Mac Mini :: Use An Apple Thumb Drive To Install 10.7 On My Dec 2011?
May 19, 2012
I have acquired a used 2011 Mini and want to "take possession" of it. The only painless way I can think to do this is to wipe it and install a new OS and user account. If I could make the existing user account mine I would be happy to do that. Indicators are that I can but it seems like a minefield.
I put the Lion DVD into the Min/Air Superdrive. I made the DVD from the first Lion download last summer. It has worked fine since for installing Lion onto my MacBook but the Mini said "No". If I boot from the Recovery disc I am invited to download the whole OS all over again and the time estimate is 75 hours. I cannot afford to be without my keyboard, mouse and screen for 7 hours, let alone 75, so I must think of something else.
Info:Mac mini, Mac OS X (10.7.4), Dec 2011
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May 1, 2012
cant find my thumb drive on my new mac mini?
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Mac mini, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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Apr 4, 2012
Since OS X 10.7 comes as a download from the app store, does anyone know if it is possible to install the OS on a thumb drive, in my case so that I could run diagnostic software on the system drive by booting from the thumb drive?
Info:iMac 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, Mac OS X (10.6.7)
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Feb 1, 2012
We have a client who purchased a new Macbook Pro, and while unpacking it I cannot find any restore media included in the box. Is this a new policy from Apple?
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MacBook Pro (15-inch 2.53 GHz), Mac OS X (10.7.2)
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Jul 1, 2012
I live in Northern VA and lost power yesterday due to the powerful storms that moved through the area. At the time of the power outage I was performing a System Update on my Mac Mini. I stepped out of the room for a few minutes and lost power, so I'm not sure if the update was interrupted or if it completed (not sure if this makes any difference). After getting power back earlier today I booted up the mini and it would not advance to the Desktop. It just kept getting stuck at the light grey Apple screen with the spinning circle loader. I tried to boot in Safe mode using command+shift+v but it kept getting stuck at this point [url]I've read suggestions about reinstalling using the OSX CD but that is not an option as my Mac Mini comes without an Optical Drive or the OSX CD for that matter. I'm simply at a loss.
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Mac mini (Mid 2011), Mac OS X (10.7.4)
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Jun 16, 2012
I've just ordered an i5 Mac Mini and while it's destined to be used as a media-centre/ streamer connected to my TV via HDMI, initially I want to hook it up to the display on my 2011 iMac. Can one of you clever bods point me in the direction of what cable I need, and also what do I need to do to the iMac to make it behave as just a monitor? Is it just a matter of plugging in the cables and off I go?
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May 16, 2012
I just picked up a Mac Mini today, after I lost all patience with my circa 2007 MacBook Pro when it stopped booting up this morning. I ordered more RAM and am planning to install the recently replaced hard drive from my MBP into my Mac Mini. I'm just wondering, will that drive just show up as another hard drive, similar to the way that external hard drives appear? And more importantly, the old hard drive has an older version of Snow Leopard installed, as well as a bunch of software, including my Adobe CS software. I've already jumped through hoops with Adobe to get my software reinstalled on my MBP a few months ago, and I don't feel like dealing with that again. So if the drive does show up as a separate device, can I just run my Adobe software from that drive? Or do I have to reboot but select that old hard drive at startup (if that's even an option) to run all software on it?Â
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Mac mini (Mid 2011), Mac OS X (10.7.4)
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May 3, 2012
how can I re-install lion via usb drive on my new mba(mid-2011)? I just removed all data from main hd, and my network is not good enough to be able to download the os via recovery hd re-installing way.in other words, is there a bootable [mac os x lion dmg] for my mba that I can download?
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MacBook Air, Mac OS X (10.7)
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Aug 19, 2014
for some reason I bought the infamous 2011 mac pro, and the hard drive kept having IN/OUT problems and after it destroyed half day of work, I decided to get a new hard drive, *blue WD 500g" but i have tried EVERYTHING and i just cant install mountain lion on it.
1.- i tried forcing the recovery mode so It would connect to the internet and download mountain lion but after 10 min or so i trows the -2002f error at me
2.- I tried to use the old hard drive that i put on a external hard drive reader so I could get the recovery partition but i just keep restarting the installation no reason given
3.- downloaded the mountain lion and tried to installing it on the system hard drive of the laptop trough a computer running snow leopard but dosn't let me.
