CHR1S Posted January 10, 2014 Posted January 10, 2014 Duck! Im about to throw this Macbook out the window! I have a ML 10.7 MBP thats got a corrupt HDD. I need to restore it... I have no disk, and Apple "recommends" I do an internet recovery. Apple also does not allow proxied connections! Is there a much simpler way to restore, like download an ML 10.7 image to a USB drive from somewhere? Thanks
crt404 Posted January 10, 2014 Posted January 10, 2014 If you have available images to download in the App Store, and and extra mac available, you can use Lion Diskmaker (don't be put off my the name, it does all OSX's) to create a bootable USB.
Arthur Posted January 10, 2014 Posted January 10, 2014 10.7: Get the Lion installer to work behind a proxy server « Mac OS X Hints ^ This worked for me when using Internet Recovery on an iMac that came with Mavericks.
CHR1S Posted January 10, 2014 Author Posted January 10, 2014 If you have available images to download in the App Store, and and extra mac available, you can use Lion Diskmaker (don't be put off my the name, it does all OSX's) to create a bootable USB. Only Mac we own
Arthur Posted January 10, 2014 Posted January 10, 2014 you can use Lion Diskmaker (don't be put off my the name, it does all OSX's) to create a bootable USB. It's called DiskMaker X now.
CHR1S Posted January 10, 2014 Author Posted January 10, 2014 10.7: Get the Lion installer to work behind a proxy server « Mac OS X Hints ^ This worked for me when using Internet Recovery on an iMac that came with Mavericks. Great, we now have internet access. But ... "Could not find installation information for this machine" Bangs head on desk!
abillybob Posted January 10, 2014 Posted January 10, 2014 Go with your first instinct KILL IT! Before it takes over your whole working day! We have MacBooks and iMacs here and if you're not running deploy studio it will be a simple case of taking it home and restoring it that way or better yet have you got a mobile phone with tethering (just be mindful of data consumption)
Arthur Posted January 10, 2014 Posted January 10, 2014 "Could not find installation information for this machine" What model is the Mac Book Pro?
jallsop Posted January 13, 2014 Posted January 13, 2014 We have MacBooks and iMacs here and if you're not running deploy studio it will be a simple case of taking it home and restoring it that way I agree. It won't find any machine information over any kind of WPA Enterprise network with Proxies. Unless you can rig a different network somehow, maybe a WEP one, just for the time it takes to restore (About an hour). If you have access to a mac, then following the suggestion of Arthur, is the best way of doing this.
ICTDirect_Dave Posted January 13, 2014 Posted January 13, 2014 I have a copy of Lion (10.7.2) that I use on an external for jobs such as this. Useful for restores and refreshes and takes no time at all
mac_shinobi Posted January 13, 2014 Posted January 13, 2014 If this is within the first year of warranty ( unless they got apple care with the machine ) then may be able to call apple support and get them to send you a an OS X Lion installer USB memory stick or something to that extent ( which is what I got them to do with the 2011 mac mini when I first got it ) as they did not include any restoration media with it. Failing that as per @ICTDirect_Dave's comment - that would fix the new OS installer issue, also any chance of getting a copy of that for myself ( if that is ok / not sure ref legailities etc )
Arthur Posted January 13, 2014 Posted January 13, 2014 they did not include any restoration media with it. Apple did include recovery media... www.macrumors.com/2011/07/20/internet-recovery-lets-new-macs-install-os-x-from-blank-hard-drive/ 1
mac_shinobi Posted January 13, 2014 Posted January 13, 2014 Apple did include recovery media... www.macrumors.com/2011/07/20/internet-recovery-lets-new-macs-install-os-x-from-blank-hard-drive/ I meant as in a physical copy as previously you used to get a set of DVD media in case ya hard drive went sunny side up etc so I could restore locally instead of over a net connection, which is when they sent me a free copy of iLife ( latest version ) and a USB Memory stick with OS X Lion on it.
Norphy Posted January 13, 2014 Posted January 13, 2014 Great, we now have internet access. But ... "Could not find installation information for this machine" Bangs head on desk! Did the machine actually come with Mountain Lion? If it was a Snow Leopard machine which got upgraded, this might why that happened to you. 1
mac_shinobi Posted January 13, 2014 Posted January 13, 2014 Did the machine actually come with Mountain Lion? If it was a Snow Leopard machine which got upgraded, this might why that happened to you. If the above is the case then may need to get Snow Leopard installation disc(s) and get snow leopard installed ( if possible get snow leopard 10.6.4 or later bootable media ) and then go from there I may have a snow leopard bootable DMG that I got direct from apple ( will check tonight when at home ) if this helps at all ?
Arthur Posted January 13, 2014 Posted January 13, 2014 I meant as in a physical copy as previously you used to get a set of DVD media Indeed, but Apple stopped including recovery discs when Mac's starting coming without optical drives. and a USB Memory stick with OS X Lion on it. I'm surprised they sent it to you for free since the Lion flash drive that Apple used to sell was quite expensive IIRC (£50-£60?). 1
mac_shinobi Posted January 13, 2014 Posted January 13, 2014 Indeed, but Apple stopped including recovery discs when Mac's starting coming without optical drives. I'm surprised they sent it to you for free since the Lion flash drive that Apple used to sell was quite expensive IIRC (£50-£60?). Called apple support number , think it was 08 type number ie 0870 or 0845 etc ( whatever it is ) and explained everything esp with the mac mini having a 5400 rpm normal laptop hdd installed from factory and with only having an ADSL line was just explaining how slow it was etc ( exagerated a lot on the slowness part ) and that iLife did not allow me to install from the App Store as it originally came up saying I had some software that I could claim, went through the process of claiming for the software ( iLife ) and it just vanished and that I needed physical restore media , he asked his supervisor / manager and just got approved, 3 days later I got both the DVD Installer for iLife and a memory stick with OS X Lion on it That's how I roll ..... 1
Arthur Posted January 15, 2014 Posted January 15, 2014 @CHR1S. If you have a spare (8GB+) USB flash drive, I may have something you might be interested in.
mac_shinobi Posted January 15, 2014 Posted January 15, 2014 @CHR1S. If you have a spare (8GB+) USB flash drive, I may have something you might be interested in. What's that lol
CHR1S Posted January 15, 2014 Author Posted January 15, 2014 @CHR1S. If you have a spare (8GB+) USB flash drive, I may have something you might be interested in. Is that like an up to date version of the 3.5" floppy joke??? Haha, yes I may very well be interested (if its not obviously ) 1
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