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Can a Macbook3.1 (Late 2007) boot/upgrade from an external optical drive?
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<blockquote data-quote="sappho" data-source="post: 1682310" data-attributes="member: 362060"><p>Hi, new to forum.</p><p></p><p>I hope it's o.k to continue this thread as my situation is quite similar.</p><p></p><p>I've got a 2006 macbook with 10.5.8 installed also. I haven't got a restore disc for it. I just purchased a s/h Mac Pro with o.s 10.10.5. I understand with the new macs you can now restore online but with the old ones you can't.</p><p></p><p>I want to sell the macbook but want to clear my old files permanently. Actually, I was a bit shocked to see that even after deleting all my files they are still accessible through viewing old documents in Safari and by file recovery. I know these days in the west it's worth would be very low, but where I am it's worth me selling it.</p><p></p><p>It's not economically worth purchasing the Snow leopard DVD as one poster has already stated. I did look into that before I bought my Mac Pro but it's twice as expensive to get in my location.</p><p></p><p>I seen some stuff on Youtube that show that you can create a bootable USB stick of the O.S. That would be O.K except I can't find my O.S. People say you need to find the .dmg file. I've searched in spotlight and looked through the files I can think of (I'm no expert) but I can't locate it. Any ideas?</p><p></p><p>Additionally, if you can help me find it, I saw another video which said that you don't even need the external USB stick. Apparently, you can use disk first aid to partition 8GB of the drive while you are using it, then copy your O.S to that partition, and then erase the remaining partition of the drive. If I can really do this then it would resolve my problem. The MacPro is so fast by comparison I know there's nothing I'd use the macbook for, so I'd prefer some cash rather than trashing it.</p><p></p><p>Appreciate any advice,</p><p></p><p>Thanks</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sappho, post: 1682310, member: 362060"] Hi, new to forum. I hope it's o.k to continue this thread as my situation is quite similar. I've got a 2006 macbook with 10.5.8 installed also. I haven't got a restore disc for it. I just purchased a s/h Mac Pro with o.s 10.10.5. I understand with the new macs you can now restore online but with the old ones you can't. I want to sell the macbook but want to clear my old files permanently. Actually, I was a bit shocked to see that even after deleting all my files they are still accessible through viewing old documents in Safari and by file recovery. I know these days in the west it's worth would be very low, but where I am it's worth me selling it. It's not economically worth purchasing the Snow leopard DVD as one poster has already stated. I did look into that before I bought my Mac Pro but it's twice as expensive to get in my location. I seen some stuff on Youtube that show that you can create a bootable USB stick of the O.S. That would be O.K except I can't find my O.S. People say you need to find the .dmg file. I've searched in spotlight and looked through the files I can think of (I'm no expert) but I can't locate it. Any ideas? Additionally, if you can help me find it, I saw another video which said that you don't even need the external USB stick. Apparently, you can use disk first aid to partition 8GB of the drive while you are using it, then copy your O.S to that partition, and then erase the remaining partition of the drive. If I can really do this then it would resolve my problem. The MacPro is so fast by comparison I know there's nothing I'd use the macbook for, so I'd prefer some cash rather than trashing it. Appreciate any advice, Thanks [/QUOTE]
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