RE: Installing SSD on my mac mini, the os can not read it

Hi Ramy, No thanks needed, I was happy to help when I could. That's what we're here for. Good luck and hope the install went well. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ramy Moustafa Sent: Monday, 3 October

Re: Installing SSD on my mac mini, the os can not read it

Hello Simon: Thank you so much, it was not in its place and I think is a power cable was not properly seat belt this is bull I think.thank you again for helping and now, I am in installing el capitan thank you Ramy moustafa saber licturer at: faculty of musical education music arranger and

RE: Installing SSD on my mac mini, the os can not read it

Hi Ramy, Great to hear, Did he give you an idea of what the issue was? Great to hear you've got the installation going. Simon f -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ramy Moustafa Sent: Monday, 3 October

Re: Installing SSD on my mac mini, the os can not read it

The progress should be in the purchased area near the "pause" button. Best wishes, Jonathan Cohn > On Oct 2, 2016, at 10:33 AM, Ramy Moustafa wrote: > > Hello Tim and Simon: > > I just wana tell you that I went to the technition and the SSD was

Re: Installing SSD on my mac mini, the os can not read it

wow, I used the quick navigation, and I can find, thanks so much for that On 10/2/16, Ramy Moustafa wrote: > Hello tim: > > I'm using Mountain lion now, there is no progress indicator at all. > > > On 10/2/16, Tim Kilburn wrote: >> Hi, >> >> That's

Re: Installing SSD on my mac mini, the os can not read it

Hello tim: I'm using Mountain lion now, there is no progress indicator at all. On 10/2/16, Tim Kilburn wrote: > Hi, > > That's good news. I'm glad that the problem is solved. When in the > AppStore, you can activate the Purchased tab, cmd-4, in the table of > purchased

Re: Installing SSD on my mac mini, the os can not read it

Hi, That's good news. I'm glad that the problem is solved. When in the AppStore, you can activate the Purchased tab, cmd-4, in the table of purchased items, there is a download progress column for each item that is being downloaded. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Oct 2,

Re: Installing SSD on my mac mini, the os can not read it

Hello Tim and Simon: I just wana tell you that I went to the technition and the SSD was not fixed will. he fixes it and I installed the Mountain lion, and am now updating to EL capitan. Thanks so much for your help just 1 question. am now downloading the el capitan, but I can not find the

RE: Installing SSD on my mac mini, the os can not read it

Yeah I wish I was in more of a situation to have a look, I do think that having the drive taken out and completely wiped is going to be the best result at this point. Ramy if your reading, I think Tim and I are out of ideas in this situation. I would suggest getting the mac mini back to the

Re: Installing SSD on my mac mini, the os can not read it

Hi, Target Disk mode will only work with USB, Firewire or Thunderbolt, no ethernet, sorry. Yes, Terminal would be another good option, although, not near as friendly to the inexperienced. After reading your posts with respect to the USB startup stick initially seeing the drive, that makes my

RE: Installing SSD on my mac mini, the os can not read it

Hi Ramy, If you do go back to the technition get him to partition the drive as one Mac OSX extended journaled patition and have him make sure that GUID partition is selected as we did last night Hopefully then when you go to reinstall everything will just work. Good luck. -Original

RE: Installing SSD on my mac mini, the os can not read it

Hi tim, Yes interesting, So the USB Flash drive has booted and Ramy can’t see the SSD in Disk utils Yet when I was speaking to him lastnight Dduring his start of the internet recovery installation he could see the ssd in disk utilities but was not able to eraise or partition the drive. Odd

RE: Installing SSD on my mac mini, the os can not read it

Hi Ramy, Ok, glad the install went ok to the USB, Yes sorry it is going to be slow but it is only a work around until we get things up and running correctly on the SSD. Tim, Do you know if target disk mode will work via an Ethernet network cable? Ramy, Do you by anychance have a

RE: Installing SSD on my mac mini, the os can not read it

HI Ramy, So it's almost 24hours later How did the installation go for you to the USB Flash drive? Have you managed to get any further with tings? Cheers, Simon F -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ramy

RE: Installing SSD on my mac mini, the os can not read it

Hi Tim, To bring you up to speed, I spoke with Ramy last night my time, For some reason his ssd came up as somehow locked or protected The only tab he had in disk utilities was the firstaid tab. So as he had a 16GB USB flash drive I had him format / partition this and then start the

