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Jul 16, 2013 8:16 AM in response to helenatruralhomeby LowLuster,From the Email I got from your post below, I have deleted it so I no longer have it, I think I remeber reading that you used a Windows computer to install Mountain Lion on that external drive. To do that you had to of used some type of HACKED version of Mountain Lion and in doing that I seriously doubt that Bastardized version of ML will ever work on a Real Mac computer.
You need to stop fooling around and ORDER a set of Replacement System Disc from Apple for your model year Mac computer.
IT IS THE ONLY WAY FOR YOU TO RESTORE YOUR MAC TO A WORKING COMPUTER.
helenatruralhome wrote:
I've now got an external hard drive which I managed to install Mountain Lion on- how do I get Mountain Lion off the external hard drive and onto the new hard drive?
Do i just select the external hard drive as the one to run from and 'set up' my macbook then go into disk utility and partition the new hard drive and download/ install it again on that? Also- when creating the partition do I partition it into two and if so- how much in each partition?
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Jul 16, 2013 8:43 AM in response to LowLusterby aasheash,> "Bastardized version of ML" LOL
If that's the case he can try putting his newly procured hard disk to superdrive's SATA connection & then proceed installation process to the newly connected drive.
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Jul 16, 2013 8:59 AM in response to helenatruralhomeby helenatruralhome,Well I've managed to copy my failed Macintosh HD's user folder- does that mean I've copied all my photos/mail, etc?
Also- I've got ML running on my external hard drive but I can't access things that came pre installed- such as iPhoto, etc- I'm not intending on downloading them to the external HD but I'm concerned about how to install them once I've got the replacement HD in- any advice?
When I phoned Apple they said to just go into Itunes and authorise the computer and they should come up in the app store but as I didn't purchase them through the app store I'm unsure as to if that will work?
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by Grant Bennet-Alder,★HelpfulJul 16, 2013 10:01 AM in response to helenatruralhome
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Jul 16, 2013 10:01 AM
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DesktopsWell I've managed to copy my failed Macintosh HD's user folder- does that mean I've copied all my photos/mail, etc?
If the Users folder is complete, all your old files are intact.
Since Mac OS X is inherently a Multi-User system, System files are kept in separate, protected directories. No user files or substantial Preferences are stored in System Directories (only a few things like physical screen size which is quickly recreated for you).
Mac OS X has over 350,000 files. If some of those were lost, no problem, you installed a fresh copy of everything.
Apple is correct in that iWork and iLife are not restored as part of the Mac OS X Restore. If you purchased them in any form, they should be available for you to re-download in the Mac App Store.
So go ahead and Install Mac OS X on your new Internal, and copy over your old User files. Later, you can re-download iWork and iLife stuff from the App Store.
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Jul 16, 2013 11:35 PM in response to helenatruralhomeby helenatruralhome,So just to confirm- where in the Users folder will I find my mail if I want to import it? I'm having trouble locating it...
Also- when I partition the new hard drive how many partitions should I select and what size? It is a 750GB hard drive.
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by Grant Bennet-Alder,★HelpfulJul 17, 2013 11:26 AM in response to helenatruralhome
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Jul 17, 2013 11:26 AM
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DesktopsUnless you intend to Install Windows as well, make 1 regular, mountable, named partition (default was "Macintosh HD"). A recovery partition and an EFI partition will be added for you automatically.
If you fire up Mail and your previous mail documents are present, just tell it to re-import and it should take of everything for you.
your Mail files are located on the Boot Drive in:
/Users/your-Id/Library/Mail
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Jul 17, 2013 11:20 PM in response to helenatruralhomeby helenatruralhome,Well I've downloaded Mountain Lion onto the new hard drive and authorised my computer but when I go to redownload iLife & iWork it is saying I have to pay for them again- arrghh- I've got all the purchases I've made using the App Store on there but not iLife and iWork- should I restart my computer to see if that helps? My Macbook came preinstalled with them so I have no physical discs to reinstall them and the App Store wasn't in existence when I purchased my Mac...
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by Grant Bennet-Alder,Jul 18, 2013 8:20 AM in response to helenatruralhome
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Jul 18, 2013 12:59 PM in response to Grant Bennet-Alderby helenatruralhome,I don't have an option for this in App Store- I'm running iLife 09 when I did have iLife 11 but it won't let me update it without paying- arrghh!!
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by Grant Bennet-Alder,Jul 18, 2013 2:38 PM in response to helenatruralhome
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Jul 18, 2013 2:38 PM
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DesktopsWhat part do you not have an option for?
Can you get to the Account Information page?
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Jul 18, 2013 10:50 PM in response to Grant Bennet-Alderby helenatruralhome,Yes I can get into account info but there is no option for purchases or hidden purchases- just my contact info and credit/debit card, etc
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Dec 18, 2013 4:07 AM in response to LowLusterby Heights89,The comment above that "IT IS THE ONLY WAY FOR YOU TO RESTORE YOUR MAC TO A WORKING COMPUTER." is totally false. I just put a brand new unformatted hardrive in my 2012 Macbook pro, turned it on and it then asked if I wanted to boot from the internet. I did so, formatted the drive with the utility that it downloaded and in one eve have a fully functional laptop again. I did this because of old hardrive failure. As long as you have a legal computer that was registered prior to the crash and update then this is possible.
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by Grant Bennet-Alder,Dec 18, 2013 7:06 AM in response to helenatruralhome
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Dec 18, 2013 7:06 AM
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Sep 3, 2016 1:43 PM in response to LowLusterby joncapri,I have the original discs and still doesn't work. I have the same issue. Still showing the locked screen..
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Sep 3, 2016 1:48 PM in response to LowLusterby joncapri,I have the same issue, but I have the Installation disks,..but still after installation the first thing I see is the locked icon in the screen.. I dont recall setting a password on the firmware before
