MAC: How To Install OS X After Formatting Your Hard Drive - Factory Reset / Fresh Reinstall OSX

[@NathanPH]

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[@princeneollo8182]

Thanks Man, You made my day and your steps are clear. It's working

[@nadjib23]

i cant find os x lion on appstore what can i do help pleaaaaaase

[@davesarah7352]

Mine not working I’ve try many times

[@davesarah7352]

Please it keep saying The request timed out.

[@axelleos2000]

The best instructional video on KZbin!! I was able to salvage an old iMac by reinstalling Yosemite from another Macbook via usb. I followed every one of your steps, and solved the issue. Thank you so much. You’re awesome!!!!

[@criskenttoma2520]

I've been looking all over for a tutorial to install El Capitan and I couldn't find it. Thanks to you I was able to install El Capitan on a MacBook Pro 2008...I can finally enjoy this computer. Thank you very much

[@ajdaly5634]

Simple, clear and easy to use. I've been struggling with this for weeks and all other videos were highly technical and confusing I had given up until I saw your instructions. Now, I know how to do it thanks to you. Great work. thank you very much for your time and efforts

[@tuworlds]

lol 5 years on and i finally found you. you my friend is a GOD. i had the exact problem. i’m new to mac and i totally destroyed it. i spent the whole week trying many so called solutions that i found on youtube but none worked. it was the terminal code that many had missed to mention (i using transmac) that never made the usb bootable. i borrowed my friend mac then run the sudo command THANK YOU SO MUCH

[@marcolaos5568]

a lot of video about this process but you are one of the few showing the 'date' error and hot to solve it. Thanks a lot.

[@TCRENDER]

Thank you!! Been trying all sorts to get this sorted, and you the first video that I've seen that gives great instructions! It worked for me.... 4 years later since posting your video! Thank you

[@christopherhorton8945]

I am not a computer guy by any means but after my hard drive died in my 2008 MacBook Pro I thought I would try swapping it out and figuring things out since I had nothing to loose. I followed your steps one at a time and everything worked perfect. Thank you for taking the time to do such a great video, worked perfect!

[@tosheemstroman6295]

THIS GUY IS AMAZING! It absolutely works I can attest. I did something stupid to my iMac 2007 it was running Yosemite. I followed his steps, I ran into a few kinks, i.e I had to use a 64gb flash because my 16 gb wouldn't work for whatever reason but once I got it going, it worked like magic! My Mac is now up and running again.

[@100RentalCars]

I love the level of detail you included in this video. Thank you!

[@markgordon4583]

Thank You. After wasting days and days I came across your video. Exactly what I needed!

[@GymMonster88]

Worked perfect! Thank you, I had never installed a new hard drive before and this video was way simpler than the other ones I found on here about reinstalling operating system. Great Video!

[@AM93i]

Hi, Just read your message and saw you managed to install the Mac OS. I was wondering if you might be able to send me a copy of the OS or point to in direction you got it from? Thank you

[@wrapz8626]

Amazing video man, bought a 2010 MacBook Pro on eBay, put an SSD and installed it with a USB. Installer worked a dream thanks to you!

[@shubhamojha4344]

Did you formatted the SSD before installing an OS on it or just installed it as it is?

[@Verminterminator]

Love this video - I was about to send my 2012 Macbook Pro to the B1N file because all i needed to do was change the date to make the USB works - Great video and thanks once again

[@nzozy5]

Nathan, thanks a ton for your video, for several weeks after a gray screen and failing to get OS X El Capitan after I had wiped the hard drive for a fresh install I followed you video to the "T", perfect, concise, accurate and most importantly my wife is stoked she gets a working MacBook Pro again.... AWESOME!!!!! PS.. yes I too waited for 10min at the "1 second" left mark lol.

[@shadrachwiredu956]

Wow... I've been watching so many videos until now. Only yours helped. Tears of joy. Thanks lots

[@ShaneyBoyCooks]

Really useful video, I have just bought Macbook A1432 and i will be upgrading the RAM to 8gig and changing the hard drive to a SSD so i will be following this tutorial closely.

[@LILWEENYY]

Can you install this iOS software on windows to put onto a MacBook?

[@everythinggeeks4160]

Key is in the Date the Apple was created/Modified. Especially if you are trying to make this work on the pre 2010, using a pre 2010. Clutch man. Was looking all over nothing fixed it until this!

[@oliviab8275]

YOU ARE THE BEST!!! I LOOKED THROUGH EVERY VIDEO ON KZbin AND COULD NOT FIND ONE THAT WORKED. YOU HELPED ME SO MUCH!!! THANKYOU.

