Mac Mini

Marshall878 · 11-14-2014, 01:45 AM

So, yesterday i upgraded to a MacBook Pro with Retina screen, love the thing. Never had a laptop before and always liked the MacBook's so thought id treat myself.

After a bit of compatibility issues with an external hard drive we use in the house id copied all my films and music from the MacMini onto the MacBook.

The plan was to then format the mini and reinstall the OS so its ready to sell for a bit of beer money for my leaving do over in Dublin next weekend.

Did a bit of research and followed a guide...seemed simple enough.

Formatted the hard drive with the disk utility. BTW its OS X Lion, so it has a start up partition which carries a bootable version of the OS for this very reason.

Once formatted, it then rebooted with the startup screen giving the option to install a fresh version of Lion. Went through the process of authorisation by entering my iTunes etc, and it gives the popup "Temporarily Unavailable"

Noooooooooooooooooooo!

Anyone help?!

nicktyler · 11-14-2014, 04:02 AM

Try again. If it is booting up and accepting your iTunes etc then it is not fully screwed. It may genuinely be 'temporarily unavailable' Apple have to roll out releases and things just the same as everyone else which sometimes means down time.

Alternatively, as it's a Mac, just take a hammer to it. Maybe I am bias

Desmondo · 11-14-2014, 04:38 AM

This might sound stupid....but it IS connected to the internet, right?

Marshall878 · 11-14-2014, 05:17 AM

Yea Desmondo it is, everytime you restart is requests the key for the Wifi

scooba0010 · 11-15-2014, 04:49 PM

Apple store appointment with the genius bar

badgerbrock72 · 11-22-2014, 01:55 AM

Or create a bootable USB stick with the OS installer on...

Marshall878 · 11-26-2014, 01:49 AM

Cant get the OS Installer to put onto a stick. Bought one off eBay, fingers crossed.

AWebster · 11-30-2014, 08:56 AM

You can also install from the Internet.

woggledog · 12-02-2014, 04:10 AM

Pffffft. Internet recovery should help you. Plug your Mac Mini into your router via ethernet if you can, turn it off, then on and immediately press CMD and R, as per http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT4718

This will redownload everything from scratch

kraftyskillz · 12-03-2014, 04:36 PM

If you have another mac, you can download and install the latest OS on a memory stick and install from that.

Google it.

jezzy · 12-03-2014, 05:23 PM

Op has another Mac.. Bought a macbook. Just torrent a lion or mountain lion and get a USB installer.. Go to.

If not.. Internet recovery as others mentioned works fine. Just plug in a Ethernet cable if your WiFi isn't working. Internet recovery via Ethernet is much faster than eifi anyway!

Frobius · 12-29-2014, 03:42 PM

As per Jezzy. Plug the thing in via ethernet, ideally gigabit if you have it. Do the Ctrl-R do boot to the recovery partition and recover over the internet. Forget wifi.

Failing that, download the Mavericks or Yosemite USB installer via your MBPr and install that instead.

11-14-2014, 01:45 AM	#1
Marshall878 First Lieutenant 16 Rep 346 Posts Drives: 2009 E92 325D Join Date: May 2014 Location: Cambridgeshire iTrader: (0)	Mac Mini - Nothing is ever simple :( So, yesterday i upgraded to a MacBook Pro with Retina screen, love the thing. Never had a laptop before and always liked the MacBook's so thought id treat myself. After a bit of compatibility issues with an external hard drive we use in the house id copied all my films and music from the MacMini onto the MacBook. The plan was to then format the mini and reinstall the OS so its ready to sell for a bit of beer money for my leaving do over in Dublin next weekend. Did a bit of research and followed a guide...seemed simple enough. Formatted the hard drive with the disk utility. BTW its OS X Lion, so it has a start up partition which carries a bootable version of the OS for this very reason. Once formatted, it then rebooted with the startup screen giving the option to install a fresh version of Lion. Went through the process of authorisation by entering my iTunes etc, and it gives the popup "Temporarily Unavailable" Noooooooooooooooooooo! Anyone help?!
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11-14-2014, 04:02 AM	#2
nicktyler Major 32 Rep 1,271 Posts Drives: 335i (sadly gone) Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Essex iTrader: (3) Garage List 2007 BMW E92 335i [0.00]	Try again. If it is booting up and accepting your iTunes etc then it is not fully screwed. It may genuinely be 'temporarily unavailable' Apple have to roll out releases and things just the same as everyone else which sometimes means down time. Alternatively, as it's a Mac, just take a hammer to it. Maybe I am bias
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11-14-2014, 04:38 AM	#3
Desmondo Lieutenant 14 Rep 461 Posts Drives: E90 330i M-Sport Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Braintree, Essex iTrader: (0)	This might sound stupid....but it IS connected to the internet, right? __________________
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11-14-2014, 05:17 AM	#4
Marshall878 First Lieutenant 16 Rep 346 Posts Drives: 2009 E92 325D Join Date: May 2014 Location: Cambridgeshire iTrader: (0)	Yea Desmondo it is, everytime you restart is requests the key for the Wifi
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11-15-2014, 04:49 PM	#5
scooba0010 Colonel 156 Rep 2,349 Posts Drives: F32 430D-MOTORSPORT Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: UK iTrader: (1)	Apple store appointment with the genius bar
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11-22-2014, 01:55 AM	#6
badgerbrock72 Captain 112 Rep 624 Posts Drives: 340i M-Sport Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Birmingham iTrader: (1)	Or create a bootable USB stick with the OS installer on...
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11-26-2014, 01:49 AM	#7
Marshall878 First Lieutenant 16 Rep 346 Posts Drives: 2009 E92 325D Join Date: May 2014 Location: Cambridgeshire iTrader: (0)	Cant get the OS Installer to put onto a stick. Bought one off eBay, fingers crossed.
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AWebster Second Lieutenant 16 Rep 224 Posts Drives: F30 340i Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Essex iTrader: (2)	You can also install from the Internet.
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12-02-2014, 04:10 AM	#9
woggledog First Lieutenant 28 Rep 321 Posts Drives: 2015 F31 320D Sport Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Surrey iTrader: (0)	Pffffft. Internet recovery should help you. Plug your Mac Mini into your router via ethernet if you can, turn it off, then on and immediately press CMD and R, as per http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT4718 This will redownload everything from scratch
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12-03-2014, 04:36 PM	#10
kraftyskillz Private 2 Rep 71 Posts Drives: 325i Coupe M Sport Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: London iTrader: (0)	If you have another mac, you can download and install the latest OS on a memory stick and install from that. Google it. __________________ BMW E92 325I M SPORT
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12-03-2014, 05:23 PM	#11
jezzy Major 35 Rep 1,068 Posts Drives: 06 E91 325xi Black Wagon Join Date: May 2014 Location: Montreal, Canada iTrader: (19)	Op has another Mac.. Bought a macbook. Just torrent a lion or mountain lion and get a USB installer.. Go to. If not.. Internet recovery as others mentioned works fine. Just plug in a Ethernet cable if your WiFi isn't working. Internet recovery via Ethernet is much faster than eifi anyway!
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12-29-2014, 03:42 PM	#12
Frobius Major 40 Rep 1,021 Posts Drives: F11 530d M-Sport Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Huntingdon, UK iTrader: (2) Garage List 2007 E91 330d M-Sport [0.00]	As per Jezzy. Plug the thing in via ethernet, ideally gigabit if you have it. Do the Ctrl-R do boot to the recovery partition and recover over the internet. Forget wifi. Failing that, download the Mavericks or Yosemite USB installer via your MBPr and install that instead. __________________ MY14 Space Grey F11 530d M-Sport
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