Hi Sam, Thanks! I tried that and it wouldn't install, then someone send me an image of a DVD of Lion, and that failed with a slightly more useful message that I need to upgrade to 10.5 first. I need to have a dig through all my disks as I'm sure I've got one of 10.5, but I'm stuck at the moment.
A very frustrating experience! Thanks for your help. Paul On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 1:14 PM, Sam - MacAmbulance <[email protected]> wrote: > HI Paul > > Your best bet is to download Lion on the MacBook Pro’s App Store (if it’s > in your purchases tab that’ll be easy) then use the instructions here : > http://osxdaily.com/2011/07/08/make-a-bootable-mac-os-x-10-7-lion-installer-from-a-usb-flash-drive/ > to make a bootable USB or firewire drive. I believe Lion is the latest the > MacPro 2,1 will run. > > Regards > > Sam > [image: MacAmbulance] [image: facebook] > <http://www.facebook.com/macambulance> [image: twitter] > <http://www.twitter.com/macambulance> [image: linkedin] > <http://uk.linkedin.com/in/macambulance/> MacAmbulance Ltd. Providing > Affordable Mac/PC Support and Web Development *Sam Mullen ACMT* > +44 (0)7747778022 > [email protected] > www.macambulance.co.uk > MacAmbulance Ltd. is a registered company in England & Wales, registration > number 8466597 > This email is intended solely for the addressed recipients and may contain > privileged or confidential information. If you have received this email in > error please notify the sender and delete the email immediately. > > On 6 Jan 2015, at 13:08, Paul Silver <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > I've been loaned an old MacPro, 2,1 2007 model. The techs at the company > of the previous owner were a bit scared of having their SSH keys on it, so > wiped it. After some misadventures trying to get it working, I've put a new > hybrid SSD/HD in it and reinstalled 10.4.11 from the original CDs. > > Unfortunately, I now can't install anything else as I can't get in the Mac > app store with the version of Safari it's got, and Firefox and Chrome won't > work on it as the OS is too old. > > So - how can I upgrade the OS to something newer/more supported? From my > limited research, it should go up to Mountain Lion before the hardware is > unsupported (if there's a way to go more recent than that, I'm all ears.) > > Things I have to help: a Macbook Pro running Mavericks, an Apple account > which has bought Snow Leopard up to Mavericks. An external firewire drive > so I can always copy something on to that and connect it to the Pro. > > Thanks very much! > > Paul > -- > Paul Silver > Freelance Web Developer > Tel: 01273 906020 (UK) > http://www.paulsilver.co.uk > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Paul Silver Freelance Web Developer Tel: 01273 906020 (UK) http://www.paulsilver.co.uk and http://webpositioningcentre.co.uk -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
