MacBook Pro :: Cannot Install Mac OSx To Harddrive
Feb 7, 2012cannot install Mac OSx to harddrive
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MacBook :: How To Install OSX On New Blank Harddrive
Jul 17, 2009I am new to the site, and a new macbook owner as well. My macbook only has a 120gb hard drive and I have already upgraded the ram to 4gb so before I start using it daily I want to get a bigger hard drive in it and the new Leopard OSX because I currently have the Tiger.
When I get my 320GB Scorpio Black SATA 7200rpm hard drive and I install it (which seems very easy to do, almost like the same as taking out and replacing the ram), what steps do I need to do when I boot up the laptop with the blank hard drive? Do I need to put the CD in before I boot it up? Will it prompt me to do anything as it boots up?
MacBook :: How To Install An OS On A Blank Harddrive
Apr 15, 2012I've got a problem with my harddrive, it's on its way out. The Mac will still start, but after a while, the HDD gets stuck and so it's time to replace. I have a full backup on my time machine external hard drive - my question is, how do I get this on the new blank hard drive?
I'm using 10.5.8, but I don't have an installation disk. THe HDD was replaced once before under warranty, and the people in the shop were kind enough to stick on the new system, upgrading me from 10.4, so no disk available. I MIGHT have an installation disk for 10.4, but as far as I understand, I would not be able to restore my system because my backup is on 10.5.
Also, I'm pondering installing an SSD which would be 125GB (financial reasons prevent me from buying a bigger one).
My current HD is 160GB, i.e. the backup will be bigger than the capacity of the SSD. I presume if I somehow get to install Leopard (or Lion) on it, I can restore selected folders, thereby circumventing the problem?
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MacBook, Mac OS X (10.5.8), 2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 1GB, 667 mhz, ddr2sdram
Mac Pro :: OSX Ver10.3 Will Not Install On 250Gb Harddrive?
Jun 16, 2008I have PowerMac G4 with an 80Gb hard drive that's full. I got a 250Gb HD with Acard ATA-133 Controller. New HD initialized fine and I used Disk Utility to copy Old HD to New HD. Mac will not boot from new HD - do not see new HD in startup HD choices when I boot from old HD. When I boot from old HD, the new HD shows up on desktop just fine. Tried to boot from OSX CD to install OSX on new Hard Drive and install routine did not find the new HD. What am I missing or what did I need to do for this new HD to take over as primary??
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Oct 10, 2009Is this: Western Digital Scorpio Blue 500 GB Bulk/OEM Hard Drive 2.5 Inch, 8 MB Cache, 5400 RPM SATA II - $90
compatible with my MacBook? its just the basic $999 MacBook that was purchased from Apple in June 2009. (and i upgraded to snow leopard just a couple weeks ago or so)
MacBook Air :: Installing Osx Onto External Harddrive?
Dec 3, 2010has anyone installed osx onto a external usb harddrive using a macbook air?
was wondering what the performance was like afterwards?
would help to get around internal small hd space....be good when using at home and also using external monitor....
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MacBook Pro :: Safe To Move Harddrive To New MBP?
Dec 12, 2010I just bought a used macbook pro, 15" 2.53GHz Core 2 Duo, and I have previously been using a 13" macbook, on which I recently upgraded the hard drive. I'd like to pop that hard drive in my new MBP, since it is bigger, and has all my data on it, but I'm not sure if this is a safe thing to do - if there are hardware specific aspects of the OSX environment that will be unhappy in a new machine. I'm running OSX 10.6.4..
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May 8, 2010My iMac just died on me. So temporarily I dug out my 2006 macbook to replace it. Now, since it has been a long time since i used it. I realized that the superdrive from the macbook is not working properly. However, I need to install win XP via bootcamp for study issues. So, I created a Partition with Bootcamp on my macbook. Also, I have a windows desktop, and a windows XP CD. Here's my question. I know I can make an iso image with the win XP CD, then burn it on an external HD. Now, how can I make the macbook startup from the external HD and install from there?