4.- tried the same thing on target mode without success
5.- using the recovery partition I used disk utility to se of the partition was locked but it was not
6.- created a different partition to see if it would install it there didn't work.Â
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Mac Pro, iOS 6.1.6
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Mar 25, 2012
my 2011 Mac Mini that I bought back in January is making some strange noises occasionally. High-pitched screeching noises with some clicking. It sounds like it should be the hard drive sounds of doom, but what's odd is that I check the drive using SMARTreporter occasionally, and nothing really changes as far as error statistics, and the drive otherwise works fine. So I'm paranoid, just because I wonder – is it potentially not the hard drive and actually something else entirely? Is this even possible?
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Mac mini, Mac OS X (10.7.3), Bought in January 2012
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Mar 14, 2012
I purchased an iMac last October and my line of work demands extensive use of After Effects and Final Cut Pro. My iMac is fitted with the standard 1TB SATA hard drive, and lately I considered installing an SSD drive as I have been experiencing lags. In all my naivete I asked Apple Store/Service outlet where I originally bought my iMac, but they turned me down, claiming that "they are not allowed to order the extra parts and if they do proceed then my warranty will be void". Which means that about 2 years of AppleCare will go out of the window. I can always do it myself, but at the risk of damaging my iMac and facing a null warranty on top of it. I am still reeling in disbelief, is it really the case that Apple prohibits its customers from legitimately upgrading their computer at their own stores?
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iMac (27-inch Mid 2011), Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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Apr 25, 2012
As title. Heard a lot about the temp sensor that might cause this an issue? Â If its a problem, would it work if i installed it as a 2nd drive?
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iMac
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Mar 6, 2009
Clearly there must be a way to do this, right? Can I install off an external hard drive? Off a USB drive? Share my macbook pro's DVD drive somehow? If the hard drive on the mac mini is completely reformatted and I plug it into the USB port on the external hard drive which I partition and install the Leopard DMG would it be able to boot off of it?
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Jun 23, 2012
how do i install Apple Memory Module 2GB 667MHz DDR2 (PC2-5300) 2x1GB SO-DIMMs in my 2008 mac mini
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Mac mini
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Apr 4, 2012
Is a mini dvi the same as a mini display/thunderbolt which my new mac mini has?The monitor is a vga only.
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Mac mini
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Oct 9, 2010
I'm trying to install ubuntu from a thumb drive. Basically, I'm converting the .iso to an .img, and restore the thumb drive from the .img, trying to make it bootable. I'm following the procedure form the ubuntu website. Drag and Drop a file from Finder to Terminal to 'paste' the full path without typing and risking type errors.
Download the desired file
Open the Terminal (in /Applications/Utilities/ or query Terminal in Spotlight)
Convert the .iso file to .img using the convert option of hdiutil (e.g., hdiutil convert -format UDRW -o ~/path/to/target.img ~/path/to/ubuntu.iso)
Note: OS X tends to put the .dmg ending on the output file automatically.
Run diskutil list to get the current list of devices
Insert your flash media
Run diskutil list again and determine the device node assigned to your flash media (e.g. /dev/disk2)
Run diskutil unmountDisk /dev/diskN (replace N with the disk number from the last command; in the previous example, N would be 2)
Execute sudo dd if=/path/to/downloaded.img of=/dev/rdiskN bs=1m (replace /path/to/downloaded.img with the path where the image file is located; for example, ./ubuntu.img or ./ubuntu.dmg).
Using /dev/rdisk instead of /dev/disk may be faster.
If you see the error dd: Invalid number '1m', you are using GNU dd. Use the same command but replace bs=1m with bs=1M.
If you see the error dd: /dev/diskN: Resource busy, make sure the disk is not in use. Start the 'Disk Utility.app' and unmount (don't eject) the drive.
Run diskutil eject/dev/diskN and remove your flash media when the command completes
Restart your Mac and press alt while the Mac is restarting to choose the USB-Stick
Everything goes through fine, except, when I restart my mac to see the boot options. All I see is Macintosh HD
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Feb 7, 2012
i have a 2011 macbook pro (md313) and i want to reinstall lion and due to low speed internet connection i cant use recovery partition can i use lion tumb drive wich is available on apple store?
