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User profile for user: gustas04
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I cannot reinstall macOS.

I have a MacBook aluminium from 2008 (yeah I know, pretty rare). I wanted to install Windows for a small project. Bootcamp wasn’t working, so I decided just to install it from a DVD and wipe out the macOS, because it wouldnt let me continue with the partition that macOS had. Now I need macOS urgently to run a program, tried pressing CMD + R, not working. As I found out, it doesn’t work like that for macbooks older than 2011. Tried making a bootable usb - doesn’t show up, after that I’ve reset the VRAM, exactly the same. I recreated the flashdrive, changed the partition, used a diffrent software on Windows, - nothing.

Earlier Mac models

Posted on Jul 3, 2024 8:28 AM

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User profile for user: Matti Haveri
Matti Haveri
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Posted on Jul 3, 2024 9:21 AM

So you have the original OS X install DVD that should boot that old Mac, right? Does it boot from it if you shutdown, and power ON while pressing C key (or maybe the Option key?)? Does the DVD drive still work otherwise?

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