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Jun 4, 2012My hard drive is almost full with movies what is the best way to move them so they still work on my Apple TV smoothly?
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MacBook Pro :: Cannot Transfer Files To My External Harddrive
Oct 19, 2010I have an iomega external HD. When ever I try to transfer files from my mac internal HD I get the message "the Item could not be moved because "iomega HDD" cannot be modified." This HD works fine with windows, but is doesn't seem compatible with my mac. Any way to fix?
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Apr 30, 2009I bought my 13' macbook (white) with the intel 2.0 and 80gb HardDrive in 2007 with OSX installed and its been good until now, It had frozen and I had pressed the power button to reboot it cause it was not responding to anything. and now it will not start up, it just goes to a grey screen with a picture of a file with a question mark in it... I have tried and done everything in every article I could find on the internet to fix it, tried zapping the PRAM and restarting holding the C key and tried reinstalling the osx software but it does not work and only shows my disk drive and not my Hard-Drive as if it does not exist.Has my Hard-drive failed? Does this mean I need a new hard-drive? would replacing it fix this problem you think?
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May 7, 2009I am looking into upgrading my PBG4 1.33 to a NEW (updated) white macbook.
My question is regarding upgrading the memory & harddrive. iFixit makes the changeout of these items look incredibly easy. Is it? (i am by no means a fix-my-own-computer person, but I did recently replace memory and harddrive in my PBG4, and that was much more involved than what it looks like this process would be) I can get a 320G 7200 HD on ebay for under $60! Add in the RAM from ebay, and you are looking at upgrading the $999 macbook for under $100 - Apple charges nearly $300 for these upgrades, and it is a 5200 HD!
Am I missing something? Can I really put the 7200 HD in the new macbook? Is it really as easy to replace as it looks?
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May 1, 2010I have three drives on my desktop, i was wondering is there anyway to hide them?
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Aug 15, 2010I have an SSD card in a 13 inch Macbook Pro....and I just bought a brand new Macbook...so my question is: Can I just take that hard drive out of the 13 inch Macbook Pro and install it into a brand new 2010 white macbook without doing anything else? and would that keep all of my existing software and files intact? Would that work? (I was wondering if it would since most of the hardware specs are basically the same in each laptop).....or do I need to go through the entire process of reformatting, doing backups, and reloading all of the software and files,etc? I guess I could just try it, but figured I would ask the Macrumors Forums first to see if anyone else has done this.
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Mar 6, 2012my mac book pro is not recognizing my WD 500 GB external hardrive. I checked and double checked to make sure the external was mac compatible before I bought : and it was. It also is not recongizing an WD external hardrive I borrowed from a co-worker. Here is what I have done and checked so far.
- I checked to see if the externals worked on other Mac Pros( just to double check mac compatibility)- they showed up on on 4 different Mac books.
- I checked to see if there was something wrong my usb ports. So I incerted my 4 GB flash drive in the USB port, and then my co-workers 4GB Flashdrive- My computer recognized both the devices.
- My computer was very full ( that is why I bought a bigger hardrive to back up my files) so I thought maybe there just wasnted even enough free space for my computer to recongize the devices. So I freed up 70GB of hardrive space on my mac book. - still nothing.
- I also checked to make sure I had the suggested software updates to run the drive, before I bought it.
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MacBook Pro :: Does Upgrading Harddrive To SSD Break Warranty
Apr 9, 2012i recently bought an MBP 15" (Late 2011), its really fast but of course i want it to be even faster and i was considering changing the old HDD to an SSD and was wondering if it ruins the warranty and if there is anyting else i should be aware of? how do i install the operating system when i dont have a CD, do i have to get ont or does apple have a magic sollution for that too?
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MacBook Pro :: Move Files To A Partitioned Harddrive?
May 25, 2012How does one move files to a partitioned harddrive?
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MacBook Pro :: Drag A Document Onto An External HardDrive?
