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The best instructional video on RUclips!! I was able to salvage an old iMac by reinstalling Yosemite from another Macbook via usb. I followed every one of your steps, and solved the issue. Thank you so much. You’re awesome!!!!
lol 5 years on and i finally found you. you my friend is a GOD. i had the exact problem. i’m new to mac and i totally destroyed it. i spent the whole week trying many so called solutions that i found on youtube but none worked. it was the terminal code that many had missed to mention (i using transmac) that never made the usb bootable. i borrowed my friend mac then run the sudo command THANK YOU SO MUCH
Simple, clear and easy to use. I've been struggling with this for weeks and all other videos were highly technical and confusing I had given up until I saw your instructions. Now, I know how to do it thanks to you. Great work. thank you very much for your time and efforts
I've been looking all over for a tutorial to install El Capitan and I couldn't find it. Thanks to you I was able to install El Capitan on a MacBook Pro 2008...I can finally enjoy this computer. Thank you very much
I am not a computer guy by any means but after my hard drive died in my 2008 MacBook Pro I thought I would try swapping it out and figuring things out since I had nothing to loose. I followed your steps one at a time and everything worked perfect. Thank you for taking the time to do such a great video, worked perfect!
THIS GUY IS AMAZING! It absolutely works I can attest. I did something stupid to my iMac 2007 it was running Yosemite. I followed his steps, I ran into a few kinks, i.e I had to use a 64gb flash because my 16 gb wouldn't work for whatever reason but once I got it going, it worked like magic! My Mac is now up and running again.
Key is in the Date the Apple was created/Modified. Especially if you are trying to make this work on the pre 2010, using a pre 2010. Clutch man. Was looking all over nothing fixed it until this!
Thank you!! Been trying all sorts to get this sorted, and you the first video that I've seen that gives great instructions! It worked for me.... 4 years later since posting your video! Thank you
Worked perfect! Thank you, I had never installed a new hard drive before and this video was way simpler than the other ones I found on here about reinstalling operating system. Great Video!
Hi, Just read your message and saw you managed to install the Mac OS. I was wondering if you might be able to send me a copy of the OS or point to in direction you got it from? Thank you
Nathan, thanks a ton for your video, for several weeks after a gray screen and failing to get OS X El Capitan after I had wiped the hard drive for a fresh install I followed you video to the "T", perfect, concise, accurate and most importantly my wife is stoked she gets a working MacBook Pro again.... AWESOME!!!!! PS.. yes I too waited for 10min at the "1 second" left mark lol.
You have no idea, not only how easily you explained this but showed the alternative ways of going about installing the os. I watched most and when they got to the part where the time needed to be changed, they left that part out or literally didn't know what to do. They had to go and find out and ended up cutting the video. Thank you soooooo much! It was so stressful until I found this video ❤
great video. Im trying now to install a OS X High Sierra on a MacBook Pro from 2010. I have some problems to changes date in terminal. The terminal message is: no command. Is it other ways for us in Norway with UTC time. And the second fail I got, is after rebooting 2 times and trying to startup, I got a message that a message of Cernel fail. Any tips
Love this video - I was about to send my 2012 Macbook Pro to the B1N file because all i needed to do was change the date to make the USB works - Great video and thanks once again
Really useful video, I have just bought Macbook A1432 and i will be upgrading the RAM to 8gig and changing the hard drive to a SSD so i will be following this tutorial closely.
Thank you so much Nathan. Just did it for my mac mini (2015 model). For anyone facing issue. Simply change the date in command section for the mac that you are facing issue and click on install OS (internet compulsory).
omg YOU ARE MY LIFE SAVERRRRRR! I followed so many tutorials for the past few days but only this video works for me😭😭 so simple and easy to understand! THANKYOU SO MUCHHHHHG❤️💕
Thank you so much for your video. Three days ago I upgraded from El Capitan to Mojave because I heard it would improve performance of older Macs (I have a 2015 Macbook Air) - although I have been totally happy with El Capitan. Well, big mistake - Mojave drained my battery like crazy. I've been trying since then to create a bootable El Capitan Install USB drive and thanks to your video I was able to do it, and I'm happily up and running with El Capitan again!!
