Mac OS X

The model number is the best way to tell which OS it came with, and what is the max it can run.

I couldn't find mine. I have the Moutian Lion and Snow Leopard Developer but not the Gold (release version). But it was easy to find it online if you want. Just check the MD5 has to make sure they are legit.

MattSpeller

SSD and an ISO of win7 should do it.

@MattSpeller said:

SSD and an ISO of win7 should do it.

haha. Actually, I think you can't install 64bit Windows 7 or something odd like that on these older ones though. I remember when I had my older white macbook in college, I deleted the Mac partition and used it as only windows but I had to use 32bit I think.

MattSpeller

@thecreativeone91 oh damn, early intel dual core chips are the suck

@MattSpeller said:

@thecreativeone91 oh damn, early intel dual core chips are the suck

Well the chips supported 64bit as they are core 2 duo's then on the snow leopard machines but, Apple didn't allow it in their UEFI for windows somehow. I really don't get it though.

technobabble

http://www.powerbookmedic.com/identify-mac-serial.php?cct_info=1|28402|5327605890|44536381|1617032491|b|10126533541|tc||g|||&cct_ver=3&cct_bk=macbook serial number&gclid=Cj0KEQjwstaqBRCT38DWpZjJotIBEiQAERS6_Ma94fC8Rx19Io4p8W8urUiU9Qc0dcfmd7Xp5neUSlIaAlZj8P8HAQ

From that page and this one: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6566245

it appears Lion and Snow Leopard which I also found on this site: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacBook#Model_specifications

I have a spare SSD to replace the HD and would like to get familiar with the OS so I don't have to turn away more Mac clients.

technobabble

Well the downloads I have tried all were garbage and didn't work. I guess I will be purchasing Snow Leopard from Apple for $20 and wait for it to be mailed to me.

technobabble

@thecreativeone91 Did you find a good place online? Everything I downloaded as a dmg was not usable to create a boot disk.

@technobabble said:

@thecreativeone91 Did you find a good place online? Everything I downloaded as a dmg was not usable to create a boot disk.

The original is a DMG. You can either use a mac to make the DVD or use something like TransMac on windows http://www.acutesystems.com/scrtm.htm

Also Note: that only certain mac's can boot from USB. This generation likely can't I think that computer would've been still using Firewire Target Drive Mode.

There's also this. No idea if it would keep it bootable though. http://vu1tur.eu.org/tools/

technobabble

@thecreativeone91 I meant to say the tools needed to burn the dmg failed due to the downloaded dmg files I found.

tonyshowoff

You're burning that dmg file to a dual layer DVD right? They won't burn to a regular DVD+R

@tonyshowoff said:

You're burning that dmg file to a dual layer DVD right? They won't burn to a regular DVD+R

Yep. I believe they are like 6.5GB so you def need a DL DVD.

technobabble

Thanks @thecreativeone91 and @tonyshowoff ,

I know I need a dual layer dvd however the dmg I downloaded won't even extract using 7zip and transmac didn't recognize the dmg. (following the tutorials that I found online). I deleted the dmg and was looking for another.

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tonyshowoff

@technobabble said:

Thanks @thecreativeone91 and @tonyshowoff ,

I know I need a dual layer dvd however the dmg I downloaded won't even extract using 7zip and transmac didn't recognize the dmg. (following the tutorials that I found online). I deleted the dmg and was looking for another.

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What's your host OS? You don't extract a dmg, you need to burn as is, you can use imgburn or transmac, and I'm sure there are other tools as well. If you're on OS X you can use the Disk Utility. Keep in mind proprietary formats and metadata are in the dmg, so if your plan was to extract it and burn it, it would've never worked in the first place.

technobabble

@tonyshowoff I have a Windows 10 TP PC. The hard drive was dead in the Mac. I thought I had to extract the dmg to covert to an iso to boot to the disk since I get nothing at boot using any of the normal commands.

@technobabble said:

@tonyshowoff I have a Windows 10 TP PC. The hard drive was dead in the Mac. I thought I had to extract the dmg to covert to an iso to boot to the disk since I get nothing at boot using any of the normal commands.

You wouldn't extract the DMG, the dmg is an image format, you'd have to burn it to a DVD or image the USB drive off of it.

technobabble

Thanks, good to know. No dual layer DVD here. Just downloaded another dmg and will see how I can get the mac to boot to the dmg.

technobabble

Using TransMac, I choose File and open image and the image shows in left panel. When I click on it I get No Mac HFS volumes found.

Nevermind...I'm an idiot!