I have an old mac mini (2010) and I want to install mac os.
Unfortunately the disk player from the mac mini isn't working and the disk I have (with Snow leopard), isn't working (I tried dvd sharing from a pc with windows 10).
So, I have a pc running windows 10.
I have a 32GB usb stick.
Can you help me make a bootable usb stick with mac os 10.11 in windows 10, in order to install it to mac mini?
What Mac OS is on the Mac at the moment, or have you erased it. If you have erased it what was the OS that was on it previously. If it was Mavericks, Yosemite or El Capitan, then you should still have the Recovery HD which you can boot to.
then you should be able to download the OS from the internet. Make sure your Mac is connected to your router using a wired connection rather than WiFi. Please read this.
How to reinstall macOS from macOS Recovery - Apple Support
If that doesn't work, or you are unable to, you probably need to make a genius appointment at your nearest Apple
Retail Store and get them to install an OS on your Mac.
What Mac OS is on the Mac at the moment, or have you erased it. If you have erased it what was the OS that was on it previously. If it was Mavericks, Yosemite or El Capitan, then you should still have the Recovery HD which you can boot to.
then you should be able to download the OS from the internet. Make sure your Mac is connected to your router using a wired connection rather than WiFi. Please read this.
How to reinstall macOS from macOS Recovery - Apple Support
If that doesn't work, or you are unable to, you probably need to make a genius appointment at your nearest Apple
Retail Store and get them to install an OS on your Mac.
You can only download El Capitan on a Mac, and only create a macOS USB bootable installer on a Mac.
Can you not borrow an external DVD and perform the install of Snow Leopard that way,
What OS does your Mac have on it.
Unfortunately I don't have other mac nor an external DVD.
After searching the web I found the software "transMac" which says that you can make a bootable usb for mac.
Is there another way to download mac os?
I have a free developer account, if it helps...
No, I haven't got someone that owns one.
And the disk I have with Snow Leopard isn't working. I tried with DVD sharing. It stops the installation.
Can I do anything from disk utility? It loads so far...
So you gave the Mac to someone and they installed Ubuntu on it, by doing that they will have erased the Recovery HD
that macOS installs, so you will not be able to use internet recovery to install El Capitan.
Has that person not got a DVD reader/ writer, so you can at least install Snow Leopard.
Otherwise make a genius appointment at your nearest Apple Retail Store and get them to install El Capitan on it
bring a USB stick with you (16GBs).
So, I did what it says here:
https://pureinfotech.com/create-macos-bootable-usb-windows/
and it saw the USB and started Installing...
Thanks for your help
Can you not borrow one.
The OS I used last time was El Capitan 10.11
The person I gave the mac mini told me that he totally erased HD and installed Ubuntu!!
Any suggestions???
Fresh install of mac os el capitan 10.11