I am downgrading today then...my battery is 4-5 hrs with web browsing... I dont rem how it was with El capitan....bt surely better ... Sad..that i love Mojave ..but will give it a try after 6 mnts ...❤️ thank for the feedback brother ....
Thanks man! in Terminal i get following message "media: command not found". I followed pricesly the changes of system name and usb name name but still...any suggestions?
I could easily follow your instructions here. An erased hard drive could be in my future. Ha! 'The more I learn, the less I know...' Paraphrased quote from some smart guy. So true. I want a bootable USB with both OS X Yosemite and El Capitan. So, I made 3partitions ~10 gigs each on a 32 GB flash drive. I accidentally copied Yosemite extended (not journaled) on partition1. Oh well... Then, El Capitan wouldn't fit on partition2. Opportunity knocks again. I reckon I start again... Thanks
Thanks for the tutorial but everytime i try and put the file into terminal with the changes that iv made(Snow\ Leopard and the usb name)terminal keeps telling me command not found.do you have any ideas why its not working for me?
Check to make sure the install file is exactly the same name as the one he added to the stuff you copy/paste. For example, I'm doing this to install Catalina. In his instructions (which I'm sure were correct when he recorded this video) the installation program was called "Install OS X Yosemite.app", so I assumed all I needed to do was change it to "Install OS X Catalina.app" and I would be fine, but I got the same error you are getting. I then noticed Apple had called the newer installation program "Install macOS Catalina.app". It's just a little different, but enough to make the computer not know what I wanted. I had to change that in two places so it said, "Install\ macOS\ Catalina.app" and then it worked.
Thanks for making this video it is very straight and comprehensive. But I have a different problem, I want to create a bootable USB for Mac OS SIERRA but I don't have a Mac book laptop. Any ideas on how to solve?
this is soooooo helpful I feel like hugging you. I love the detail in this video. I am trying to do this on a 2006 Mac Pro that had been formatted, will it work on that?
I’m having a problem: When I try to Partition my USB (Memorex 3.1 64gb), it’s not giving me the option to. It’s greyed out. I have a MacBook Pro 2011. Is partitioning necessary? And do you have any suggestions?
Very good video, but I make a big mistake. I choose right after first start up in the OSX utilities, install OSX. And not first going to the diske utlility to make a partition!! What can I do now??
this is very helpful been trying to figure out the problem of my installation process in my mac late 2010. I cant install the HS on it. been encountering “firmware need to update”. i think i need to install a lower version and youtube let me see this video. thanks a lot.
I have a Macbook pro laptop I got from the recyclers bin at my work. Its seem to work fine but it has no running system on it, I have no CD for this as well. I would like to know what system does it need and how would I make a boot USB for this machine??? If you could help me out, this would be really great.....Thanks
Hi mate! Can you offer any advice for a Mid 2012 MacBook Pro.. Which software would you recommend is best and any advice on what year to change it to etc would be great!! I haven’t downloaded any software from the appstore in my other Mac as of yet. Cheers in advance
Nathan, you are the man! The date setting in termnial, was prohibiting me from doing any install of Mac OS , after clearing the HD to factory setting. A truly annoying situation.. However current date was set to year 2000, and thus changed to current time.. If it wasn't for your video, and the little tip of checking date settings trough the terminal, I might just have threw the laptop in the bin!
Thanks man. Have a Mac 7.1. formated the hard disk then downloaded sierra 10.13. when installing display "a required download missing". Don't have another Mac for set up. And also have to create an apple account too. Basically it's a fresh start. Any suggestions, advice maybe. Would be welcome
Hey great upload but I don't have a second mac computer to run the terminal program to install the os. I used disk utility to reformat the USB to Mac extended journaled but what happens if I don't have access to terminal to install the disk image onto the USb drive? I have access to a windows computer. What's the alternative here? Any recommendations?
Hi there, great tutorial, I`m getting an error during copying the installer files to disk, have tried few different USB sticks and the same issue every time, any idea what I can try to make it work? Thanks!
