Can't start mac with new SSD

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Can't start mac with new SSD

Hello,

Give me some help if you can please.

What happened:

My mac pro was acting slow and freezing so I took it to apple. They wiped the ssd clean and told me my it was bad. They wanted to charge a bunch to replace it so I figured I'd try to do it. I heard it wasn't too hard.

Problem:

How do I get it to work? Haha.

I put it in. Reformatted it. I can't clone the old drive assuming because it was wiped clean by apple. I can only work from internet repair (holding option) right now. I tried to download osx and that won't work. I tried to do a time machine back up and that won't work. I can see the drive in disk utility and I can erase it and reformat it all day... What am I missing?

MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2010)

Posted on Apr 7, 2014 8:47 PM

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Melophage

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Apr 7, 2014 9:15 PM in response to tsapp960

tsapp960,

if you have a Mid 2010 MacBook Pro, and your SSD has been completely erased, then you’ll need to boot from your MacBook Pro’s grey Mac OS X Install DVD to install Snow Leopard onto your SSD, then boot from it and run Software Update to get it up to Mac OS X 10.6.8, at which point you can download and install a newer version of OS X from the Mac App Store if desired.

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Apr 7, 2014 9:25 PM in response to tsapp960

Edit - MacBook Pro 2012

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tsapp960 Author

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Apr 7, 2014 9:27 PM in response to Melophage

Thanks for the tip! My mac is a 2012 though and I don't think it came with a DVD. Anymore ideas?

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Melophage

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Apr 7, 2014 9:59 PM in response to tsapp960

tsapp960,

if it’s a Mid 2012 model, then you’ll need to use OS X Internet Recovery to redownload its original version of OS X from Apple’s servers onto your SSD.

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tsapp960 Author

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Apr 7, 2014 10:01 PM in response to Melophage

Right- that's what I've been trying, but it keeps saying its downloading additional content and then fails saying "can't download additional content"

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tsapp960 Author

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Apr 7, 2014 10:03 PM in response to Melophage

It's not an internet issue, I'm sure of that.

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Melophage

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Apr 8, 2014 8:44 AM in response to tsapp960

tsapp960,

so at this time, if you look at your SSD in Disk Utility, does it have only a single partition on it, formatted as “Mac OS Extended (Journaled)”, with a partition map scheme of “GUID Partition Table”, with no recovery partition currently on it? Or do any of those details differ from your SSD’s current setup?

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tsapp960 Author

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Apr 8, 2014 8:56 AM in response to Melophage

Yep, that's my current setup exactly.

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Melophage

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Apr 8, 2014 10:27 AM in response to tsapp960

tsapp960,

when you’re running OS X Internet Recovery, are you doing it over an Ethernet connection, or over a Wi-Fi connection?

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tsapp960 Author

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Apr 8, 2014 10:37 AM in response to Melophage

I'm using Wifi. But the connection is strong on my roommates computer.

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OGELTHORPE

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Apr 8, 2014 10:41 AM in response to tsapp960

When you try Internet Recovery, do you see a revolving Globe? If not try starting the MBP with OPTION-COMMAND-R.

Ciao.

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Apr 8, 2014 11:52 AM in response to OGELTHORPE

Yep the globe comes up, it loads, and then it gives me the option to restore with time machine, re install osx, get help online, or access disk utility.

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OGELTHORPE

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Apr 8, 2014 12:04 PM in response to tsapp960

tsapp960 wrote:

Yep the globe comes up, it loads, and then it gives me the option to restore with time machine, re install osx, get help online, or access disk utility.

I suggest that you select Disk Utility>Erase and format the new SSD to Mac OS Extended (Journaled), then reinstall the OSX.

Ciao.

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