Q: disk utility is completely down i cant do anything, disk utility is not letting me format the drive its not making partition and e ... disk utility is completely down i cant do anything, disk utility is not letting me format the drive its not making partition and even when i am trying to install os x it says try again later its been 4 days from now that i am trying but i am failling more
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May 18, 2016 6:01 PM in response to Razkanby macjack,Are you are using Disk Utility from your Recovery partition, or from an external drive?
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May 18, 2016 6:15 PM in response to macjackby Razkan,I Am using recovery partition because I eras my data and now I am stuck in this page in simple I even have no operating system installed in this MacBook now
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May 18, 2016 6:28 PM in response to macjackby Razkan,I Don't have a backup, an hour ago I downloaded an image I tried to install from an image but the disk utility says that the restore source is busy I restarted the laptop several times but it says the same
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May 18, 2016 6:30 PM in response to Razkanby macjack,Shut down, then try it from the original install discs that came with your Mac.
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May 18, 2016 6:38 PM in response to Razkanby macjack,If you have another Mac you can use Target Disk Mode.
Share files between two computers with target disk mode - Apple Support
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May 18, 2016 6:41 PM in response to macjackby Razkan,YYes I have another MacBook but it's also a MacBook Air, please tell me in detail how can do that
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May 18, 2016 6:56 PM in response to Razkanby macjack,Shut down the problem Mac Then connect them with a firewire or thunderbolt cable. Boot the problem Mac holding the T key.
Once it starts in Target Disk Mode, your problem Mac will act as a connected hard drive. Use Disk Utility on the good Mac to wipe the problem Mac's hard drive.
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May 18, 2016 6:58 PM in response to macjackby Razkan,Thank you so much, if you really don't mind can you help me with the images please because I bought these 2 laptop a week ago, and it's my first time to use a MacBook
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May 18, 2016 7:15 PM in response to macjackby Razkan,Abyways thank you so much for the help, I will try to find a video on YouTube. Thanks again
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May 18, 2016 7:18 PM in response to Razkanby macjack,I had found one video but decided against posting it, because it isn't really about what you are trying to do. It also seems over-complicated but decide for yourself.