Thanks my mac pro was not working for more than two years after sending to apple technician telling me that i have to change the mother board and better for me to buy a new one but now it's working.
If I have the .dmg already downloaded and I put it on desktop how changes the sudo command ? The image is not in app folder is on the desktop. Thank you.
finaly double click on .dmg and obtained .app .dragged it in app folder.than created bootable usb and installed os according to various tutorials. it worked . courage.
Hello! I’m following your steps but I missed that info that when doing partitioning it will automatically erased the data. Is there any way to recover the data in my external drive I’ve accedentally erased? Please teach me how. Thank you.
I know hardly anything but this looks real easy to follow. I've got my Yosemite OS downloading now but now to I make it a .app? Basic language required, I have almost no idea what I'm doing!
Question 4 U. I bought a new hard drive for my MacBook Pro A1278 at Best Buy, went home, & installed it. Right after I installed it, I turned it on & got the same flashing ? Inside a file icon as the MacBook in the video did. Will using this method still work if the new hard drive I bought & installed hasn’t been formatted? If not. This video is extremely helpful, detailed, & easy follow regardless. U did an awesome job making the video.
Amazing video! Great job on explaining in such detail. One thing I did run into was my button for the partition was grayed-out. It is a new hard drive to upgrade storage. Fix: I had to erase the HD (I’m guessing this is formating it) then I was able to partition the drive. Thank God for those two computer science classes or I would’ve never figured it out 😅😅😅
Do you remember the year of the macbook pro you reinstalled? I received a refurbrished one that looks to be the same model and I'm getting a flashing qustion mark file with no software at all. I ordered Catalina flash drive. hopefully it works, Thank you
this must be a good tutorial although I keep getting a " command not found " on my terminal after entering the command. tried several times (at least 10 times) and checked several times whether there are no errors in the command, but everything appears to be correct and yet my terminal does not recognize this command
Hi Nathan, thanks for the video, I've got as far as 'copy' the code onto the 'Terminal', I hit 'return', the 'Password' comes up, but then a 'locked' symbol next to the word 'Password' which does not allow me to enter anything? Have you any suggestions why it is doing this? Regards.James
Thank you for the video. I just want to know why my laptop is refusing to reinstall? Date is good and hard drive has been replaced and I use the WiFi to get mountain lion OS X without the need to use USB. Could you please help?
Hi there really appreciate the video but I really could do with your help a bit further if you don’t mind what roughly would the date be set to for lion 10.7 and ei Captain I no it’s a big ask but whatever I put in seems incorrect
The date is roughly related to the creation/download date of your Install MAC OS application (.app) file from what I can remember. Have a look at the dates on the properties of the .app file you used to create the USB stick and try setting the machine you are installing on to a similar date. I've not done this for a while so can't remember what date I used in my case for El Capitan I'm afraid - The most important part is the year I believe though, as typically that was all I had to change. Hope this is somewhat helpful! --Nathan
HI, Nathan If I clicked Install Mac IOS instead of going first to Utilities. I went thru entire set up but now my mac is only booting if that usb is connected. How can I go back or delete this set up? Thanks a ton! Cheers!
I hope you still read comments. I have tried multiple times to restore after using disk utility but I keep getting error messages. Restarting in recovery mode, the version of Mac OS that Apple believes is what I need is Lion. How can I create a boot drive for such an old OS?
@@gestureshim7879 same... I got a MacBook off of someone and I wiped the hard drive. It won't let me instal mac os x lion and it comes up with an error of 'temporarily unavailable' so I need to use the flash drive method but don't have a second MacBook to make a bootable flash drive
To those having this issue there are a few ways to do it from windows. You need to download the version of mac os you want taking into consideration the model of your mac as some OS are not compatible with older models. Once you find the version that is compatible search for a torrent of that version for example search "mac os high Sierra.iso torrent" in google or pirate bay etc. Then you need to download rufus, power iso, or any other program that will write to the drive and make it a bootable one. Open the program and burn the iso to the flash drive. The file needs to be an iso as .dmg isn't compatible with windows as far as I can tell but some people seem to find a way to get transmac to write dmg files to thumb drive you may have luck with that if this method isn't working for you
Very cool videos. I had the same problem with the install of Mavericks on a MacBook with dead hard drive and drive cable - bought for $200. The operating system executable is signed with a start and expiry date and you get the 'corrupted' image error if you install after the expiry date - setting the date before the expiry date lets it install. I also disconnected from wifi as well in case NTP updated the clock to the correct date but I'm not sure that was needed. Also found you can plug in an external slimline drive into USB, format, install the operating system and boot from that. Then pull the external USB drive apart and install inside the laptop.
