Reinstalling mac OS on older MBP

kefan77 · 28 Jan 2018 at 18:51

hi,

got my hands on old MBP (early 2011).
I just repasted it, as that thing was totally dry and was overheating.
Now it's back together and temps are better, how do I reinstall/clean install macOS?
it was used with windows 7 and there doesn't seem to be a secondary partition with macOS.
Is it similar to windows reinstall? Obtaining image of the OS, creating bootable media and take it from there?
what is the highest OS version this thing can run?

not an apple person, so any advice appreciated.

kefan77 · 28 Jan 2018 at 19:01

https://everymac.com/systems/apple/...-15-early-2011-unibody-thunderbolt-specs.html

it's this one. the problem is...there's just this grey/white screen...with nothing on it...and then it boots to windows.

no logo, no spinning, just plain white screen.

kefan77 · 28 Jan 2018 at 19:11

thanks, will try that

kefan77 · 29 Jan 2018 at 21:12

I guess there must be HW error due to previous overheating. maybe a temperature sensor?
I select internet recovery, globe appears, I connect to network and select it, it blinks to Apple logo loading bar...and when it finishes it should offer Disk Utility options, but the screen just goes white.
I left it like this for 20 mins and nothing, the internet speed is more than ok (200Mbps).

The windows still boots fine, so I guess I might just give up and return it to owner, as they've used it as windows machine for quite some time.

I might try a different hard drive though as an option, but because it works fine on windows, not sure that will help much.

kefan77 · 29 Jan 2018 at 23:39

It flagged battery. Had a look and it's a 3rd party replacement.

It runs kinda hot for my liking (50 degrees doing nothing) despite all cleaned up and repasted.

Due to its age i won't be doing anything else.
Windows works ok, so it'll be ok-ish web machine till it packs up.

I built a desktop for them few days ago so this was a little side thing to try.

Thanks for all the help. It was a good experience.