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Apple Computing Products:
macOS - Notebook Hardware
MacBook Pro Mid 2009 won't boot, detect USB and can't reinstall OS on new SSD
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<blockquote data-quote="Rod" data-source="post: 1832955" data-attributes="member: 204485"><p>So you have a Time Machine backup that appears as an option to boot the device. If you boot from that you will see a Recovery window. It will be slow. You should see options Restore from Time Machine Backup, Reinstall macOS, Get Help Online and Disk Utility. Here I would choose Disk Utility.</p><p>Now you mention the Mac isn't yours, is the Time Machine backup yours? If the TM backup is yours then you may be able to Boot, erase, format and partition the disk with Disk Utility but you still need to have a macOS installer to put an operating system on it.</p><p>So kris may have the best solution for you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rod, post: 1832955, member: 204485"] So you have a Time Machine backup that appears as an option to boot the device. If you boot from that you will see a Recovery window. It will be slow. You should see options Restore from Time Machine Backup, Reinstall macOS, Get Help Online and Disk Utility. Here I would choose Disk Utility. Now you mention the Mac isn't yours, is the Time Machine backup yours? If the TM backup is yours then you may be able to Boot, erase, format and partition the disk with Disk Utility but you still need to have a macOS installer to put an operating system on it. So kris may have the best solution for you. [/QUOTE]
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