MacBook Pro - no hard drive.

long_b

I've been offered a good deal on a Macbook Pro (late 2013). The thing is it doesn't come with a hard drive.

Seems to be easy enough to put one in, but what then ?
Can I just download a Mac OS image and install from USB ?
How does licencing work - will the installer just pick up that it's a genuine MacBook or do you have to enter a software key ?

h0neybadger

Built into the Mac is the internet recovery feature.

Once you put the hard drive in, turn it on.
It will boot to internet recovery automatically.

Go into Disk utility (4th option in the list)
Format the drive with standard settings.
Click disk utility on the top left and pick quit.

Select option 1. Re-install OS X.

It will install the original OS that came with the Mac.

You can then upgrade for free to Sierra using the App Store.




Alternatively, find someone with a Mac.
Go to App Store.
Download Sierra or any eligible OS.
Once it's in the Applications folder, insert a USB.
Open disk utility format with standard settings and rename it to untitled.

Open terminal.
Run one of these commands depending on the OS you downloaded and want to install.

sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Sierra.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/untitled --applicationpath /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Sierra.app

sudo /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ El\ Capitan.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/untitled --applicationpath /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ El\ Capitan.app

sudo /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ Yosemite.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/untitled --applicationpath /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ Yosemite.app

sudo /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ Mavericks.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/untitled --applicationpath /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ Mavericks.app

Once complete, eject the USB, plug it into your new Mac, turn it on, and hold Alt.
Boot from the USB, open disk utility, format the internal drive, quit disk utility, and install OS X.

ZENER

h0neybadger wrote: »

Built into the Mac is the internet recovery feature.

Once you put the hard drive in, turn it on.
It will boot to internet recovery automatically.

Go into Disk utility (4th option in the list)
Format the drive with standard settings.
Click disk utility on the top left and pick quit.

Select option 1. Re-install OS X.

It will install the original OS that came with the Mac.

You can then upgrade for free to Sierra using the App Store.




Alternatively, find someone with a Mac.
Go to App Store.
Download Sierra or any eligible OS.
Once it's in the Applications folder, insert a USB.
Open disk utility format with standard settings and rename it to untitled.

Open terminal.
Run one of these commands depending on the OS you downloaded and want to install.

sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Sierra.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/untitled --applicationpath /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Sierra.app

sudo /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ El\ Capitan.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/untitled --applicationpath /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ El\ Capitan.app

sudo /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ Yosemite.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/untitled --applicationpath /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ Yosemite.app

sudo /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ Mavericks.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/untitled --applicationpath /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ Mavericks.app

Once complete, eject the USB, plug it into your new Mac, turn it on, and hold Alt.
Boot from the USB, open disk utility, format the internal drive, quit disk utility, and install OS X.

Or download DiskMaker X and let it do all the hard work

Ken

h0neybadger

ZENER wrote: »

Or download DiskMaker X and let it do all the hard work

Ken

Where's the fun in that

jeepcj

you can buy pre loaded ssd hard drives