How to get my hands on MacOS for a 2009 iMac 27

[dosada]

Hello people,

i have a 2009 iMac 27 inch where the hard drive died. Unfortunately, i haven't kept the discs it came with and need now to make my own. Is there any way to do that? I have a Macbook Air and Macbook Pro available, both are around 2013 model. And i have a SuperDrive

TIA

 

[pigoo3]

Try Internet Recovery:

About macOS Recovery - Apple Support

Scroll down about halfway...instructions for Internet Recovery start there.

HTH,

- Nick

 

[dosada]

Try Internet Recovery:

About macOS Recovery - Apple Support

Scroll down about halfway...instructions for Internet Recovery start there.

HTH,

- Nick

Thanks for the reply. The issue is that this old iMac's don't actually support internet recovery. It has to be done by local media

 

[Rod]

You might also find this page useful now or in the future, Search OS X Daily

 

[jpdemers]

Equally useful, I think, will be this page: How To Download Old Mac OS X & macOS: Mojave, El Capitan, Sierra, & More - Macworld UK
It provides instructions for all of the versions you're likely to want.

 

[Lifeisabeach]

Equally useful, I think, will be this page: How To Download Old Mac OS X & macOS: Mojave, El Capitan, Sierra, & More - Macworld UK
It provides instructions for all of the versions you're likely to want.

In addition to this, you'll need to make a bootable installer from one of these downloads. Diskmaker X will get the job done.

One alternative? Connect the iMac to the MacBook Pro using Target Disk Mode. Run the installer from the MacBook Pro.
How to Install Mac OS X Lion Using Target Disk Mode

 

[nickyr]

do Apple still sell Snow Leopard on DVD? If not then getting one from ebay or something similar would be the easiest way to get an OS on your MBP.

 

[ferrarr]

Which Mac OS X versions are running on your other Macs? Which versions of Mac OS X/OS X/macOS are available to you in your Mac App Store > Purchased section?

 

[pigoo3]

Thanks for the reply. The issue is that this old iMac's don't actually support internet recovery. It has to be done by local media

In this case you can purchase a macOS 10.8 (Mountain Lion) install disk for $19.99...then upgrade to a newer macOS version:

OS X Mountain Lion - Apple

- Nick

 

[nickyr]

In this case you can purchase a macOS 10.8 (Mountain Lion) install disk for $19.99...then upgrade to a newer macOS version:

OS X Mountain Lion - Apple

- Nick

that's what I meant in my post - ML not SL. darn my advancing years...

 

[jocarot]

Are you sure about this? My daughter iMac 27 late 2009 have internet recovery in MacOS High Sierra

The easy way to install is: make a new install on external ssd with the macbook and then install that disc on your iMac.

 

[jasongoldworthy]

hi dosada


seeing as nobody else provided this link


try this one it has all the latest and greatest OS'x versions

let us know how you get on,

but remember the highest your iMac can run is high Sierra.

 

[pigoo3]

seeing as nobody else provided this link

The reason why no one else provided links like this...is because the website you linked to is not a legit site. Approximately 50% of the macOS X versions "offered" on that site were originally macOS versions that users needed to pay for.

MacOS 10.7, and 10.8 are still for sale at Apple.com.

Please don't post these sort of links!

Thanks,

- Nick

 

[jasongoldworthy]

The reason why no one else provided links like this...is because the website you linked to is not a legit site. Approximately 50% of the macOS X versions "offered" on that site were originally macOS versions that users needed to pay for.

MacOS 10.7, and 10.8 are still for sale at Apple.com.

Please don't post these sort of links!

Thanks,

- Nick

hi nick apologies I didn't know this was an issue sorry about that.

I won't post a link like it again

thanks for letting me know

Jason

 

[pigoo3]

hi nick apologies I didn't know this was an issue sorry about that.

I won't post a link like it again

thanks for letting me know

No problamo. I know you were just trying to help the OP.

- Nick