Mac Pro 1 1 don't have Mac OSX installed

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Mac Pro 1 1 don't have Mac OSX installed

Hello Apple Community, I got a problem. I bought a Mac Pro 1 1 from someone, he removed mac OS X completely and installed Windows, and now the Windows part is failing and I cannot find out how to install Mac OS X on it, and it doesn't show up anything on the Display, I get the apple Sound, But its like it cannot find windows on it anymore. It always took 1 min to boot from Windows.

And now just suddenly. its like it cannot find anything. its shuts down immediately as I press the power button.

How you guys can help me.

And hope you guys have a good day.

Mac Pro, Windows 7

Posted on Feb 21, 2015 8:02 AM

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Answer 1

Feb 21, 2015 8:35 AM in response to Djbasshazzard

Order the Snow Leopard Installer/Utilities DVD from the Apple Online Store. It will be a physical disc, delivered by UPS or fedex or postal mail. It will boot Mac OS X, allow you to run Disk Utility, or Install Mac OS X 10.6.3.

To use Disk Utility from the DVD, boot to the DVD, but do not click (Continue), or you will have to start over. answer only the "what language" question and wait a quarter minute for the MenuBar to be drawn. Choose Disk Utility off the Utilities Menu that appears.

If you do a new Install, Run software Update after the Install and update to 10.6.8, which includes the Mac App Store. Now you are ready for anything.

http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC573Z/A/mac-os-x-106-snow-leopard

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Answer 2

The hatter

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Feb 21, 2015 8:32 AM in response to Djbasshazzard

Your Mac can support Lion 10.7.5 once it has 10.6.8+ (so you can access the AppStore for one thing)

You will need this:

http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC573/mac-os-x-106-snow-leopard

http://www.apple.com/support/osx/

Call Apple Store, ask for the OEM DVD set of discs and they can also send a set for $20 fee, though you don't really need or want those probably.

If you have another Mac and it it newer and has Mavericks or Yosemite but never bought or used Lion, you can with some "jumping through hoops" put Maverick or Yosemite on a 1,1.

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Answer 3

Jul 20, 2015 3:00 PM in response to The hatter

Hello I found out it was a 2.1, but still not havent got Mac OSX on. I got the DVDs for the installation, but i cannot find out how to make it load the CD it just give me the Apple sound and goes into windows. How to get it to install Mac OSX :)?

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Answer 4

lllaass

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Jul 20, 2015 3:06 PM in response to Djbasshazzard

Depress the C key during Bootup. The Mac should then boot from the CD

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Answer 5

The hatter

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Jul 20, 2015 3:49 PM in response to Djbasshazzard

for Windows, Paragon has Hard Disk Manager that will clone it and be bootable.

Normally I would leave Windows on its own drive too - so just pull it and have a new blank SSD (or HDD but SSD 128GB is $67 now EVO 850) and it will go easily.

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