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Late 2011 iMac refuses to install anything

First off, I couldn’t post this to a topic for older unibody macs. So, I bought this iMac from a school system recently. I already have a mid 2011 imac and I thought to buy another. They told me they got rid of it because it refused to image and update. So I erase the hard drive and tried to reinstall Mac OS lion with the recovery process. It failed time and time again. I used many Mac OS operating systems and it wouldn’t install, only showing me errors. So I took apart the machine and replaced the hard drive. Of course the hard drive fan is loud as **** now. The hard drive came from a mid 2006 iMac I had in middle school. It was formatted and it still didn’t work. I tried mountain lion and it finally installed. So I tried to update it and every time it’ll give me a message for software updates(picture below). I tried high sierra and won’t install either. What is going on? The only mods I did was the ram from 2gb to 8gb and install a new hard drive. Keep in mind if your a veteran apple user like me that these are the first updates apple pushed out for mountain lion.

iMac Line (2012 and Later)

Posted on Dec 11, 2019 3:53 PM

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Posted on Dec 11, 2019 7:15 PM

Yes, maybe I can you, Maximinus2. Apple doesn't keep its older software OS's around anymore. However, there is a way to get them... If you have bought them in the App Store before, they should be under Reciepts. If not then on to plan 2:


here's where to get Sierra (10.12)


http://updates-http.cdn-apple.com/2019/cert/061-39476-20191023-48f365f4-0015-4c41-9f44-39d3d2aca067/InstallOS.dmg



here's where to get El Capitan:


http://updates-http.cdn-apple.com/2019/cert/061-41424-20191024-218af9ec-cf50-4516-9011-22

8c78eda3d2/InstallMacOSX.dmg


There's even an support page that'll let you download Tiger: (and Lion to Some degree)


https://support.apple.com/downloads/tiger'

'Yup they're all weblinks""


hope this helps. I think the best you could do is Sierra/High sierra


good luck


John B




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Dec 11, 2019 7:15 PM in response to Maximinus2

Yes, maybe I can you, Maximinus2. Apple doesn't keep its older software OS's around anymore. However, there is a way to get them... If you have bought them in the App Store before, they should be under Reciepts. If not then on to plan 2:


here's where to get Sierra (10.12)


http://updates-http.cdn-apple.com/2019/cert/061-39476-20191023-48f365f4-0015-4c41-9f44-39d3d2aca067/InstallOS.dmg



here's where to get El Capitan:


http://updates-http.cdn-apple.com/2019/cert/061-41424-20191024-218af9ec-cf50-4516-9011-22

8c78eda3d2/InstallMacOSX.dmg


There's even an support page that'll let you download Tiger: (and Lion to Some degree)


https://support.apple.com/downloads/tiger'

'Yup they're all weblinks""


hope this helps. I think the best you could do is Sierra/High sierra


good luck


John B




Late 2011 iMac refuses to install anything

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