I'm in a very confusing situation. My mac laptop's data was corrupted so the hard drive needed to be wiped, I ordered new mac OS on a USB and tried to install it onto the hard drive. I held Command + R and then selected the USB but a 'cancel' sign (a circle with a slash through it) appeared on the screen and then shut off the computer. It does this every time. Both the hard drive and the USB work but i cant bypass the cancel sign. So, i plugged the hard drive and USB into my windows 10 computer to see If I can install MAC OS onto a specific hard drive (The mac hard drive) and then transfer the hard drive back into the mac.

Is that even possible? This indicates either a bad USB (unlikely) or a version that doesn't work with your model of Mac. As you must have bought the USB from Apple you should contact their support to see how to proceed. I suppose it could possibly be a non-functioning hard disk. Where does autocad for mac save application settings. You say it works, but how do you know, and how did it get corrupted in the first place?

Sep 29, 2017 - Put the macOS High Sierra installer on an external USB thumb drive or hard drive and use it to install the operating system on a Mac. Apple distributes macOS High Sierra through the App Store. Autocad for mac cursor dissapears when opening a 2nd drawing. Folder, so you can go there and launch it later to upgrade your Mac to the new operating system.

And how ca you be sure the USB drive works? As already stated, you can't do what you require on a PC. Even doing it on another Mac would require that you used an identical model. (This presumes that you have followed normal troubleshooting procedures and have reset the PRAM/SMC.).

With the advances in technology, faster data access (SSD), and slimming hardware footprints, legacy technologies are typically the first cuts made to get these devices thinner and lighter while making them more powerful and efficient. Installing OS X has never really been a particularly difficult task, but try doing that on a MacBook Air or a system with a broken optical drive. Not so easy anymore is it? Even downloading the OS from the Mac App Store wouldn't do when the hard drive needs replacing or the Recovery Partition is corrupt. Luckily, Macs have a couple of options, specifically USB booting, and since most have an SD card slot, we can use those as well.

Creating a USB Installer for Apple OS X 10.7-10.8 Before proceeding, we'll need the following items to complete the process: • 8GB USB Flash Drive (or SD Card) • Install OS X Mountain Lion.app (installer downloaded from Mac App Store) • Apple computer with Mac App Store (OS X 10.6.8+) • User Account with Administrative privileges Follow these steps: 1. Using a Mac with at least OS X 10.6.8 installed, access the Mac App Store and download the Lion (10.7) or Mountain Lion (10.8) app installer. Insert the USB drive into the Mac and launch Disk Utility.

Click on the USB drive from the left-hand menu and select the Partition tab. Click the drop-down menu, selecting 1 partition. Select Mac OS Extended (Journaled) for the format-type from the drop-down menu. ( Figure A) 6. Click on the Options button and select the radio button for GUID Partition Table and click OK. ( Figure B) 7. Upon completion of the USB formatting, locate Install Mac OS X Mountain Lion.app (downloaded in step #1 to the Applications folder, by default).