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How do I select a disk to install on Mac?
Install macOS
- Choose Reinstall macOS (or Reinstall OS X) from the utilities window.
- Click Continue, then follow the onscreen instructions. You’ll be asked to select your disk. If you don’t see it, click Show All Disks.
- Click Install. Your Mac restarts after installation is complete.
How do I install macOS Sierra on a new hard drive?
How to Perform a Clean Install of macOS High Sierra
- Step 1: Backup Your Mac. As noted, we’re going to completely erase everything on the Mac.
- Step 2: Create a Bootable macOS High Sierra Installer.
- Step 3: Erase and Reformat the Mac’s Boot Drive.
- Step 4: Install macOS High Sierra.
- Step 5: Restore Data, Files and Apps.
How do you install Mac OS on a hard drive?
Name the volume Macintosh. Select and make sure it is in Mac OS Extended (Journaled) format. Select Apply. Once you see the volume created. Go back to the macOS utility screen and select install MacOS. Reinstall Mac OX S, when prompt to select disk for installation, there is no disk. Neither Disk Utility showing the drive.
Why is there no disk to select Mac OS High Sierra?
Then it will popup install mac os high sierra or Mojave welcome window. Click the Continue button in the above window, then click Agree button in the next window. And then it will go to another window to let you select the disk where you want to install os x. But you can not select the disk because there is no disk to select.
Where do I get the installer for macOS Sierra?
To get the correct installer, download from a Mac that is using macOS Sierra 10.12.5 or later, or El Capitan 10.11.6. Enterprise administrators, please download from Apple, not a locally hosted software-update server. This downloads as a disk image named InstallMacOSX.dmg.
How can I select a disk on a Mac?
Switch over to Disk Utility (IIRC, should be in one of the menus), see if the HDD device is there. Click on it to select, make sure the partition map scheme is GUID Partition Table. If a volume is present (named Macintosh HD?), select and make sure it is in Mac OS Extended (Journaled) format.