I 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?
View 1 RepliesI recently got a macbook off my bro who bought it last year and i would like to restore it to factory default so i can have a clean slate for when i start uni but he lost the discs that he got with it, can anyone give me simple instructions on doing this without the discs? i would be very greatfull my mac has Mac 0S X version 10.5.8
View 9 Replies View RelatedAs I mentioned in a previous thread, I'm selling my iMac to buy a MacBook. The MacBook (2008 uMB) has arrived, with all the discs etc, which is brilliant.
My iMac however, came preloaded with Tiger, with a Leopard upgrade disc in the box. This Leopard disc has disappeared off the face of the planet, and so Apple are shipping one out to me, not sure when it will arrive. In the meantime, my auction ends tomorrow, so would it be possible to restore the iMac using the Leopard discs that have come with the MacBook, or is it safer to reinstall Tiger, and wait for the Leopard disc to arrive before shipping?
my sister recently gave me her old imac. However, she only had the second recovery disc and, as fate would have it, I need to restore it, thus, I was thinking of buying the discs off of ebay. However, I wanted to ask a question first. The only discs I can fond are for 10.5, however, mein runs off of 10.4. Does that make a difference? I assume it would not, but I just want to make sure
View 1 Replies View RelatedI sold my iMac aluminum and bought a used macbook pro that didn't come with the OSX recovery discs. Can I use the OSX discs that came with my iMac as backups for the macbook? I have heard that the software is tied to a particular machine but I just wanted to verify before I buy a new copy of Snow Leopard.
View 5 Replies View RelatedI would like to install worldbook 2004, which came with my eMac on my Daughters mac mini.
The eMac died a death a few years ago, but I still have all the discs.
Obviously I cannot restore the software,(its Panther),but I guess I should be allowed to use it as I bought it bundled with the eMac.
I still have the world Book disc too, but it wont install from there, It says it needs to be installed from the eMac Software Install DVD's
Can anyone tell me how I can extract it ? Or a reason my I should not be allowed ?
I just purchased a new 27" i5 and have no system restore / software discs. Does Apple no longer include the discs?
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.6), 27" iMac i5 Mid 2011
I 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)
View 2 Replies View RelatedI'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.
View 2 Replies View Relatedso 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.
ive 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
View 2 Replies View RelatedMy 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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I 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
Just 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)
View 11 Replies View RelatedI 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?
View 5 Replies View RelatedFirst, 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.
View 1 Replies View RelatedJust 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.
View 3 Replies View RelatedMy 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.
View 4 Replies View RelatedI 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?
My 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.
I have 13" MBP Mid - 2009 bought July '09. My computer started with a ? folder flashing the other day, and I can't get Leopard or Snow Leopard to reinstall. My computer has crashed before, and I ended up somehow getting Leopard to install. I have time machine backups of my data. I tried erasing and reinstalling both Leopard and Snow Leopard; I've tried re partitioning and reinstalling both Leopard and Snow Leopard; I've tried Zeroing out the data then installing and no go either. Any Ideas?
When my computer crashed before, I thought it was because of faulty snow leopard upgrade installation (installed then crashed a month later). I called Apple and they sent me a new Snow Leopard Disc. Before the disc arrived, I finally got Leopard to install. I waited till I got an external hard drive to back up my stuff before I installed snow leopard with new disc. Well, I installed snow leopard the week after christmas, and now a month later it did this again. I tried all that I told you in the above paragraph. What is wrong with my computer? I really need it cause its the only mac I have and I have papers I need to turn in that are on my backups!
I have burnt a dvds on macbook pro3,1 running OS10.4.11.[large picture files, jpegs and tiffs which work a treat on lap top] when I put it in mac pro1,1 running OS10.5.8 it shows as a blank disc. Eject and re-enter it a few times and it might recognize it but it might not. check it in lap top and its fine. This happens with a variety of disc types, and sometimes it is fine.
View 1 Replies View RelatedMy Macbook pro can't burn dvds in idvd but it works fine on external burner?
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.2)
Two discs jammed in disc drive...
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MacBook Pro
I got a new Macbook Pro and I didn't recieve any discs and someone I know has an older Macbook Pro and got discs with theirs so I was wondering what happened to those discs and why I didn't get any.
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MacBookPro
I wish to restore my computer to factory setting. I just don't have the restoration discs.
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MacBook
I have a early 2012 Air, and just bought a new one last week. Migrated all my stuff but now need to get the old one back to new for my employee to use. No discs like we had with the Pro, and the alternative of wiping the hard drive and reinstalling Lion seems a little harsh. How would I reinstall Lion without the disc anyway?
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MacBook Air (11-inch, Mid 2012), Mac OS X (10.7.4)
I wanna reinstall windows but I dont have my boot camp discs for the proper drivers is there a place I can download them? thanks in advance
View 1 Replies View RelatedI recently got a couple of TDK DVD-R discs. However, every time I put one in my MacBook, it spins for a little and this then ejected.
View 12 Replies View RelatedI've noticed that recently my macbook pro drive has been severely scratching DVD's now and then (doesn't always happen but when it does it renders the DVD unusable). At first I wasn't sure if it was the drive or not but now I am sure it is. The laptop hasn't been moved or dropped in anyway and its just started happening for no apparent reason - laptop isn't on a tilt either it hasn't been moved from the desk in weeks.
Is this an issue with the MATSHITA DVD-R UJ-868 drive? It's still in warranty and i'm going to take it into a authorised apple service provider tomorrow and see what they can do but I just wanted to check about this drive as I don't really want a replacement of the same drive if its just going to do it again. Also is there any chance apple could offer some form of compensation for the DVD that was just destroyed by it? It was a part of a boxset so kind of ruins the collection.