Re: Installing SSD on my mac mini, the os can not read it

Hello tim: I tried setting the Pram, but also with no luck, can not see the drive at all. Thanks so much for your help. but I think that I must consult the technition that puts the SSD into the Mac mini. \and if you have any oterh ideas please share. THanks On 9/30/16, Tim Kilburn

Re: Installing SSD on my mac mini, the os can not read it

Hi, It seems like it may not be installed properly. Usually, in Disk Utility, you'll still see devices that are not necessarily usable with the Mac. You just won't have the options available to format or partition. It's possible that the cable is not seated properly, thus not getting power

Re: Installing SSD on my mac mini, the os can not read it

Hello Simon and TIm: after doing what Simon told me, my mac opened with Mountain lion installed on my 16 GB, it's so slow but I can get the disk utility. the Surprise is that, the disk utility can not see the SSD HD at all, don't know why, but it can not see it at all. any ideas? it can see only

Re: Installing SSD on my mac mini, the os can not read it

Thanks so much tim, and I know that you are a very great helper. On 9/29/16, Tim Kilburn wrote: > Ramy, > > Sorry I've been slow with responses. Very busy at work and doing > renovations at home so I'm not able to check eMails as often as I'd like. > Yes, please keep me in the

Re: Installing SSD on my mac mini, the os can not read it

Ramy, Sorry I've been slow with responses. Very busy at work and doing renovations at home so I'm not able to check eMails as often as I'd like. Yes, please keep me in the loop and I'll help as much as possible. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Sep 29, 2016, at 03:40, Ramy

Re: Installing SSD on my mac mini, the os can not read it

What can I say? really, don't know, I called SImon On Facetime, and he tried to do as much as he can do, I think we found the solution, but let's see. BUt thanks so much my friend. and I'm waiting the result. On 9/29/16, Ramy Moustafa wrote: > Hi Simon: > Thanks so

Re: Installing SSD on my mac mini, the os can not read it

Hi Simon: Thanks so much for your reply, inside the internet recovery, the disk utility, I can see only the apple disk image, but Voice over told me that this is 2 or 3, but the number 1 in the table is not pronounced, and Voice over can not select it even with no name, it says space, and I can

RE: Installing SSD on my mac mini, the os can not read it

HI Ramy, If your asking if you can open the mac mini yourself then yes it should open very easily However removing and replacing the drive is not an easy task I’ve never myself been able to do it successfully but that was partly due to not knowing the correct procedure to remove things in the

RE: Installing SSD on my mac mini, the os can not read it

Ramy if the drive is still formatted as NTFS then you need to format it, I would suggest here that you delete the partition and recreate it from scratch. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ramy Moustafa Sent:

RE: Installing SSD on my mac mini, the os can not read it

Hi Ramy, If you look at the first thing in the list of disks in disk utility it should give you the name of the drive and it’s size, Unless of course it has been changed by someone. From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ramy Moustafa Sent:

RE: Installing SSD on my mac mini, the os can not read it

Hi Ramy, You will need to boot the machine up and then run the Disk utility to view the drive, If the ssd isn't formatted or is formatted in say ntfs etc then the mac wont see what you want it to have. So you will probably need to format it first and then try setting things up. HTH

Re: Installing SSD on my mac mini, the os can not read it

Hello Tim and all: If the technician cannot replace the SSD quiet will mac mini willl open and try to install the system on it or it will refuse opening? Thank you Ramy moustafa saber licturer at: faculty of musical education music arranger and sound engineer Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 29,

Re: Installing SSD on my mac mini, the os can not read it

Hello tim: when I'm in the disk utility, here is what I have exactly. outside the table, it says, selected disks row 2 or 3, disk 0 selected. when I interact with the table, I can see the disk 0 and mac os bass system, but the 1st item I can not access it, it says, space, and when I close the

Re: Installing SSD on my mac mini, the os can not read it

Thanks so much i have a hd without a name Ramy moustafa saber Musicc instructor at: faculty of musical education music arranger and sound engineer Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 29, 2016, at 12:42 AM, Tim Kilburn wrote: > > Hi, > > If it was installed properly, you should only

Re: Installing SSD on my mac mini, the os can not read it

Hi, If it was installed properly, you should only see a few items in the "Select a Disk" table. Try formatting the first item in that list. Make sure that you format it as MacOS Extended (Journaled). If that doesn't appear to work, you may need to use the Partition tab instead. In the