrew?
If I have Oracle Java SE JDK 8 installed on my mac, how can I upgrade to Open JDK 8?
Motivation: Android build tools seem to need JDK 8, but according to the following links Oracle JDK 8 will not ...
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Can’t get MacBook a1181 to boot
I have two MacBook a1181’s, a black one and a white one. I bought the first one (the black one) a while ago and haven’t had any problems with it. I installed Devuan on it and everything was good.
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How to use house brew install python 3.6.5_1
I am trying to install python 3.6.5_1 using Homebrew by running the following:
$ brew install https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/f2a764ef944b1080be64bd88dca9a1d80130c558/Formula/...
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Clean install macOS keeps restarting and returning to macOS Utilities
I'm trying to do a clean install of macOS Mojave on my 2012 13" MacBook Pro using a bootable USB. I'm doing it on a new 1 TB SSD that I've installed after my last one died.
The problem I'm having is ...
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macOS Mojave clean install installer doesn't start
I wish to perform a clean install of macOS Mojave on my Mid 2013 MacBook Air. I am currently running macOS High Sierra 10.13.6.
I've done all the steps, from downloading the installer from the Mac ...
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Unable to install OS X from internet recovery
Had a computer working normally at work at last use.
Wanted to reinstall OS from scratch.
Went into internet recovery, deleted the computer's main drive.
Now I am attempting to install the OS X ...
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How to guarantee a clean install of macOS Mojave from an external USB drive
I recently received some Mac Mini's (2014 2.8 i5 16GB RAM) purchased online which came installed with El Capitain. I was concerned that the there could be a root kit installed on these second-hand ...
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Cannot install graphviz with macports
I am struggling with macports trying to install graphviz tool:
... $ sudo port install graphviz
---> Computing dependencies for graphviz
---> Fetching archive for graphviz
---> Attempting ...
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How do install a deprecated SDK so xcode can use it as a build target?
My development machine is hardware limited to El Capitan. 10.11.6 is plisted as my minimum target however it is not available in the build settings panel. I downloaded the macOSX10.11SDK to my Library>...
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Macbook Pro internal hard drive issues, any way to get this working?
Apologies for myself, I'm a new member and clueless about Macs in general.
I have inherited a 2010 Macbook Pro and I've been hoping to use it for some light work.
The old password to the computer ...
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Attempting to install High Sierra alongside Windows 10 (1809 October 2018 ISO): “This disk cannot be used to startup your computer”
I have installed Windows 10 (in UEFI mode - no bios emulation) first on an empty SSD of an iMac (mid-2011). Once I was done I attempted to perform a usb-install of High Sierra (I have a created an HFS+...
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Dual boot install of OSX and Ubuntu on my 15" Macbook Pro 2011 which already installed with Ubuntu.
My 15" Macbook Pro Late 2011 have a crooked GPU and won't finish any reinstallation of OSX. tried to verbose it in installation and it hanged in hardware validation or something that make me believe ...
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HomeBrew offloading package compilation
My poor old 2008 aluminium MacBook isn't the only old piece of kit I have running homebrew packages, I really appreciate the ability to have a package manager in Mac OS, at least while I make my way ...
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The recovery server could not be contacted while installing Mojave
Just needed a bit of help debugging.
This is a machine that came with Yosemite OS and I had updated to Mojave. So I want to wipe and install a new Mojave on it because you can't install Yosemite on ...
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Install old app version on iPad 1st generation iOS 5.1.1 (Windows 10, year 2018 question)
I've just got first gen. iPad with iOS 5.1.1 and reset it to it's factory settings. Then I installed iTunes version 12.4.3.1 on my Windows 10 PC. Both iTunes and iPad are connected to same account and ...
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Install MacOS Sierra
I have formatted my MacBook Air and I am trying to install macOS Sierra which is taking a lot of time and is consuming a lot of data(connected via mobile hotspot).
Is there any way that I can install ...
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How to install a fresh copy of Mojave on a Macbook Air?
When I do the Option + Command + R, I am presented with several options. One of those options is to reinstall Mojave from an already existing image. I don't want to use that image, rather, I want to ...
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How can I remove the Mojave download without installing it?
I accidentally clicked the upgrade message, thinking I was upgrading something else, which downloaded Mojave.
I was then presented with a window to install Mojave. I don't want to install Mojave. ...
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Newbie Mac user - how to start over with Mac mini that has Windows installed
I'm very, very new to using Macs in general - my current work computer (iMac Mid 2010) is the first that I've used, and it's only been a couple of months.
I work for a non-profit and someone has ...
