MacBook Pro 5.3 reload
- Thread starter LRM3
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- M1 Mac Studio, 11" iPad Pro 3rd Gen, iPhone 13 Pro Max, Watch Series 7, AirPods Pro
That is an older model MBP. If you don't have the original discs for it, then you will need to start with Mac OS X Snow Leopard, https://www.apple.com/shop/product/MC573Z/A/mac-os-x-106-snow-leopard.
Or, if you happened to create a bootable USB drive, from a later version of Mac OS X/OS X/macOS, you could use that.
Or, if you have a Time Machine backup, from any version of Mac OS X after Lion (10.7.3), as TM is bootable, but it "may" require the Recovery partition. I've never tested that though.
Or, if you created a clone backup of your drive, you could use that to clone the clone to your new internal drive.
Or, if you happened to create a bootable USB drive, from a later version of Mac OS X/OS X/macOS, you could use that.
Or, if you have a Time Machine backup, from any version of Mac OS X after Lion (10.7.3), as TM is bootable, but it "may" require the Recovery partition. I've never tested that though.
Or, if you created a clone backup of your drive, you could use that to clone the clone to your new internal drive.
- Joined
- May 21, 2012
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- Your Mac's Specs
- M1 Mac Studio, 11" iPad Pro 3rd Gen, iPhone 13 Pro Max, Watch Series 7, AirPods Pro
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