hello i have a question, i was trying to put linux mint on my mac and everything became successful but i forgot to dual boot it and now my macbook is currently a linux computer and i was wondering what do i have to do like which File do i download iso or dmg? like how do i get my macos back?
@Justin Bill I forgot update lol sorry but I put my MacBook in internet recovery mode formatted my hard drive installed Mac OS and everything is working fine now
So does that means it just grab the installation file from the desktop 🖥 automatically just by adding the commands, because i didn't see where you fetch the downloaded application on the USB , please let me know.
Your video is awesome.... but I have a question??? After I copy my text to the terminal & hit enter it shows up with a key symbol & won't allow me to manually enter the password. What can I do to get around this? Help!!!! I don't mind donating to the cause I just need to know how to get past this part. thanks
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Thanks Man, You made my day and your steps are clear. It's working
i cant find os x lion on appstore what can i do help pleaaaaaase
Mine not working I’ve try many times
Please it keep saying
The request timed out.
The best instructional video on RUclips!! I was able to salvage an old iMac by reinstalling Yosemite from another Macbook via usb. I followed every one of your steps, and solved the issue.
Thank you so much. You’re awesome!!!!
lol 5 years on and i finally found you. you my friend is a GOD. i had the exact problem. i’m new to mac and i totally destroyed it. i spent the whole week trying many so called solutions that i found on youtube but none worked. it was the terminal code that many had missed to mention (i using transmac) that never made the usb bootable. i borrowed my friend mac then run the sudo command
THANK YOU SO MUCH
Simple, clear and easy to use. I've been struggling with this for weeks and all other videos were highly technical and confusing I had given up until I saw your instructions. Now, I know how to do it thanks to you. Great work. thank you very much for your time and efforts
I've been looking all over for a tutorial to install El Capitan and I couldn't find it. Thanks to you I was able to install El Capitan on a MacBook Pro 2008...I can finally enjoy this computer. Thank you very much
I am not a computer guy by any means but after my hard drive died in my 2008 MacBook Pro I thought I would try swapping it out and figuring things out since I had nothing to loose. I followed your steps one at a time and everything worked perfect. Thank you for taking the time to do such a great video, worked perfect!
a lot of video about this process but you are one of the few showing the 'date' error and hot to solve it. Thanks a lot.
THIS GUY IS AMAZING! It absolutely works I can attest. I did something stupid to my iMac 2007 it was running Yosemite. I followed his steps, I ran into a few kinks, i.e I had to use a 64gb flash because my 16 gb wouldn't work for whatever reason but once I got it going, it worked like magic! My Mac is now up and running again.
Key is in the Date the Apple was created/Modified. Especially if you are trying to make this work on the pre 2010, using a pre 2010. Clutch man. Was looking all over nothing fixed it until this!
Amazing video man, bought a 2010 MacBook Pro on eBay, put an SSD and installed it with a USB. Installer worked a dream thanks to you!
Did you formatted the SSD before installing an OS on it or just installed it as it is?
Thank you!! Been trying all sorts to get this sorted, and you the first video that I've seen that gives great instructions! It worked for me.... 4 years later since posting your video! Thank you
Worked perfect! Thank you, I had never installed a new hard drive before and this video was way simpler than the other ones I found on here about reinstalling operating system. Great Video!
Hi, Just read your message and saw you managed to install the Mac OS. I was wondering if you might be able to send me a copy of the OS or point to in direction you got it from? Thank you
Nathan, thanks a ton for your video, for several weeks after a gray screen and failing to get OS X El Capitan after I had wiped the hard drive for a fresh install I followed you video to the "T", perfect, concise, accurate and most importantly my wife is stoked she gets a working MacBook Pro again.... AWESOME!!!!! PS.. yes I too waited for 10min at the "1 second" left mark lol.
