High Sierra genuine dmg

[Adept PC Repair]

Wondering if anyone can help me out here, I'm looking for a genuine dmg file which I can use with transmac to create a bootable usb stick to install on a MacBook pro.

 

[Markverhyden]

Does the patient boot to an OS?

 

[Adept PC Repair]

Does the patient boot to an OS?

No, internet recovery won't work either as there's an nvme ssd in there which will only work with high Sierra.

 

[Markverhyden]

I'll get you a link later today via PM. It'll be zipped since .dmg's look like folders to winderz.

 

[Your PCMD]

I'll get you a link later today via PM. It'll be zipped since .dmg's look like folders to winderz.

Can you pass that off to me as well? TIA

 

[Adept PC Repair]

If I had any, this was finally out of my hair today.

Genuine apple AHCI ssd went in.

 

[Adept PC Repair]

I needed to initialise the SSD via ubuntu command line first, didn't show up at all in the installer (Yes, i clicked view > all devices).

Macs just frustrate me!

 

[cyabro]

I needed to initialise the SSD via ubuntu command line first, didn't show up at all in the installer (Yes, i clicked view > all devices).

Macs just frustrate me!

You have to do that and then close Disk Utility then open it again to see new drives.

 

[Adept PC Repair]

You have to do that and then close Disk Utility then open it again to see new drives.

Can I use fdisk within the os installer terminal for future reference? I ended up booting to ubuntu

 

[Markverhyden]

I thought that disk utilities was available in the installer. But if not you could use fdisk or diskutil. fdisk is probably simpler.

 

[Adept PC Repair]

I thought that disk utilities was available in the installer. But if not you could use fdisk or diskutil. fdisk is probably simpler.

My issue was it didn't show in disk utility until I did fdisk in ubuntu.

 

[timeshifter]

I've had a few Mac SSD upgrades where the new SSD wasn't visible to the OS installer. Worked around it different ways as I recall. One I think I restarted in Target Disk Mode and attached it to another Mac to initialize the disk. On another I think I removed the SSD and initialized it on a different machine with a USB adapter.

So you had a similar issue and booted Ubuntu installer to initialize the SSD then boot the macOS installer to install the OS?

 

[cyabro]

We've never had an issue with brand new SSDs with High Sierra, as long as you remember to follow what I said.
In the installer open the Disk Utility then go to View and select Show All Devices, then close Disk Utility and open it again and the drive is there.

 

[Adept PC Repair]

I've had a few Mac SSD upgrades where the new SSD wasn't visible to the OS installer. Worked around it different ways as I recall. One I think I restarted in Target Disk Mode and attached it to another Mac to initialize the disk. On another I think I removed the SSD and initialized it on a different machine with a USB adapter.

So you had a similar issue and booted Ubuntu installer to initialize the SSD then boot the macOS installer to install the OS?

Correct, exactly!

 

[mikeroq]

Can you share that link for high sierra? Thanks