Jun 6, 2012Ive just recently bought a Macbook Pro and was wondering how can you drag a document onto an external hard drive. Is it the same as Windows?? Because everytime I try that, it wont let me :s.
how to do this so I can put my cousework I have done on my MacBookPro, onto my external hard drive.
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MacBook Pro (13-inch Late 2011), Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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Jan 31, 2009I have a MacBook Pro (Santa Rosa) with a 120GB hard drive. I would like to replace it myself with a 500GB drive. I know that in the desktop PC world certain BIOS and motherboards only support certain size drives. Is this true for Macs? I also read a comment by someone on another site stating his 500GB drive was a little thicker than the original drive in his MacBook Pro.
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Sep 6, 2009Problem: I have a half-terabyte external harddrive by western digital. It's been working for about a year now, no problems ever. it's basically halfway filled with movies and music and stuff; however, recently, it's not being recognized by my macbook. It uses a mini USB to USB cable. I switched the cables and it still didn't come up.
When I plug it into the AC it lights up and looks like its searching to 'talk' with my macbook. It has always done this, then the light would become solid and it would show up on my desktop. I tried it on different computers as well and it still doesn't actually show up. All the computers I've tried notify me that a drive has been connected, but not recognized. I really really need it to be recognized or else I lost A LOT of information.
I went to upload a file to Mediafire, and when it redirected me to Finder, my hard drive was the default folder to pick the files from. However, it had a red minus sign on it and I have no clue what that means.
MacBook Pro :: Increase Harddrive Space - Faster Computer?
Jun 12, 2010I am thinking of buying a MBP, and I want to do my research correctly .
I want to get the base model (the 2.66ghz seems like a ripoff...), but upgrade the harddrive space. If I increased it from the 240gb to the 500gb, would that make my computer faster? Or what would the effects of it be? I am just wondering to see whether I should go for he 500gb or the 320gb...I do not want to get the SSD since they are pretty expensive at this point.
MacBook Pro :: Just Had Harddrive Replaced And It Still Keeps Telling To Reset Laptop
Jul 4, 2012I had a few issues with my mac book pro. So I went to apple and they replaced my hardrive. I have had it back for one day and it has come up with a screen telling me to restart my laptop?? Not sure what to do?
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MacBook Pro :: Apple Time Capsule As Wireless Harddrive Only, Not As Router
Oct 15, 2010I just bought a terabyte Time Capsule to take care of backups and files with my new Macbook pro, without me thinking about this stuff at all anymore, that is the Time Capsule concept, right?
When I try to set up Time Machine it asks wether I want Time Capsule to work as wireless internet router. Where Im living at the moment, I am connected to a wireless internet system, but I dont have access to the router, or access to use Time Capsule as internet router either, I want to maintain using the wireless internet, and Time Capsule as wireless hard drive only.
MacBook Pro :: When It Tries Find The Hard Drive To Startup The Harddrive Disappears
Jun 24, 2012I have tried booting it up from the startup disk and when it tries to find the harddrive to install on it takes a long time to find it then the icon disappears off the screen and I can't select anything
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MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2009), Mac OS X (10.5.7)
MacBook Pro :: I7 Sandy Bridge With Optibay Harddrive Is Running Slow In Diablo 3 In Low Setting
May 21, 2012I been noticing my MacBook pro getting very slow in games like diablo 3 and Starcraft. This MacBook pro was bought a year ago. It is running i7 sandy bridge with a 128 Ssd. I did install optibay with a monetux xt hard drive in it.It could run ultra setting on Starcraft no problem and is very smooth when I first got it. Lately I got diablo 3, and it gets very slow. I had to change all the graphics setting to low. It is not slow in the beginning, but it gets very slow after a while. It is like slow motion!!! Even when is low, it is still very laggy in game. I tried to repair the disk and clean up the laptop with onyx and still doing the same thing. I even try to reboot when is slow, but same thing after I reboot. I guess the MBP still hot.
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