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    PowerPC iMaC G3 MacOS 9 installation failed

    I can't install Mac OS 9 on iMac G3. Installation process failed on "Starting Up..." stage. (Now it works with MacOS 10.2)
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    High Sierra macOS USB install failure - Early 2011 MBP - with install log

    Hey folks, I have no idea what to try next so I'm turning to you all for your wisdom! Long story short: I'm trying to upgrade the HDD and RAM in an early-2011 macbook pro 13” and the OS won’t install to the new SSD. This is something I’ve done several times before without incident. This time...
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    update from Sierra to High Sierra Fail with cant find /system/installation/package/Osinstall

    Hello. i tried to upgrade from Sierra to High Sierra and it failed with the error "cant continue the installation cant find /system/installation/package/Osinstall" i tried to repartition the drive from cmd+r disk utility and it dosent let me erase the partition. started with a usb i created and...
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    High Sierra 10.13.3 won't update after SSD installation.

    Hello, I have recently added an SSD External drive to my Mac Mini (Late 2014). I connected the drive via ThunderBolt II. I used Carbon-Copy to move the OS and data to the drive. I then renamed it and changed the system start-up disk using System Preferences. I moved a lot of the large data...