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Hello!
This is my second go in the last few years, trying to get into the world of OSX with a used Mac. Unfortunately, I bought a Mac Mini without OSX installed, and I thought it would be a lot easier.
It's a Mac Mini MC815LL/A Core i5 2.3GHz, and I knew it didn't have an OS. I purchased an OSX Mavericks USB drive on eBay.
The Mac boots to the pen drive, but instead of going to the Startup Manager, it goes directly to the Language selection, then into installation... and there's no hard drive to select. I think I need to format the drive, but without the Startup Manager to use the disk utility... (I think) I'm stuck.
Thank you in advance for any help!
This is my second go in the last few years, trying to get into the world of OSX with a used Mac. Unfortunately, I bought a Mac Mini without OSX installed, and I thought it would be a lot easier.
It's a Mac Mini MC815LL/A Core i5 2.3GHz, and I knew it didn't have an OS. I purchased an OSX Mavericks USB drive on eBay.
The Mac boots to the pen drive, but instead of going to the Startup Manager, it goes directly to the Language selection, then into installation... and there's no hard drive to select. I think I need to format the drive, but without the Startup Manager to use the disk utility... (I think) I'm stuck.
Thank you in advance for any help!