MacBook Pro 13 inch mid 2010 macOS

My MacBook has hard drive issues so when I try and install the Mac OS it never gets pass the boot screen I’d love some one who could guide me in the direction of how to resolve this issue…… Thanks in advance!!

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Posted on Aug 5, 2023 5:07 PM

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Aug 5, 2023 8:26 PM in response to Katthegamerone

The 2010 model unfortunately is earlier than the internet restore or standard recovery. Some 2010 models had a firmware installed that allowed for internet restore.


High Sierra upgrading tip - Apple Community


explains the latest operating system you can put on it.


  1. If you don't have a clone of High Sierra or earlier see if one of the following is possible:
  • Do you have a Mac with High Sierra or less that you can put into target mode and clone to it?
  • Do you have the Snow Leopard installer disc that shipped with the Mac?
  • Does this Mac already have an OS on it, and is it just having trouble bootng what's already installed?



Aug 5, 2023 9:03 PM in response to Katthegamerone

Yep, I believe that disk is just for testing hardware and installing applications along with the OS. Unfortunately if you are missing the other disc, you'll need to find another Mac or hard drive with High Sierra or less installed, or try to repair the hard drive in single user mode.

Do you have any data you wish to recover on your machine before we proceed? If you do, you should bring the computer to a data recovery specialist first.

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