[@stigheim]

great video. Im trying now to install a OS X High Sierra on a MacBook Pro from 2010. I have some problems to changes date in terminal. The terminal message is: no command. Is it other ways for us in Norway with UTC time. And the second fail I got, is after rebooting 2 times and trying to startup, I got a message that a message of Cernel fail. Any tips

[@monishchopra83]

Thank you so much Nathan. Just did it for my mac mini (2015 model). For anyone facing issue. Simply change the date in command section for the mac that you are facing issue and click on install OS (internet compulsory).

[@monishchopra83]

If you cant do it via pen drive coz even for me pen drive did not give an option to Partition. Just do what he says from 9.45 till end

[@xinngwjk]

omg YOU ARE MY LIFE SAVERRRRRR! I followed so many tutorials for the past few days but only this video works for me😭😭 so simple and easy to understand! THANKYOU SO MUCHHHHHG❤️💕

[@alejandro7963]

I've spent hours looking for tutorials. The best one by far. Thanks so much! :D

[@orochish532]

You have no idea, not only how easily you explained this but showed the alternative ways of going about installing the os. I watched most and when they got to the part where the time needed to be changed, they left that part out or literally didn't know what to do. They had to go and find out and ended up cutting the video. Thank you soooooo much! It was so stressful until I found this video ❤

[@dumisanindhlovu8584]

2021 and still relevant. Thnx mate

[@aclouds8709]

what macbook?

[@nunocruzer]

I had to leave a comment. Best tutorial, no doubt! The date trick was key! Thx

[@abdullahyldrm9130]

Thanks a lot Nathan. Your video helped me to recover my MacBook.

[@CurtWagner]

THANK YOU so much. Incredible resource, you saved us!

[@rltaylor24]

Thank you so much for your video. Three days ago I upgraded from El Capitan to Mojave because I heard it would improve performance of older Macs (I have a 2015 Macbook Air) - although I have been totally happy with El Capitan. Well, big mistake - Mojave drained my battery like crazy. I've been trying since then to create a bootable El Capitan Install USB drive and thanks to your video I was able to do it, and I'm happily up and running with El Capitan again!!

[@TamalCyrus]

the battery is ok now?? since u downgraded to el capitan?

[@rltaylor24]

Yes, my battery is running fine again with El Capitan. (When I upgraded to Mojave, I could almost watch the battery % go down.)

[@TamalCyrus]

I am downgrading today then...my battery is 4-5 hrs with web browsing... I dont rem how it was with El capitan....bt surely better ... Sad..that i love Mojave ..but will give it a try after 6 mnts ...❤️ thank for the feedback brother ....

[@rltaylor24]

You bet! I hope your battery improves with El Capitan. I've had my Macbook Air 18 months and with Firefox I think I get about 9-10 hours.

[@TamalCyrus]

@@rltaylor24 chrome user 😭

[@shortflix369]

Thank you so much Nathan. Your video was the most helpful out of all the information I have been gathering all day trying to reinstall OSX on my imac.

[@vics_media]

Your simple instructions and guidance are the best I have come across, many thanks !

[@jamesandrew3162]

Last 2 week I am trying to set my MacBook but nothing work everything I did now finally u save my MacBook thanks a lot.

[@bethanyreid4583]

Amazing video!! This was exactly what I needed and it worked perfectly with no hassle. Thank you so much !!

[@sbfzqk6936]

Thank you so much Nathan. I almost gave up on this, but your video was such a saver

[@ziobo5834]

this is soooooo helpful I feel like hugging you. I love the detail in this video. I am trying to do this on a 2006 Mac Pro that had been formatted, will it work on that?

[@NathanPH]

It should do! Give it a shot. Thanks, Nathan.

[@elizabethg2428]

This comment is so adorable aww

[@agungpramono2605]

Thank men. Is work for my 2009 imac.. Thank you so much. Your video was my saver.

[@ultimatewd]

GAME CHANGER!!! I finally found my solution! Thank you so much!!!

[@MarekZelek]

Thanks! Worked the first time, unlike other tutorials.

[@alexscott9605]

Cheers pall worked a treat, I've been clawing my hair out trying to fix this.

[@alessandrocavicchi1987]

Fantastic! You really saved me with this tutorial! Thank u so much!

[@eliekibawa4500]

Thanks a lot for this video it really help me a lot with my MacBook 🙏🙏

[@kropchik]

Thanks man! in Terminal i get following message "media: command not found". I followed pricesly the changes of system name and usb name name but still...any suggestions?