Thank You. After wasting days and days I came across your video. Exactly what I needed!
I love the level of detail you included in this video. Thank you!
You have no idea, not only how easily you explained this but showed the alternative ways of going about installing the os. I watched most and when they got to the part where the time needed to be changed, they left that part out or literally didn't know what to do. They had to go and find out and ended up cutting the video. Thank you soooooo much! It was so stressful until I found this video ❤
great video. Im trying now to install a OS X High Sierra on a MacBook Pro from 2010. I have some problems to changes date in terminal. The terminal message is: no command. Is it other ways for us in Norway with UTC time. And the second fail I got, is after rebooting 2 times and trying to startup, I got a message that a message of Cernel fail. Any tips
Love this video - I was about to send my 2012 Macbook Pro to the B1N file because all i needed to do was change the date to make the USB works - Great video and thanks once again
Really useful video, I have just bought Macbook A1432 and i will be upgrading the RAM to 8gig and changing the hard drive to a SSD so i will be following this tutorial closely.
Thank you so much Nathan. Just did it for my mac mini (2015 model). For anyone facing issue. Simply change the date in command section for the mac that you are facing issue and click on install OS (internet compulsory).
If you cant do it via pen drive coz even for me pen drive did not give an option to Partition. Just do what he says from 9.45 till end
Last 2 week I am trying to set my MacBook but nothing work everything I did now finally u save my MacBook thanks a lot.
Wow... I've been watching so many videos until now. Only yours helped. Tears of joy. Thanks lots
Can you install this iOS software on windows to put onto a MacBook?
omg YOU ARE MY LIFE SAVERRRRRR! I followed so many tutorials for the past few days but only this video works for me😭😭 so simple and easy to understand! THANKYOU SO MUCHHHHHG❤️💕
Thank you so much for your video. Three days ago I upgraded from El Capitan to Mojave because I heard it would improve performance of older Macs (I have a 2015 Macbook Air) - although I have been totally happy with El Capitan. Well, big mistake - Mojave drained my battery like crazy. I've been trying since then to create a bootable El Capitan Install USB drive and thanks to your video I was able to do it, and I'm happily up and running with El Capitan again!!
the battery is ok now??
since u downgraded to el capitan?
Yes, my battery is running fine again with El Capitan. (When I upgraded to Mojave, I could almost watch the battery % go down.)
I am downgrading today then...my battery is 4-5 hrs with web browsing...
I dont rem how it was with El capitan....bt surely better ...
Sad..that i love Mojave ..but will give it a try after 6 mnts ...❤️
thank for the feedback brother ....
You bet! I hope your battery improves with El Capitan. I've had my Macbook Air 18 months and with Firefox I think I get about 9-10 hours.
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YOU ARE THE BEST!!! I LOOKED THROUGH EVERY VIDEO ON RUclips AND COULD NOT FIND ONE THAT WORKED. YOU HELPED ME SO MUCH!!! THANKYOU.
Thanks a lot Nathan. Your video helped me to recover my MacBook.
Thanks man! in Terminal i get following message "media: command not found". I followed pricesly the changes of system name and usb name name but still...any suggestions?
I had to leave a comment. Best tutorial, no doubt! The date trick was key! Thx
Great information, but what happens if you don't have a second Mac to download the files and only have a PC?
I could easily follow your instructions here. An erased hard drive could be in my future. Ha!
'The more I learn, the less I know...' Paraphrased quote from some smart guy. So true.
I want a bootable USB with both OS X Yosemite and El Capitan. So, I made 3partitions ~10 gigs each on a 32 GB flash drive.
I accidentally copied Yosemite extended (not journaled) on partition1. Oh well...
Then, El Capitan wouldn't fit on partition2. Opportunity knocks again.
I reckon I start again... Thanks
Thanks for the tutorial but everytime i try and put the file into terminal with the changes that iv made(Snow\ Leopard and the usb name)terminal keeps telling me command not found.do you have any ideas why its not working for me?
