Installing operating system in macbook SSD

[Abdulhaq]

I have recently bought my second mid 2010 macbook (Model A1342). It came with a defective hard disk and I suspect the DVD rom is also defective. I have installed a new SSD in it. Kindly guide me as to what is the best version of Mac OS for this model and how can I obtain this version of the OS and how should I install it (without using DVD).

 

[BrianBaughn]

From the Everymac.com website for that model:

*This system can run the last version of OS X 10.10 "Yosemite" and OS X 10.11 "El Capitan," although advanced feature support is minimal (Mac-to-Mac AirDrop is supported). When running Mac OS X 10.6 "Snow Leopard" it is not supported booting in 64-bit mode. It is capable of running macOS Sierra (10.12) as well, although the Universal Clipboard, Auto Unlock, and Apple Pay features are not supported. Finally, this model is capable of running macOS High Sierra (10.13), and it supports HEVC (High-Efficiency Video Coding), but it does notsupport hardware accelerated HEVC. It is not compatible with macOS Mojave (10.14) or later versions of the operating system.

Additionally, please note that OS X "Lion" 10.7 and subsequent versions of OS X are not capable of running Mac OS X apps originally written for the PowerPC processor as these operating systems do not support the "Rosetta" environment. To run PowerPC applications on this Mac, it will be necessary to use Mac OS X 10.6 "Snow Leopard".

Do you even know it will run? If you can get it to boot from a USB installer I suppose it does. Hard to say which OS would be best. If it's working fully I'd make sure I have at least 8GB of RAM and run El Capitan at the least...maybe Sierra. Check to see if everything works properly before buying RAM.

You can make a USB installer on your other MacBook if you have the proper installation app for the version of macOS you want.