MacBook :: How To Erase With Restoration Discs
Jun 21, 2012I wish to restore my computer to factory setting. I just don't have the restoration discs.
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MacBook Pro :: Restoration From Time Machine Backup?
Mar 17, 2010If I were to make a time machine back up of my MacBook pro and then sold it wouid I be able to restore that time machine back up on a new iMac ( both are using snow leopard , uni MacBook pro and new 27 iMac)?
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Mar 23, 2012If I need to reset the system on my macbook pro 17", do I use the Firmware Restoration CD or is there something else?
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.4)
MacBook :: Software License Agreement For Firmware Restoration CD 1.9?
Mar 12, 2012just reset this Mac Powerbook to factory settings, and I can't seem to download the new OS. I'm not sure what to do.
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OS X :: Lost Discs - Install Discs From The Computer
Mar 10, 2009I came home for vacation and decided to reformat my imac g5 to get a fresh start. I backed up all my files, took out my leopard retail box, and was ready to go when I opened up the box, and noticed no disc. I have no idea where it went.I have the install discs from the computer when i got it, but it only has 10.4, so id rather not use them. I have the install discs from my macbook pro with 10.5, but I am pretty sure it will not work.So does anyone have any suggestions? Should I just go ahead and install 10.4 until and then just install 10.5 when i find it? (i really hate doing this, I hate having more than one version of an os installed)
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Jul 27, 2009I bought an imac 2 years ago, and updated it to leopard when that was released.
I no longer have the discs i used for Leopard, only the original mac os x 10.4 discs.I am very soon going to be selling this machine and need to wipe everything so that all is left if the operating system in the form you would expect as if you had just bought a new mac.How can this be achieved, i tried disck utility> erase, but only erase free space was 'highlighted'.
OS X :: Get Kernel Panics When Restarted After Restoration?
Feb 20, 2010After some partition troubles I popped in my snow leopard disc and erased my HD. I then made a windows partition. Then, I tried to restore from a time machine back up I had. It finished restoring and said to restart, so I did. It doesn't get past the apple sign though. After the grey screen with and apple logo sit their for a few seconds it kernal panics. I can't get any farther than that. Should I re-restore or what?
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Jul 4, 2010Okay, so here's the deal, and I preface this with the obligatory 'yes I know I should have backed up my data and I'm a dumbass for not doing this.'
A week ago my Mac stalled, wouldn't even go passed the startup point. I booted from disk and did all the stuff you have to do before I resigned to failure and deleted my hardrive and reinstalled the OS.
Good news is, Mac is back, working perfectly.
OS X :: System Library Restoration - Keychain Passwords
Nov 12, 2008I recently had to restore my 1st gen MBP. I recovered essentially all of its files: Users, Library, and Applications, because I wanted to be able to restore things just as they were, without having to re-install 20 apps and change the settings again on 50. I followed Apple's instructions on how to restore "Users", but that's all that they instruct for. I know that restoring my system library is what led to the following problems, but I have virtually no Terminal knowledge and would like to know if there are things I can do to fix these issues: I very often get asked for the system keychain password. I know exactly what it is, but it denies me every time. Once that window goes away (even with 'cancel') most things seem to run fine. But I often have to enter other passwords later.
--My wireless networks are not automatically accessed (I think this is related to the previous issue) until I choose one of them. At least it doesn't ask me for the network passwords every time.
--Sometimes if I right-click on an image to open it in Preview it gives me two preview programs to choose from, but only the older one opens. I only have one 'Preview' in Applications.
OS X :: Restoration To Factory Settings With Snow Leopard
Aug 29, 2009I have this computer which I will be lending to my friend for a year or two that I think came with leopard. I have snow leopard here and I want to install it before passing it over to her. what is the easiest solution to giving her the computer in factory settings with snow leopard on it?
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Oct 5, 2009Alright, I just got my macbook fixed, the service people changed my macbook's harddisc, but now I can't complete a time machine backup anymore.
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Apr 30, 2012I formatted my IMac (24 inch early 2008). But I found out that the Restoration cd I had was of my macbook... Now I can't found the original restoration cd. I was told that Apple can send me a new cd... is it true? What I have to do?
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.5.8)
OS X V10.7 Lion :: Time Machine Restoration Fails?
Jun 19, 2012I had to restore my Macbook Pro to a previous backup because of an issue I am experiencing. I seleted the Restore option in Lion Recovery, I seleteced the backup I want to restore from on my Time Capsule to restore, initially the restoration looked good. However once the progress reached 0.6% the restore simply stopped and the estimated time rocketed indefinitely up to some 200 hours. After I gave it a second attempt, this time again the restoration stopped at 0.6%, and when the estimated time reached around 26 hours an error message showed up saying the files cannot be restored and prompted me to restart my computer. I have attempted a repair of the sparesbundle in Disk Utility on my iMac and I am giving it a third attempt. I haven't done anything to the sparesbundle file and it backs up perfectly fine up until this morning right before I decided to restore my old system so I am brushing file corruption aside.
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
OS X :: Clean Install Of Snow Leopard And Backup Restoration?
