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Is it possible to a full system Copy and run it in Parallels?
i have Mac Server and i want to have a full copy of the System.
So i can play around and test new Software and Upgrades before i apply it to the real System.
I am using Parallels and want to create a ...
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Image files made with Disk Utility creates parent folder
I'm using OS X 10.5.8., updated from 10.5.2. which I installed from the two installation DVDs that came with my MB404 MacBook.
I recently found my original 10.5.2. installation DVDs, which I thought ...
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Install Windows 7 on external drive and boot it from a Mac
I want to install Windows 7 on an external hard drive, and boot from it when needed.
Is this possible on a Mac? I have heard from some sources that it is not possible to boot Windows from external ...
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Making A USB Drive Bootable in Snow Leopard, Lion and Mountain Lion
I own copies of all three operating systems and would like to have a single drive that enable me to boot from and use Disk Warrior etc under each OS. Is this possible?
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Install AppleTV OS X from a PPC to USB stick
I have a first generation Apple TV, a 10.7 Intel installer DMG file and a PPC PowerBook.
I'd like to install 10.7 onto the stick and change the Mach & boot.efi files as detailed on many sites to ...
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Fresh installing Mac OS 10.6 on a MacBook Pro with new hard drive
I had some bad sectors on my hard drive, I took it out and did a low-level format on it, now when I scan it passes the scan with no error and without any bad sector.
Now I have put it back into my ...
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How can I back up my OSX 10.6 Installation DVD and create a bootable USB drive?
I have a MacBook Pro mid 2009, It came with two DVDs: Application Install DVD and OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) Installation DVD.
Since DVDs have a short life, I want to back up these two DVDs (Especially ...
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Will bootable usb created by bootcamp on mac work with PC?
I need to make a bootable usb with windows 8 files on it, I can't think of easier option than creating it via help of bootcamp, but Will it work for pc (I want to install files on my pc)?
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How do I burn a bootable CD from a .toast file?
I bought a used G3 couple of days ago and I want to reinstall Mac OS 9. I got the OS in .toast format. Any knows how I make that into bootable CD? Just burning with Disk Utility didn't work, although ...
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Install knoppix on usb with disk utility?
I have downloaded the linux distro knoppix.
I have snow leopard and i want to make a bootable usb with the above distro with the disk utility.
I put the source to be the iso of the distro and ...
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Can the contents of a partition be recovered after partition table is overwritten?
I ran a command to make my external hdd bootable knowing that it was risky considering the command itself did not allow me to specify a partition to which to write. (In hindsight, I would now call ...
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How to make a Mac harddrive partition non bootable
Just recently added an SSD drive replacing the optical drive. Carbon Copy the whole partition and now left with 2 bootable drives. How do I make the old partition no longer bootable? I've changed the ...
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How to make a bootable USB key from an .iso image on Mac OS X? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I make a bootable USB flash drive for a MacBook Air?
How to make a bootable USB key from any .iso image on Mac OS X?
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How can I boot my MacBook Pro from a DVD to update my SSD firmware
I have a MacBook Pro 2.3 GHz Intel Core i7 (mid-2011 model) running OS X 10.8.2. I upgraded to an SSD which I bought from Crucial and works just great. Crucial sent an email recommending I upgrade ...
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How to set up an iMac not to look for USB Flash drive info during boot up?
Short question: is there a way to disable an iMac's USB Flash Drive boot up so that boot up time is faster?
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My iMac has an external USB hub, and it has 3, 4 or sometimes 6 or 7 USB Flash ...