[@Artlawrence1]

Brilliantly clear and concise instructions! Great Job Nahan.

[@BatakGemblung]

thank you so much adding info about the terminal

[@mjj6585]

Hi, what if you do not have a second laptop?

[@mjj6585]

Thank you 😊

[@danamcconnell3675]

I could easily follow your instructions here. An erased hard drive could be in my future. Ha! 'The more I learn, the less I know...' Paraphrased quote from some smart guy. So true. I want a bootable USB with both OS X Yosemite and El Capitan. So, I made 3partitions ~10 gigs each on a 32 GB flash drive. I accidentally copied Yosemite extended (not journaled) on partition1. Oh well... Then, El Capitan wouldn't fit on partition2. Opportunity knocks again. I reckon I start again... Thanks

[@latifmohidin]

Nathan, you are the man! The date setting in termnial, was prohibiting me from doing any install of Mac OS , after clearing the HD to factory setting. A truly annoying situation.. However current date was set to year 2000, and thus changed to current time.. If it wasn't for your video, and the little tip of checking date settings trough the terminal, I might just have threw the laptop in the bin!

[@insydneytls]

is there an accurate shortcut to find this date or is it purely trial and error ?

[@latifmohidin]

I did it trough trial and error. Asked myself the same question back then..

[@theycallmehollywood]

YOU saved my day!!! Thank You sooo much!!!

[@shadrachwiredu956]

You are justtttt the besttttt. I've liked and subscribed

[@simonmarks8589]

Thanks for the tutorial but everytime i try and put the file into terminal with the changes that iv made(Snow\ Leopard and the usb name)terminal keeps telling me command not found.do you have any ideas why its not working for me?

[@wave3061]

Check to make sure the install file is exactly the same name as the one he added to the stuff you copy/paste. For example, I'm doing this to install Catalina. In his instructions (which I'm sure were correct when he recorded this video) the installation program was called "Install OS X Yosemite.app", so I assumed all I needed to do was change it to "Install OS X Catalina.app" and I would be fine, but I got the same error you are getting. I then noticed Apple had called the newer installation program "Install macOS Catalina.app". It's just a little different, but enough to make the computer not know what I wanted. I had to change that in two places so it said, "Install\ macOS\ Catalina.app" and then it worked.

[@heathenthatheretic5960]

One of the best videos yet. And I can understand you lol. That’s surely a plus ! Question , do you have anything for “ no bootable device”. I’m trying to fix my MacBook pro

[@ajsalge6500]

Thank you for detailed video. I was able fix the same problem I was having. But, I was working on a Mac Mini. Thanks again!!

[@siddaviscomedy]

This is a very well done instructional video. You get right to the point and flow through. Thank you!

[@halimamohamed9851]

This video was very very helpful, thank you so much!!! 😊

[@armondtodd6969]

Great video! Excellent teacher!

[@alqemyapparel5337]

Thank you so much for the clear precise instructions

[@aspenjim77]

Thank you !!! I agree with the last poster. I forgot the partition and format disk part from another time I did this.

[@cdgf-X]

Great tutorial. The setting the date back to different years corresponding with the date I bought the OS was key to unlocking the unverified version that I kept running in to on the OS install. Thanks and cheers.

[@NathanPH]

Thank you for your feedback and watching. I find it ridiculous that they lock you down like this because of the date. It's a pathetic move in my opinion but who am I to question the 'all-mighty Apple' and their decisions. --Nathan

[@RealDyl75]

Had the same issue with the date. Fixed it with your help, thank you!

[@angiepabelic6696]

thank you so much for this! very informative!

[@okolopierre7504]

This video saved me AND its legit ASMR....

[@ferdinandvillena5169]

Thanks my mac pro was not working for more than two years after sending to apple technician telling me that i have to change the mother board and better for me to buy a new one but now it's working.

[@sfetcucristian2949]

If I have the .dmg already downloaded and I put it on desktop how changes the sudo command ? The image is not in app folder is on the desktop. Thank you.

[@silentsneakerhead9344]

Me too, please help.

[@sfetcucristian2949]

finaly double click on .dmg and obtained .app .dragged it in app folder.than created bootable usb and installed os according to various tutorials. it worked . courage.

[@garmooosh]

Thank you.This was really helpful

[@mrprotector10]

Nice video sir, but i dont understand about the date matter. How can i know which date should i have to set up.plz feel free to tell me

[@chrisiorio5278]

Really good video. But I am getting a circle with a line through it when im booting @ 7:40 what should I do?