Jan 22, 2010My snow leopard has been performing really badly, so its been recommended that I do a clean install, however I am not too sure how to go about it. The main issues are how I actually start the whole process, and the second thing is what I need to be aware of when restoring from backup? I assume you need to use migration assistant, is it possible to restore documents and music, or only applications and settings?
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Apr 9, 2010What I want to do is back up my current Mac mini (160GB hdd) with Time Machine. I then want to upgrade the system drive in the Mac mini to a 320 GB drive and restore from the Time Machine backup with all my programs, settings and files. Will it work even if the back up and restoration drive sizes are different?
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Jun 20, 2014I recently replace the internal hard drive. After resoring from my Time Machine backup, I can no longer access backup files prior to the last backup. How do I gain access to the prior backup files?
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Oct 31, 2010I am in the process of selling my old MBP and would like to wipe it clean before it exchanges hands. I dont have the restore discs though, is there a way to restore it to its factory settings/features if i dont have the disc?
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Jun 18, 2009I've had my Macbook Pro (2.4 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo) for about a year, and it has just started doing something a bit weird. It spits out any disc I put into it. It just churns it around for about 30 seconds and ejects it.I've tried loads of different discs, even the install discs that came with the Macbook.
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May 28, 2010so i found someone to buy my 2007 SR MBP. IT is currently running SL, so I am trying to wipe and reformat the HD. I inserted the original software discs (10.5), and it gets ejected, than I tried inserting the SL upgrade disc, and that gets ejected.
The drive accepts and recognizes other discs, but not the OS discs.
MacBook Pro :: Get Windows Without Discs?
Feb 3, 2012ive recently bought a MacBook Pro which i am very pleased with however i play a few games on my old pc and i hear i will need to install windows onto my mac using a disc (which i am willing to purchase) HOWEVER i have looked on You tube a few times to watch how to do it and they all use THE ORIGINAL discs which came with their laptop however mine didnt come with any discs is there a way around it
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Jun 11, 2012My mac was running on OS X Lion, but my hard drive was so full, I decided to erase my entire harddrive. The problem is that I cannot start my mac up with my main harddrive, and my disc drive thinks all disc's are blank cd's and dvd's.
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MacBook Pro :: Best Way To 'open' Zip Discs
Jun 12, 2012I have an old scsi iomega zip drive and quite a lot of data on 100mb discs.I now find that I need to access some of the data and have no way of connecting to my 2009 MacBook Pro.Even if I can find a scsi-to-usb cable, will I be able to read the discs? Any suggestion on the best way to 'open' my zip discs.
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8), Mail
OS X :: Factory Restoration - Buy Latest Software And Wipe Computer With Software?
May 10, 2010i lost my start up discs and im thinking of selling my mac to get a macbook pro. would it be possible to buy the latest software and wipe the computer with the software or do i have to get the disks for my software that came with my computer. btw hi this is my first post
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Dec 17, 2010Just bought a new iMAC 27 and I want to sell my MBP 17". I want to wipe the HD clean so the new owner doesn't get any of my stuff. Can I do it with the SL discs that came with my new iMAC because when I bought the MBP, it came with no discs. Or is there a quick way to remove all personal information? (like delete the admin account a create a new one)
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Nov 22, 2008I wanted to install 10.5 on my Mac Mini G4, the only copy of 10.5 I have is for my Macbook, would I be able to install it using those discs or even using the new remote install app?
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Feb 14, 2009First, my MacBook is a little more than a year old and is no longer covered under warranty, so I would like to try any possible fixes (like cleaning the drive) before having to buy a new drive. Here's my problem: when I put a CD or DVD into the drive, it spins around and clicks a lot but never seems to really catch, and after about a minute or so of this, it ejects itself. It never shows up on my desktop, so the computer is unable to read anything from the CD or DVD. I know the problem is not the CD or DVD, because I've tried the same discs on other machines and they work fine. This problem came up on me gradually. It started happening a few months ago, and maybe only 1 out of 10 or 20 discs would it do this. Then it became a third of the time, then half of the time, and now it's about 99% of the time I try to insert a disc. I was able to get one disc to work a few days ago, but when I ejected it and reinserted it, it didn't work the second time.
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Apr 27, 2009Just bought a Power Mac where the drives were wiped and may not have an OS X disc with it. Can I use the 2 discs that came with my Macbook Pro? They are OS X.
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Jun 16, 2009My wife has a PB G4 15". No matter what kind of disc is put in the drive, it gets spit out about 3 seconds later. Also, we have a 120 GB external HD that works just fine with our eMac, but no joy with the PB.
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Sep 21, 2009I have a 15" unibody Macbook pro
The last time I used my cd drive was a couple months ago to burn a cd.
The cd didn't come out so I followed the steps to eject it and it came out properly. Since then I haven't used the drive until recently. When I went to enter a cd to burn some songs onto it, the drive wouldn't accept any discs. As if there was something in there but there is nothing.
some steps to get my cd/dvd drive to accept discs again please?
MacBook Pro :: Unable To Read Discs
Jan 13, 2010My MBP 2.33Ghz has always been with discs but its starting to become a pain, a friend burnt a disc for me the other day which it read but thought it was blank.
Last night I put a +R DL DVD that worked in another machine and it just ejected it, I then put my 10.5 disc in and it worked fine.
