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Trying to resurrect a macbook prob for charity

Hi

hooe u are all well

I am trying to get an old MacBook Pro working so I can give it to my local children charity to use in reception

it’s late 2012 i5 2.3mhz so ok for all admin stuff

issue is I can’t seem to install any OS? When I go to internet recovery to install Lion I get cannot be processed please try again? I checked the date with Terminal and all good? So I popped in an original snow leopard dvd install and I get the following page over and over any ideas ? Thanks

Posted on Dec 14, 2021 3:21 PM

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Posted on Dec 14, 2021 4:14 PM

Perhaps to try & use the macOS Recovery instead of the old Snow Leopard DVD media

there may be better chance of resurrecting the 2012 MacBook Pro? That didn't ship with

Snow Leopard, so wouldn't hardly be able to boot or use disk utilities from it.


• About macOS Recovery on Intel-based Mac computers - Apple Support

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201314


..or Maybe it could've started into Safe mode?


• What to do before you sell, give away, or trade in your Mac - Apple Support

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201065


The last step 8, mentioned in above says:


"Follow the steps to erase your Mac and reinstall macOS.

After macOS installation is complete, your Mac restarts to a setup

assistant. To leave the Mac in an out-of-box state, press Command-Q to

shut down instead of continuing setup."

  

If not the above, to see if you can return Mac OS back to original system,

some kinda work around may do; to get the mac to run a newer one.


You'd have to look online at Apple support site, to get downloadable

installers for any supported older systems that may run on the Mac.


• How to get old versions of macOS - Apple Support

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211683


Good luck! ☺︎

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Dec 14, 2021 4:14 PM in response to StephenBeanzRudden

Perhaps to try & use the macOS Recovery instead of the old Snow Leopard DVD media

there may be better chance of resurrecting the 2012 MacBook Pro? That didn't ship with

Snow Leopard, so wouldn't hardly be able to boot or use disk utilities from it.


• About macOS Recovery on Intel-based Mac computers - Apple Support

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201314


..or Maybe it could've started into Safe mode?


• What to do before you sell, give away, or trade in your Mac - Apple Support

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201065


The last step 8, mentioned in above says:


"Follow the steps to erase your Mac and reinstall macOS.

After macOS installation is complete, your Mac restarts to a setup

assistant. To leave the Mac in an out-of-box state, press Command-Q to

shut down instead of continuing setup."

  

If not the above, to see if you can return Mac OS back to original system,

some kinda work around may do; to get the mac to run a newer one.


You'd have to look online at Apple support site, to get downloadable

installers for any supported older systems that may run on the Mac.


• How to get old versions of macOS - Apple Support

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211683


Good luck! ☺︎

Dec 15, 2021 2:18 AM in response to Grant Bennet-Alder

Thanks all for your comments

As stated in my post I have tried recovery mode and comes back with 'Could not complete process, please try again" this is usefully due to date settings but as I motioned in my post `i have sorted that

Hmmmmmmm any more ideas :) I HD is just MAC OS Extended formatted. I can always pop the HD in another similar age machine and try installing Lion or above and then putting HD back in the MBP 2012

Trying to resurrect a macbook prob for charity

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