- #How to install new mac os x on new hard drive how to#
- #How to install new mac os x on new hard drive update#
- #How to install new mac os x on new hard drive manual#
#How to install new mac os x on new hard drive manual#
By clicking on it, it will lead us to the OS X tools to format the internal drive and reinstall OS X.įor this process it is also necessary to have the previously purchased license since when it begins to install it will ask us for our Apple ID which must be associated with the purchase of the system. There was a separate track for each Mac/Windows/Linux and several manual and error-prone steps along the way. When we have it created we must connect it to our Mac with the ALT key pressed while we start it and that volume will appear. To achieve this we should have previously created an external recovery partition, if we had not created it we should then access another Mac to run the Recovery Disk Assistant to create said volume on the external drive.
#How to install new mac os x on new hard drive update#
Once installed, we should only update again through the Mac App Store to Mountain Lion where we should previously have the license.
#How to install new mac os x on new hard drive how to#
It is possible that some hard drives, whether operational or corrupt, do not have a system recovery partition, so we will see how to install OS X if you need it again without going through "the ring" either of internet recovery, thus wasting much more time.Īs you can imagine, the new Macs built from 2010 include an option from the start to access the internet recovery option and that it would help us to download the system image that would normally be stored in the OS X recovery partition and thus run the diagnostics if necessary. Use the 'createinstallmedia' command in Terminal.