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Mac HD Slowed and now poss last breath.

Hi. After being shafted by Ebuyer UK (never deal with these) I finally got SSD.
As you know it’s a 2011 13” pro. 16gb ram.

What is the best iOS for me now? Don’t want to blow and elephant through a straw.

Any advice? And link to demo how to install new iOS?
 
Found. YT video. Pressed Opt Cmd R. The recovery step with spinning globe seems to be taking a long time? On the video it seemed to be a lot faster. Hope this isn’t another issue. Currently saying 26 minutes. And it seems to be going up. ??
 
I have got to the screen where it asks:

SELECT THE DISK WHERE YOU WANT TO INSTALL MACOS

But no disks to select?? Nothing to click.

Any advice?
 
1 hour and 15 mins left to install High Sierra. Wasn’t sure this was the OSI needed??
 
Seems to be very slow installing. Stick on 1 hour and 9 min. Hope that cable is not broken.
 
Broken hd-cables are pretty common in unibodys. So it would be a good idea to replace it. You were talking of buying it on nov 18. Its not normal to lose drives all the time so it could be the cable.

Did you format the SSD before starting the actual installation? Boot from installation media, start disk utility and erase drive? If you did what format and file system?
 
mrk123 said:
Seems to be very slow installing. Stick on 1 hour and 9 min. Hope that cable is not broken.
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ToniCH said:
Broken hd-cables are pretty common in unibodys. So it would be a good idea to replace it. You were talking of buying it on nov 18. Its not normal to lose drives all the time so it could be the cable.

Did you format the SSD before starting the actual installation? Boot from installation media, start disk utility and erase drive? If you did what format and file system?
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Mac os extended journaled.

I’ve just tired again and it’s saying permission denied.

Can I completely restart everything here? Something is not right? How can I start from very beginning here?
 
I’ve looked in disk utility and my drive is called SSD. I seen it Shouod be called Macintosh HD? Why is this not straight forward.
 
In DISK UTILITY.

INTERNAL
SAMSUNG SSD 870
Then SSD as a kind of sub disk.

Then

DISK IMAGES
OS X BASE SYSTEM
 
It’s still very slow flicking through all
These folders. Like cancelling or going back or pressing around. Couod this be the cable.
 
I’ve just hard powered off and pressed command option r again and go through again. Hooefullt
It will let me do it again.

Is X system base wrong?
 
ToniCH said:
What is your boot media? Thumb drive?

PS. I have difficulty in understanding most of your questions.
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Hi can you explain this?
I don’t understand.
Where can I find this information out?

I’ve just gone in disk utility now and it’s taking a long time just to load around disk utility.
 
How are you trying to install the Mac OS? What are you booting from? The broken old hard disk? Internet Recovery? Or something else?

How to use Internet Recovery (if your hard disk is completely busted and you have no other Mac): https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/How+to+Start+Up+a+Mac+in+Internet+Recovery+Mode/119437

Or if you want to make a bootable installer media:
How to download Mac OS High Sierra: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211683
How to make a bootable installer (like USB thumb drive): https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201372
 
Maybe I need to hard reset everything? And start again?
This speed of operations are very slow.
 
ToniCH said:
How are you trying to install the Mac OS? What are you booting from? The broken old hard disk? Internet Recovery? Or something else?

How to use Internet Recovery (if your hard disk is completely busted and you have no other Mac): https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/How+to+Start+Up+a+Mac+in+Internet+Recovery+Mode/119437

Or if you want to make a bootable installer media:
How to download Mac OS High Sierra: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211683
How to make a bootable installer (like USB thumb drive): https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201372
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I am using recovery. COMAND OPTION R. Then spinning globe. I guess from internet. This is a brand new SSD…..
 
ToniCH said:
How are you trying to install the Mac OS? What are you booting from? The broken old hard disk? Internet Recovery? Or something else?

How to use Internet Recovery (if your hard disk is completely busted and you have no other Mac): https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/How+to+Start+Up+a+Mac+in+Internet+Recovery+Mode/119437

Or if you want to make a bootable installer media:
How to download Mac OS High Sierra: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211683
How to make a bootable installer (like USB thumb drive): https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201372
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This talks about using apple store.
This is a brand new SSD disk. I can’t access any internet browser.
Im doing this through the internet.
 
I seen this on another forum.

“Hi to anyone else who accidentally restored the macintosh he with the OS X base System here are a few steps to follow to hopefully resolve your issues:’

Have I done it ok x base system? Is this a problem?
 
I have tried to rename SSD To MACINTOSH HD and now it says

‘Erase process has failed’

What the hell is going on
 
What machine are you using to write to this forum?

Yes, Internet recovery is good way to do it. When it boots you see a menu, there is the Disk Utility, start it and erase the SSD again and then try installing the os again.

The Internet recovery probably installs the original Mac OS version to your computer. You can then install updates up to High Sierra.

mrk123 said:
This talks about using apple store.
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You need to properly read and understand what the instructions say. It actually tells you how to do it if you cannot use App store. But, you need an another Mac to do it. I guess the download Mac os and create bootable media are too difficult for you so its better you try the Internet recovery again.

mrk123 said:
‘Erase process has failed’ What the hell is going on
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Maybe the cable, drive or something else is broken. We cannot see what you are doing so difficult to know what is happening in your end.

But, in any case: I've owned hundreds of hard disks and 2 have broken. From dozen or so SSD:s one is maybe faulty. If your computer breaks hard disks all the time then I guess something else is at fault than the drives it self. Or you are the most unlucky guy there is when it comes to hard disks.
 
I’m on my mobile phone.
No my computer does not break disks. First disk in 6 years.

Is there anyway I can just start a fresh here?

Currently In disk utility under ‘internal’ tab the disk is called ‘disk0s2’.
This is wrong isn’t it?
 
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