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Windows xp or Snow Leopard.Which first?
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Trying to resurrect old 2006 Macbook. Quite a struggle and I'm not tech savvy
Figured a new SSD and 2 discs and now I'm at a loss. I see the Apple logo which is progress. Gave up on internal hd. Now using 1TB external. Now Snow Leopard starts to load but it doesn't finish and most frustrating many of the choices on the menu bar are grayed out. Is this because it's not fully loaded ? Appreciate any help.
Figured a new SSD and 2 discs and now I'm at a loss. I see the Apple logo which is progress. Gave up on internal hd. Now using 1TB external. Now Snow Leopard starts to load but it doesn't finish and most frustrating many of the choices on the menu bar are grayed out. Is this because it's not fully loaded ? Appreciate any help.
Late 2006. Macbook 2.1 A1181. order # MA699LL/A. Snow Leopard 10.6.3. Windows XP
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I am having trouble following exactly what you have done and what you are trying to do.
What "two discs" are you referring to? Snow Leopard and XP?
Does it have an OS currently on it?
Actually, I still own almost every Mac in my signature almost all of them still work.
Some did have components that failed and I have fixed them, but many of them still have the original parts.
You have a point though, sometimes it might be easier for someone to get a Mac that is a little newer, especially if they are not "tech savvy" as the OP put it.
Also, the thermal paste tends to dry up over time and become less effective, causing the computer to get hot, fans run higher, and throttled speed. It would be a good idea to replace it, but could intimidate people that never done anything like that before.
I personally wouldn't use a 14 old Mac as my main Mac. Then again, my parents only computer is a Mac I gave them and it a Mid 2007 iMac.
Is the SSD Internal? or External?
What "two discs" are you referring to? Snow Leopard and XP?
Why? Has it failed? or failing?
Does it have an OS currently on it?
SSD? how is it formatted? Is it FW or USB?
Can you take a photo of what is going on?
A lot of my Macs are older than 14 years and still working.
Actually, I still own almost every Mac in my signature almost all of them still work.
Some did have components that failed and I have fixed them, but many of them still have the original parts.
You have a point though, sometimes it might be easier for someone to get a Mac that is a little newer, especially if they are not "tech savvy" as the OP put it.
Also, the thermal paste tends to dry up over time and become less effective, causing the computer to get hot, fans run higher, and throttled speed. It would be a good idea to replace it, but could intimidate people that never done anything like that before.
I personally wouldn't use a 14 old Mac as my main Mac. Then again, my parents only computer is a Mac I gave them and it a Mid 2007 iMac.
SSD is internal,empty, and formatted.
2 discs. Snow Leopard 10.6.3 and Windows XP Home bootable install.
no OS on it yet.
SSD formatted I thought but I don't know FW or USB. It hasn't recognized the SSD at all. But the external MY Passport HD which is also hooked up shows up under "Select the disk where yo want to install Mac OS X"
and this is where I'm lost. It wants a GUID partition table and I don't know where that is.
Did some reading of older posts here and someone said format the ssd to guid. True?
Thanks. Photos to follow.
p.s what you're reading is from another old laptop. Toshiba Satellite. Also where I did the ssd format.
What did you format it to? NTFS?
You should format the drive that you intend on installing the MacOS on with the Mac Disk Utility, or it might be called Disk First Aid back then, I forget when they made the moniker switch.
It has been a long while, but I believe you can access the Disk First Aid using the SN disc you have. Here is a guide based off of an older version, as newer versions look different. Skip step 4b:
Newer Technology® Support: Guides: OS X Drive Formatting Guide Using Disk Utility with: OS X 10.6 - OS X 10.10
Newer Technology OS X Drive Formatting Guide using Disk Utility with: OS X 10.6 - OS X 10.10.
www.newertech.com
FW and USB are FireWire and Universal Serial Bus, and I was referring to what type of external drive you were using.
No, neither will work for the MacOS. You cannot use your Toshiba. You have to use your Mac.
You can. Or the internal SSD.
You just need to make sure you are formatting it correctly. This might just be your issue.
Follow the guide, skipping step 3 and 4b:
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BTW, formatting will erase the drive.
Newer Technology® Support: Guides: OS X Drive Formatting Guide Using Disk Utility with: OS X 10.6 - OS X 10.10
Newer Technology OS X Drive Formatting Guide using Disk Utility with: OS X 10.6 - OS X 10.10.
www.newertech.com
BTW, formatting will erase the drive.
Yes to first question
Looks retail to me.
