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How to install mac os on macbook aluminum 2008?
I recently purchased a MacBook (13 inch) aluminum 2008. It used to have Windows on it and apparently during installation all sections of Mac os were completely erased. Then the Ssd was formatted and now there is no OS on it. Just an empty ssd. Any combination of keys on macbooks does not work when turned on, except for alt (option). I can choose which disk to boot from. There is no recovery partition or disk utility. I made bootable flash drives with different OSes: both new (captain) and old (10.7.5 lion). The download starts, an apple appears and then the screen backlight seems to dim a little and the installation freezes. Windu also does not install. I tried to burn the old Mac os tiger on a cd disk and the installation also hangs. I tried to write el capitan to an external hard drive and start from it, but here the same problem - at some point during the download with an apple, the backlight darkens and the download freezes. I don't know what to do anymore. There is an idea to take out the ssd and connect to a working mac via a usb adapter and install Mac os on it on my ssd. I don’t know if the ssd will run the system when I put it back in my macbook.
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Try to run some installed MacOS from an external drive, since it allows you to select drives.
And another strange question - is the keyboard working?
first reset the settings: at startup Cmd + Opt + P + R
After that, try again with flashes and installation CDs.
See all keyboard shortcuts when starting a Mac
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