Check to make sure the install file is exactly the same name as the one he added to the stuff you copy/paste. For example, I'm doing this to install Catalina. In his instructions (which I'm sure were correct when he recorded this video) the installation program was called "Install OS X Yosemite.app", so I assumed all I needed to do was change it to "Install OS X Catalina.app" and I would be fine, but I got the same error you are getting. I then noticed Apple had called the newer installation program "Install macOS Catalina.app". It's just a little different, but enough to make the computer not know what I wanted. I had to change that in two places so it said, "Install\ macOS\ Catalina.app" and then it worked.
Cheers pall worked a treat, I've been clawing my hair out trying to fix this.
I've spent hours looking for tutorials. The best one by far. Thanks so much! :D
2021 and still relevant. Thnx mate
what macbook?
Thanks for making this video it is very straight and comprehensive. But I have a different problem, I want to create a bootable USB for Mac OS SIERRA but I don't have a Mac book laptop. Any ideas on how to solve?
Nice video sir, but i dont understand about the date matter. How can i know which date should i have to set up.plz feel free to tell me
this is soooooo helpful I feel like hugging you. I love the detail in this video. I am trying to do this on a 2006 Mac Pro that had been formatted, will it work on that?
It should do! Give it a shot.
Thanks, Nathan.
This comment is so adorable aww
I’m having a problem:
When I try to Partition my USB (Memorex 3.1 64gb), it’s not giving me the option to. It’s greyed out. I have a MacBook Pro 2011. Is partitioning necessary? And do you have any suggestions?
I have macbook pro 2011 also.. did you fix it?
Very good video, but I make a big mistake. I choose right after first start up in the OSX utilities, install OSX. And not first going to the diske utlility to make a partition!! What can I do now??
Thanks for the information! But what do I do when I can’t find my hard drive in the list? I dont have it in disk utilities or anything. Any advice?
video is very helpful for me. Can you show how to do the mac bootable usb on windows PC, i do not have any other mac next to me
this is very helpful been trying to figure out the problem of my installation process in my mac late 2010. I cant install the HS on it. been encountering “firmware need to update”. i think i need to install a lower version and youtube let me see this video. thanks a lot.
Thank you so much Nathan. I almost gave up on this, but your video was such a saver
You are justtttt the besttttt. I've liked and subscribed
I have a Macbook pro laptop I got from the recyclers bin at my work. Its seem to work fine but it has no running system on it, I have no CD for this as well. I would like to know what system does it need and how would I make a boot USB for this machine??? If you could help me out, this would be really great.....Thanks
Your simple instructions and guidance are the best I have come across, many thanks !
Thanks a lot for your help, but I'm stuck on this problem “the software cannot be installed” I have changed the date but still not working
Hi mate! Can you offer any advice for a Mid 2012 MacBook Pro.. Which software would you recommend is best and any advice on what year to change it to etc would be great!! I haven’t downloaded any software from the appstore in my other Mac as of yet. Cheers in advance
Thank you so much Nathan. Your video was the most helpful out of all the information I have been gathering all day trying to reinstall OSX on my imac.
Nathan, you are the man!
The date setting in termnial, was prohibiting me from doing any install of Mac OS , after clearing the HD to factory setting. A truly annoying situation.. However current date was set to year 2000, and thus changed to current time.. If it wasn't for your video, and the little tip of checking date settings trough the terminal, I might just have threw the laptop in the bin!
is there an accurate shortcut to find this date or is it purely trial and error ?
I did it trough trial and error. Asked myself the same question back then..
Thanks man. Have a Mac 7.1. formated the hard disk then downloaded sierra 10.13. when installing display "a required download missing". Don't have another Mac for set up. And also have to create an apple account too. Basically it's a fresh start. Any suggestions, advice maybe. Would be welcome
Hey great upload but I don't have a second mac computer to run the terminal program to install the os. I used disk utility to reformat the USB to Mac extended journaled but what happens if I don't have access to terminal to install the disk image onto the USb drive? I have access to a windows computer. What's the alternative here? Any recommendations?
