Comments on: Install Mac OS X from USB or Firewire Drive/Disk

By: Jocmurga

Jocmurga — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 22:08:33 +0000

it worked for me too! this tutorial helped me a lot!
thank you!

By: Jooliaj

Jooliaj — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 18:53:42 +0000

Thanks. So helpful. Just successfully ‘restored’ an old Power Mac with your help!

By: Hasan

Hasan — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 20:08:42 +0000

Thanks a bunch, bro. ‘Preciated.

By: 2meu

2meu — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 10:24:21 +0000

@Nels, the dmg or iso you are using is a real mac os x installer right?
I used a dmg of 10.6 and its working as i write. it fixed my problem.
My Problem:
I had erased the hard drive completely; up to the point where the mac would show me gray screen and a fold with a question mark. luckily, i have another mac where i keep my downloads, burned copies of cds, and games, and i used a 64gbs External Hard Drive, followed the above steps and it worked.
ps,
you dont want to end up with a gray screen and a folder with a question mark; unless have a mac os x installer, not update.

By: 2meu

2meu — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 10:10:48 +0000

Thanks a million. It worked like a lucky charm.

By: Nels

Nels — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 19:09:29 +0000

When I click Restore, I get the “Restore Failure- Could not validate source” error, and I’m confused when you say “If you get a failure at this step try to mount the image and restore from that. If that doesn’t work unmount it and try the original again.”

What do you mean try to mount the image and restore from that? How do I mount the image?

Thanks for any help on this. much appreciated

By: Pike

Pike — Sat, 07 May 2011 04:34:44 +0000

bmarty95: you are close… but not exactly right. The PC is not related to MS-DOS anymore, and Mac OS X is not written in UNIX. The difference is the architecture, Mac OS X is (like unix) a POSIX compliant system (that means that it follows the POSIX guidelines, while Windows is just some random thing that doesn’t follow any guidelines. Mac OS X uses the more advanced EFI for booting, while Windows still uses BIOS. BIOS isn’t bad or anything, it’s just a bit outdated (its from 1975 or so). This is the reason that Mac’s don’t like booting on PCs, but you can emulate EFI with tools like rEFIt (google it)

By: bmart95

bmart95 — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 20:34:10 +0000

Ag,
you can’t install Snow Leopard on a Windows Pc without MAJOR modifications. The Pc is set to understand MS-Dos while Mac OS X is written in Unix. Also, apple locked thier software to Macs only. If you really want to check out hackintosh’s manuals but i wouldn’t suggest it.

-b.mart.95

By: AG

AG — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 11:47:55 +0000

how to install mac on a windows 7 pc with a usb because i dont have a dvd drive. But, I have the contents of Mac OS X Snow Lepord copied into my harddisk.

By: peter

peter — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 21:01:30 +0000

nice…thanks…
saved me an unneeded trip to the store and some $ for DL DVD….

Thanks..