If you do buy a refurbished 2009 MacBook Pro, upgrade it's older OS X to at least OS X Lion 10.7.x, which will likely need 4 GB of System RAM as will Mountain Lion (10.8). It's lack of RAM that slows Apple computers down. Sep 8, 2016 - The new OS X 10.12, or rather macOS upgrade is at the door and it's full of amazing. Is Mac Pro compatible with macOS Sierra, Is MacBook compatible with macOS Sierra. Mid 2010 or newer, Late 2009 or newer, Late 2009 or newer. To download the new OS and install it you'll need to do the next.
Now i am trying to install mac os x 10.6.3 from original CD belongs to anther macbook 2009 and and it can not pass a message that have a title says that 'mac os x can't be installed on this computer.' And the content of the message is 'if you want to restore your system from a time machine backup click 'restore from backup' hint the message have two tabs first tab is restore from backup and the second tab is restart then when i click restore from backup then click continue and then give me no backup and i am terribly disturbed, i can not install snow leopard on my 2009 macbook please any help will be very appreciated. As other posters have noted, if the two Macs aren't the same, you probably can't use the install disc from one to install OS X on the other. I can think of something that might work, or it may not. The only way to know for sure is to try it. This will work ONLY if both have firewire ports. Goes like this: 1.
You will need the OTHER Mac (the one that the original OS X install DVD came with), and your Mac as well. Get the two of them side-by-side. Have a firewire cable nearby. Boot YOUR Mac into 'Target Disk Mode'. I believe you have to hold down the 'T' key IMMEDIATELY after you hear the startup sound and keep holding it down until you see a 'firewire icon' on the display. You are then in 'target disk mode', which means you can connect another Mac to it and access the internal hard drive. Next, connect the firewire cable between the firewire ports on each Mac.
Now, boot up the OTHER Mac using the System Install DVD (NOT the internal hard drive). Run the OS X installer, BUT, when it comes time to pick the drive onto which the OS will be installed, choose YOUR drive instead of the one in the other Mac.
Let the installer do its thing. When finished, disconnect the firewire cable before rebooting.
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Now, see if this will give you a 'good boot'. It might - or it might not. No guarantees here. If you DO get a good boot, go directly to Software Update and install 10.6.4. If you can get 'that far', I'll bet you're golden.
NO promises this can work, I've never tried it. Others may have and may reply that it won't work.
I'd try it first just to see what happens. Probably the easiest way to 'get to 10.6' is to just buy the $29.95 upgrade DVD and do it that way. But if the method I described works, please come back to the forum and let us know.
Click to expand.It depends what MacBook we are talking about. The 2009 MacBook could be up to three different versions of the MacBook. Unibody Aluminium MacBook, introduced in 10/2008 and discontinued in 6/2009. No Firewire = no TDM. White MacBook (updated in early 2009 with Nvidia chipset). Still had Firewire TDM possible. White Unibody MacBook, introduced on late 2009, has no Firewire, thus no TDM possible.
Though if Mac OS X Snow Leopard is not on that '2009' MacBook, then it can't be the White Unibody MacBook, as it was released after August 29th, 2009. It either is the White MacBook or the Unibody Aluminium MacBook.
Just download the damn thing and we will gladly help you find working versions of iWork and Photoshop via the same means. Just noticed this thread in searching for my own problem. I got a replacement Macbook (6,1 to the new 7,1) after a Genius decided to replace my broke 6,1 model. They neglected to give me the updated Restore Disks, but I've still kept onto the 6,1 Restore Disks. They won't boot, and get up to IO80211Interface::efiNVRAMPublished: and then crashes. I'm assuming that it's because it's an older version (10.6.1) than what came with my new Macbook (10.6.3).
Would a Snow Leopard Retail disk work to reinstall? Click to expand.That may not work. Here's why, when Apple releases new Macs they generally have a new build of OS X on them to support the new hardware. The version number may be the same but the build number would most likely be different. For example 10.6.3 is made available via a retail disc and then a month later Apple releases new Macs with a newer build of 10.6.3 than what's available on the 10.6.3 retail disc. Until 10.6.4 is released on a retail disc the only OS X disc that will be able to be installed on that Mac is from the original restore disc that came bundled with it.
My dad gave me his old 2009 MacBook Pro yesterday. It was slow and clunky so I reformatted the drive.
Now I'm trying to reinstall macOS through OS X utilities. It asks me to agree to Yosemite terms and conditions, and when inputting my or my dad's Apple ID and password it says the product is temporarily unavailable. I tried creating a bootable USB for macOS Sierra from the Mac desktop we have in the house, however when booting from the USB the screen gives me a circle with a cross in it. I believe I may have to purchase Yosemite for my profile before it will work, but I cannot find the item in the App Store.
If I buy Snow Leopard instead, will I be able to install it from the utilities? At the moment it tries to install Yosemite. Just to clarify the terminology used: If you ask about 'reinstall macOS' that would mean macOS 'Sierra', at least, strictly speaking, older versions of the Macintosh operating system are called Mac OS X. This 2009 MacBook Pro should be able to boot anything from Leopard, Snow Leopard, Yosemite to Sierra.
That translate into version numbers as anything from 10.5.7 (9J3050) to 10.11 (and with caveats: also 10.12) can be installed. To install any version of OS X/macOS it is strictly speaking not necessary to provide or even have an AppleID. But you need access to an.Install.app that is usually downloaded via the AppStore. Once that is downloaded or came otherwise into your possession in full then the app is transferable to other Macs. For the actual install it is possible to create a real external install medium, most users opt for a USB-stick.
An application that greatly simplifies the task is. Sierra is not officially supported on that machine you have now. It might also be a challenge to request that download from a machine that Apple is no longer supporting or if you want to use the AppStore and have not previously downloaded the installer with the AppleID currently in use. (And now that High Sierra s released a re-download of the Sierra installer seems impossible) That sign you see on screen when booting an installer with the official version of Sierra shows you that Apple has blacklisted this machine from receiving this upgrade. But Sierra can be installed and works for many more Macs than Apple allows. (Which would be self-evident if the terminology used in the OP's question is accurate.) See to help you with that. A 2009 MacBook Pro is listed there as a supported machine, in principle.
But be sure to verify your WiFi card is supported before you go that route. That might be the only real deal breaker for Sierra on this hardware. If it had Sierra previously installed and WiFi was working you are good to go with it. 'If I buy Snow Leopard?'
As stated above Snow Leopard should work. But there are now certain downsides to be considered for this approach. In terms of performance, security and support, whether from Apple or third party developers, Snow Leopard is not that good of a choice, especially if this machine is going to be used on the net. Currently Yosemite would be the best pick as it has recently received at least some security updates. Update: Since the release of High Sierra it has to be presumed that also Yosemite is now some kind of abandonware.
A recommendation would therefore move up to 10.11 El Capitan.