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So i wanted to do a fresh restore of Lion because I'm selling my MacBook. When running the installer and trying to start up with it i decided to erase my hard drive and put it on my hard drive and do it but now the problem is that it wont ever open up the installer, everythime it boots it goes to the Mac OS X Utilities. I don't know what to do ( please help me!
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Jun 2001
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If I get you right, you just did a straight copy. That (as you've discovered) won't work. Essential files don't get copied over.
If you boot and hold down command-R it should take you into recovery mode. From there you can download and install the OS.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4718
Edit: rereading your post, it's possible I've completely misunderstood you.
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Thats the thing, I dont have to even hold down Command and R, it just automaticallly boots up the recovery HD
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Can't you install the OS with that, or is that not what you want to do?
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I can but I used my buddies Lion USB stick to install Lion on my macbook and when i asked him to use his apple id to install it from there he told me that it was a ripped version of it.
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Do you still have the disks which came with it?
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No i bought the computer from a friend
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Well, at minimum, you need a computer with Snow Leopard on it, and an account from someone who's bought Lion.
You can download the installer in Snow Leopard from the App Store, and then copy it to a drive with a bootable OS.
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Originally Posted by Chad Dutcher
I can but I used my buddies Lion USB stick to install Lion on my macbook and when i asked him to use his apple id to install it from there he told me that it was a ripped version of it.
Technically, you could duplicate that installer USB stick.
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Originally Posted by Spheric Harlot
Technically, you could duplicate that installer USB stick.
I Tried but when I run the start up disk with that usb stick all it does is go back to the Mac utilities, i dont know what to do.
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How did you duplicate the stick? You can't just copy from one to another. You need to clone it.
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Ive downloaded many pirated versions off the internet trying to get it to work. I would buy it but i dont know where
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Join Date: May 1999
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i am on snow leopard
the only reason i have not upgraded is because i use adobe golive 2.0...i know i know...is there an app that's easy to make html sites?
is there anyway to get rosetta to work on mountain lion?
thx
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Not that I know of.
I've bought multiple Mini Servers just so I have gear which will run SL, and hence legacy After Effects plugins.
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Originally Posted by Chad Dutcher
Ive downloaded many pirated versions off the internet trying to get it to work. I would buy it but i dont know where
It's free. Google it.
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