Hi there, great tutorial, I`m getting an error during copying the installer files to disk, have tried few different USB sticks and the same issue every time, any idea what I can try to make it work? Thanks!
Wassup bro I need help I’m stuck on OS X Utilities screen
tyriek davis u needa press continue
Thanks my mac pro was not working for more than two years after sending to apple technician telling me that i have to change the mother board and better for me to buy a new one but now it's working.
If I have the .dmg already downloaded and I put it on desktop how changes the sudo command ? The image is not in app folder is on the desktop. Thank you.
Me too, please help.
finaly double click on .dmg and obtained .app .dragged it in app folder.than created bootable usb and installed os according to various tutorials. it worked . courage.
Hello! I’m following your steps but I missed that info that when doing partitioning it will automatically erased the data. Is there any way to recover the data in my external drive I’ve accedentally erased? Please teach me how. Thank you.
I know hardly anything but this looks real easy to follow. I've got my Yosemite OS downloading now but now to I make it a .app? Basic language required, I have almost no idea what I'm doing!
Question 4 U. I bought a new hard drive for my MacBook Pro A1278 at Best Buy, went home, & installed it. Right after I installed it, I turned it on & got the same flashing ? Inside a file icon as the MacBook in the video did. Will using this method still work if the new hard drive I bought & installed hasn’t been formatted? If not. This video is extremely helpful, detailed, & easy follow regardless. U did an awesome job making the video.
Amazing video! Great job on explaining in such detail. One thing I did run into was my button for the partition was grayed-out. It is a new hard drive to upgrade storage.
Fix: I had to erase the HD (I’m guessing this is formating it) then I was able to partition the drive. Thank God for those two computer science classes or I would’ve never figured it out 😅😅😅
TaeterTot thanks for the info
Thanks a lot for this video it really help me a lot with my MacBook 🙏🙏
Do you remember the year of the macbook pro you reinstalled? I received a refurbrished one that looks to be the same model and I'm getting a flashing qustion mark file with no software at all. I ordered Catalina flash drive. hopefully it works, Thank you
I have a message that reads "A required download is missing" when installing el capitan on my macbook pro 2011
Please help
Philani Shange same
Did u figure it out? Me too
Same
Me too, helppp
Trying to install Sierra on a iMac desktop and I get “command not found” when trying to add to a USB in the terminal..
this must be a good tutorial although I keep getting a " command not found " on my terminal after entering the command. tried several times (at least 10 times) and checked several times whether there are no errors in the command, but everything appears to be correct and yet my terminal does not recognize this command
Amazing video!! This was exactly what I needed and it worked perfectly with no hassle. Thank you so much !!
Thanks! Worked the first time, unlike other tutorials.
Hi Nathan, thanks for the video, I've got as far as 'copy' the code onto the 'Terminal', I hit 'return', the 'Password' comes up, but then a 'locked' symbol next to the word 'Password' which does not allow me to enter anything? Have you any suggestions why it is doing this? Regards.James
How big memory wise should the stick need to be.
I’m trying to get my BigSur on my main machine?
This video saved me AND its legit ASMR....
GAME CHANGER!!! I finally found my solution! Thank you so much!!!
This guy saved my 1000$ macbook thanks a lot I am crying
Hello, your video has been really helpful! BUT what if I need to reinstall the OSX without erasing the data in my HD? Is that possible?
Thank you for the video. I just want to know why my laptop is refusing to reinstall? Date is good and hard drive has been replaced and I use the WiFi to get mountain lion OS X without the need to use USB. Could you please help?
Hi, I really need some more help with this? Have you got another way of doing this because it is not working on my laptop?
Fantastic! You really saved me with this tutorial! Thank u so much!
Hi there really appreciate the video but I really could do with your help a bit further if you don’t mind what roughly would the date be set to for lion 10.7 and ei Captain I no it’s a big ask but whatever I put in seems incorrect
The date is roughly related to the creation/download date of your Install MAC OS application (.app) file from what I can remember. Have a look at the dates on the properties of the .app file you used to create the USB stick and try setting the machine you are installing on to a similar date.
