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hello I have an 2009 old MacBook a1342 it doesn't have macOS was wondering what steps do I need to take to get this up and running? Or is it impossible cause it's to old? if someone could help me out I would greatly appreciate it even if hardware needs to be replaced just let me know all steps thank you...
Earlier Mac models
Model number A1342 matches two models
Both originally shipped with some version of Snow Leopard, which means that they would have come with recovery DVDs to use in the event that you needed to reinstall the original operating system. Snow Leopard preceded the introduction of Recovery partitions, and Apple never made Snow Leopard available for electronic download. Some of the Mid 2010 MBPs shipped with an early version of Lion.
For both, High Sierra is the end of the line.
Unless you can find the recovery discs that came with the machine, or have another old Mac which you can use to prepare an external startup drive, it's going to be hard to get either machine going. You need to have a working copy of macOS to use any of the .DMG installers or the High Sierra App Store link in
i have macbook a1342 needs macos