[@aktolone76]

Great thanks Nathan! I was totally in the darkness, until I found this clip. :)

[@millatrhymes]

Thank you so much legend ❤️ I love the way you describe the process of installation 🤗big hug for you😘

[@repairaholic4858]

I downloaded to DMG OSX off torrent website then used transmac tool to create my USB. You helped me with the install 😊

[@Uniquemiles143]

Do you remember the year of the macbook pro you reinstalled? I received a refurbrished one that looks to be the same model and I'm getting a flashing qustion mark file with no software at all. I ordered Catalina flash drive. hopefully it works, Thank you

[@Trisno4u]

HI your video was very helpfull for me to reinstall osx el capitan on a 2008 imac, thanks

[@eljackolito]

very nice tutorial! simple yet direct to the point! job well done my friend!

[@TheStillo9]

Thanks heaps mate, by far the best turtorial i could find

[@Plant34104]

Hi mate! Can you offer any advice for a Mid 2012 MacBook Pro.. Which software would you recommend is best and any advice on what year to change it to etc would be great!! I haven’t downloaded any software from the appstore in my other Mac as of yet. Cheers in advance

[@michaelbelahov4144]

Thanks super help ful

[@kaikdj]

Thank YOU Thank YOU Thank YOU for information about time setup. !!!! :) It helps a lot!

[@iyah1000]

this is very helpful been trying to figure out the problem of my installation process in my mac late 2010. I cant install the HS on it. been encountering “firmware need to update”. i think i need to install a lower version and youtube let me see this video. thanks a lot.

[@michaeljohnson-qy9nj]

Thanks for making this video it is very straight and comprehensive. But I have a different problem, I want to create a bootable USB for Mac OS SIERRA but I don't have a Mac book laptop. Any ideas on how to solve?

[@martinjohnranis3372]

MEN! Your the best man ever! Thanks dude!

[@cazmaofficial2525]

Dude you're a legend ❤

[@jessicaoreilly9260]

Thank you Nathan. This works great on a MacMini

[@blackhook333]

Thank you so much it really helped 😍😍😍

[@roy2741]

Very helpful! Thanks! :)

[@ETirto]

This is the best tutorial ever! I have almost watched every tutorial, but the info in these video's were incomplete. This video learned me a lot! Thank you very much!!!

[@technicalbadar7155]

How u installed the operating system from which website?

[@technicalbadar7155]

Plz also tell me about time steps which he did

[@binoop4u]

Thanks Mate!!!! you saved my day. The date was wrong, I changed it as you said. It worked :) cool

[@sharukhkhan9242]

How do u change the the date is it from recovery mode ??

[@binoop4u]

@@sharukhkhan9242 go to Utilities then open terminal use date command Syntax: date -u {month} {day}{hour}{minute}{year} Something like that just check it Good luck 🤞

[@sharukhkhan9242]

@@binoop4u thanks dear x

[@liliansirbu840]

video is very helpful for me. Can you show how to do the mac bootable usb on windows PC, i do not have any other mac next to me

[@arthurstreatfield9311]

Excellent explanation. Clear and non tech. Thanks.

[@jamestonge5066]

Toss it get a pc all your worries are over, I hate Apple

[@ispecyoas]

For real you are a life saver my homie 💯👌🏽

[@zenzesta3424]

Hello! I’m following your steps but I missed that info that when doing partitioning it will automatically erased the data. Is there any way to recover the data in my external drive I’ve accedentally erased? Please teach me how. Thank you.

[@overthemoona]

Thanks for the information! But what do I do when I can’t find my hard drive in the list? I dont have it in disk utilities or anything. Any advice?

[@thomasrizzi1470]

Great information, but what happens if you don't have a second Mac to download the files and only have a PC?

[@trinitron11420]

Would this work in an early MacPro 2008?

[@Painting48]

Where do I get the dmg download. Can't find anything in the App store

[@Verushka012]

same

[@lanegrabella8]

same

[@kevpow56]

Thanks for the video! Worked perfectly!

[@exactlygoodyea1234]

This guy saved my 1000$ macbook thanks a lot I am crying

[@simonryan6850]

How big memory wise should the stick need to be. I’m trying to get my BigSur on my main machine?

[@Zarvarr]

This video saved my Mac Mini. Thank you very much.

[@Zarvarr]

Thanks for the heart and the like.

[@NathanPH]

Thank you for the appreciation. Glad to have helped you out! :)

[@kirikos65]

Very helpful . Thank you!

[@iulian.58]

you are a genius! thank you bro!