I've not done this for a while so can't remember what date I used in my case for El Capitan I'm afraid - The most important part is the year I believe though, as typically that was all I had to change.
Hope this is somewhat helpful!
--Nathan
Nathan, thanks for your video. I have a problem, I cannot get a copy of Yosemite anywere. Help me PLSSSSS...
i also
HI, Nathan
If I clicked Install Mac IOS instead of going first to Utilities. I went thru entire set up but now my mac is only booting if that usb is connected. How can I go back or delete this set up? Thanks a ton! Cheers!
THANK YOU so much. Incredible resource, you saved us!
Hi, what if you do not have a second laptop?
Thank you 😊
Enter the text in terminal and get 'command not found' ....... Please help 🥺🤗
I downloaded to DMG OSX off torrent website then used transmac tool to create my USB. You helped me with the install 😊
where did you put the source OS? if its in my desktop, should I change the terminal command somewhere? Thank you!
I hope you still read comments. I have tried multiple times to restore after using disk utility but I keep getting error messages. Restarting in recovery mode, the version of Mac OS that Apple believes is what I need is Lion. How can I create a boot drive for such an old OS?
thank you so much adding info about the terminal
Great thanks Nathan! I was totally in the darkness, until I found this clip. :)
Regarding this, I only have a Windows PC as a back up. Any hope for that?
Thanks in advance
Dan Carlo Pangilinan did you find a solution?I'm currently in the same dilemma
@@gestureshim7879 same... I got a MacBook off of someone and I wiped the hard drive. It won't let me instal mac os x lion and it comes up with an error of 'temporarily unavailable' so I need to use the flash drive method but don't have a second MacBook to make a bootable flash drive
To those having this issue there are a few ways to do it from windows. You need to download the version of mac os you want taking into consideration the model of your mac as some OS are not compatible with older models. Once you find the version that is compatible search for a torrent of that version for example search "mac os high Sierra.iso torrent" in google or pirate bay etc. Then you need to download rufus, power iso, or any other program that will write to the drive and make it a bootable one. Open the program and burn the iso to the flash drive. The file needs to be an iso as .dmg isn't compatible with windows as far as I can tell but some people seem to find a way to get transmac to write dmg files to thumb drive you may have luck with that if this method isn't working for you
Very cool videos. I had the same problem with the install of Mavericks on a MacBook with dead hard drive and drive cable - bought for $200. The operating system executable is signed with a start and expiry date and you get the 'corrupted' image error if you install after the expiry date - setting the date before the expiry date lets it install. I also disconnected from wifi as well in case NTP updated the clock to the correct date but I'm not sure that was needed. Also found you can plug in an external slimline drive into USB, format, install the operating system and boot from that. Then pull the external USB drive apart and install inside the laptop.
Brilliantly clear and concise instructions! Great Job Nahan.
Would this work in an early MacPro 2008?
Thank men. Is work for my 2009 imac..
Thank you so much. Your video was my saver.
hello i have a question, i was trying to put linux mint on my mac and everything became successful but i forgot to dual boot it and now my macbook is currently a linux computer and i was wondering what do i have to do like which File do i download iso or dmg? like how do i get my macos back?
@@Recapcity95 what?
@Justin Bill I forgot update lol sorry but I put my MacBook in internet recovery mode formatted my hard drive installed Mac OS and everything is working fine now
So does that means it just grab the installation file from the desktop 🖥 automatically just by adding the commands, because i didn't see where you fetch the downloaded application on the USB , please let me know.
Great video! Excellent teacher!
If you have one of those Mac os x installation disc you can use that instead of the usb
I dont have a second Mac can i also do this with windows?
Did ever get round the problem ?
If so what RUclips page ?
Your video is awesome.... but I have a question??? After I copy my text to the terminal & hit enter it shows up with a key symbol & won't allow me to manually enter the password. What can I do to get around this? Help!!!! I don't mind donating to the cause I just need to know how to get past this part. thanks
you just type the password and press enter. it doesn't show up in the terminal.
Really good video. But I am getting a circle with a line through it when im booting @ 7:40 what should I do?