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Re: Installing OS on 2007 iMac with a dead hard drive

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On 1/12/17, 11:03 PM, in article
andreas-1A1D63.07034213012017@news.individual.de, "Andreas Rutishauser"
<andreas@macandreas.ch> wrote:

> In article <D49D7A2B.8A394%usenet@gallopinginsanity.com>,
>  Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> wrote:
> 
>> On 1/12/17, 6:16 PM, in article 120120172016028059%nospam@nospam.invalid,
>> "nospam" <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote:
>> 
>>> In article <D49D766B.8A38D%usenet@gallopinginsanity.com>, Snit
>>> <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>>>> Is there any way to reinstall the OS from the network on an iMac from
>>>>>> that
>>>>>> era? I know newer ones let you do so.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I no longer have the DVD that came with the machine and the hard drive
>>>>>> recently died. Will likely just get an external drive and not bother
>>>>>> trying
>>>>>> to open the machine.
>>>>> 
>>>>> <https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202313>
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks... but only goes back to 2010. The iMac is from 2007 (Intel Core 2
>>>> Duo, 2.4 GHZ... I think).
>>>> 
>>>> Which means there seems to be no way to do it.
>>> 
>>> a mac that old can't network install the os.
>>> 
>>>> Will likely run Linux on it... but would prefer OS X.
>>> 
>>> then install os x. you just have to download it and install it, or just
>>> clone a backup drive. no big deal.
>> 
>> It was not in the store but I see I can download it the Combo Updaters. Will
>> those do a full install? I do not think so.
> 
> updaters are not full installers.
> You can still buy Snow Leopard on DVD from the Apple Store:
> <http://www.apple.com/shop/product/MC573Z/A/mac-os-x-106-snow-leopard>

Did not know they still sold it. Not worth putting much money into the
machine, but $20 is doable. THANKS!




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Installing OS on 2007 iMac with a dead hard drive Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-01-12 17:18 -0700
  Re: Installing OS on 2007 iMac with a dead hard drive Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-01-13 00:57 +0000
    Re: Installing OS on 2007 iMac with a dead hard drive Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-01-12 18:07 -0700
      Re: Installing OS on 2007 iMac with a dead hard drive nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-01-12 20:16 -0500
        Re: Installing OS on 2007 iMac with a dead hard drive Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-01-12 18:23 -0700
          Re: Installing OS on 2007 iMac with a dead hard drive Andreas Rutishauser <andreas@macandreas.ch> - 2017-01-13 07:03 +0100
            Re: Installing OS on 2007 iMac with a dead hard drive Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-01-12 23:16 -0700
              Re: Installing OS on 2007 iMac with a dead hard drive nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-01-13 06:41 -0500
                Re: Installing OS on 2007 iMac with a dead hard drive Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-01-13 10:23 -0700
                Re: Installing OS on 2007 iMac with a dead hard drive Andreas Rutishauser <andreas@macandreas.ch> - 2017-01-14 07:29 +0100
      Re: Installing OS on 2007 iMac with a dead hard drive Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-01-13 04:09 +0000
        Re: Installing OS on 2007 iMac with a dead hard drive Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-01-12 22:15 -0700
          Re: Installing OS on 2007 iMac with a dead hard drive ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2017-01-14 11:41 -0600
            Re: Installing OS on 2007 iMac with a dead hard drive Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-01-14 12:18 -0700
            Re: Installing OS on 2007 iMac with a dead hard drive "Happy.Hobo" <Happy.Hobo@Spam.Invalid> - 2017-01-14 22:50 -0500
              Re: Installing OS on 2007 iMac with a dead hard drive Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-01-15 04:59 +0000

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