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MacBook Pro (13-inch Late 2011), Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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Mar 30, 2012
I'd like to protect my thumb (flash) drives and want to know the easiest effective way to do so. All the freeware and shareware programs out there only add to my confusion.Â
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Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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Apr 24, 2012
how do i format a usb thumb drive for pc or mac
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iMac
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May 26, 2012
The thumb drive you sent containing the upgrade is not recognized by either my Mac Mini or MacBook Pro.
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Jun 15, 2012
I just got a new Mac Mini at work today. I noticed something missing from its small box. Is it supposed to come with a Mac OS X 10.7.x install disc/USB flash drive or something in case I ever need to reinstall, fix, etc.? I only got these items:
1. Mac Mini
2. DVI to HDMI adapter
3. Power adapter
4. White Apple stickers
5. A manual (didn't see any disc and USB flash drive in it?)Â
If I am missing it, then I hope I don't have to return since I already set it up, installed a bunch of software, copy my data, etc.
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Oct 22, 2010
I wanted to put something on thumb drive to transfer over to my other mac but it was too big for it so I made space by transferring some of the files on to my mac. I ended up emptying out my thumb drive to make room. So I had to delete the files on my thumb drive once I moved the files to my mac since moving them basically just makes copies. However, my empty thumb drive still reads as if nothing was ever removed. I have a empty 4GB thumb drive that says I only have 1 plus GB left?
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Nov 30, 2010
If I'm trying to import pictures from a cd rom or thumb drive, can I not import them directly into iPhoto? Is this correct? I have to import them into finder somewhere and then into iPhoto?I swear if i'm importing them from my iPhone I can put them directly into iphoto.
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Jan 9, 2009
I have 2 thumb drives. I believe one if formatted Fat32 and the other specifically for the mac. When I delete files from them the available space does not increase, the only way to get the memory back is to format them. If I check the info it still shows space used after I delete every file, and not a little used space it shows the amount of space before I delete anything. How to fix this without reformatting whenever I need more space?
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May 22, 2009
I'm looking for a fast USB thumb drive to use for data backups. Does anyone know of any SLC USB thumb drives that are 32 GB or larger in capacity?
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Feb 2, 2012
Has anyone discovered the perfect way to protect their Lion thumb drive when carrying it in a bag? The contacts look so exposed and easy to damage.
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Feb 10, 2012
Having trouble transferring files from my pc to the macbook with thumb drive. Is this possible or do I need to start over and create new documents?
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MacBookPro, iOS 5
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Feb 19, 2012
I just erased everything off my Mac Pro and reconfigured everything (as new). I installed all my programs, primarily Aperture3 and Photoshop CS5 (using Leopard). I had no problem uploaded some photos into Aperture3 from a thumb drive using the USB port, but when I tried to upload photos from my card reader the MacPro does not recognize the card reader using the same USB port. I figured the problem was a bad card reader.
I tested it on my PC and it recognized the card reader and uploaded all the photos. Also, the card reader's green light turns on when attached to the MacPro, as if it is working and connected but it does not register in Finder or desktop to indicate that the card reader is installed. I even tried to upload directly from my Canon 7D and it also did NOT recognize the camera. Why would the MacPro recognize the thumb drive on the same USB port and not the card reader or the camera?
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MacBookPro, MacPro DualQuad, Mac OS X (10.5.2)
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Mar 23, 2012
I have a number of thumb drives that are formatted for windows (dos I suppose), is it possible to reformat them to work with my intel imac?
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Mar 24, 2012
I have a PNY 8gb Attache thumb drive that is not recognized by my 2010 27" I7 iMac. It does not show on the desktop, disk utility, finder or system profile. However, this thumb drive works on my MacBook, 2006 24" iMac and a Dell laptop running XP.  I have 4 other drives (1-4gb) that work on all of our computers. Currently running Lion @ 10.7.3 but this problem existed on SL @ 10.6.8 also.  I have tried this drive as a FAT-32 and Mac OS journaled and the 27" still will not recognize the drive.Â
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