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Reinstall OSX lion. wont connect to app store

have an old mac that wasn't turned on for a while.

wanted to factory reset it to give to a charity.

trying to do the reinstall however when i try and connect to app store it comes up connection failed.


can anyone advise if there is a resolution


thanks

Posted on Nov 19, 2023 9:46 AM

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Jan 2, 2024 9:58 PM in response to hsr126

Read this and it will explain further about viewing the package contents:


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Here is the key text:


Step 1) On a handy Mac, grab Lion installer from Apple website here: Mac OS X Lion Installer (UK)

Step 2) Open the DMG. Copy the PKG file somewhere, then use The Unarchiver to extract it.

Step 3) In the extracted contents, there's another PKG file called InstallMacOSX.pkg. Right click on that and click "Show Package Contents". There's a DMG in there called InstallESD.dmg. Open that DMG to mount it.

Step 4) Put a USB stick into your Mac and open Disk Utility. I'm on a Mac with High Sierra at the moment, earlier or later versions will look different. Find your USB stick and click the Erase button. Format it with Mac OS Extended format and choose the GUID Partition Map scheme. Give it any label you like.

Step 5) Find your newly formatted USB Stick volume in the Disk Utility, right click on it and press Restore. Tell it to restore from "Mac OS X Install ESD", then press the Restore button.

Step 6) Wait an indeterminable amount of time for the DMG to get restored to the USB Stick. It should then turn into a Lion USB stick and be bootable. Plug it into the Mac you want to install Lion on, reboot it while holding down the Option key and wait for the boot menu to appear. With luck and a following wind, you should see the Lion installer in your bootable image list.

Step 7) ???

Step 8) Profit


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Jan 2, 2024 9:52 PM in response to mugen338

Did you manage to re-load Lion?


I am having the exact same issue. I want to give my Mac Mini (mid 2007) to charity. I erased the Mac HD drive and then tried to re-install Lion. I get a Connection Failed error message when I try to an internet recovery using WiFi through the Recovery Utility Screen. I then tried to create a bootable USB install disc. I downloaded the Lion dmg install file via the web browser link (to another Mac laptop). Once downloaded, I had issues being able to see the Package Contents - basically that was not an option when I right clicked on the Lion dmg file. I managed to work around that bu using The Unarchiver app to unpack the dmg and locate the ESD file. I created a bootable USB and copied said ESD file to it - but my Mac Mini does not recognize it as a bootable disc.


And that is where I remain spinning my wheels. I assume I am doing something wrong in creating the bootable USB.....

Reinstall OSX lion. wont connect to app store

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