Hi there mlr99,
A broken Mac computer with Mac OS X. A trial copy of the TransMac software. One high quality USB flash drive with 16GB of storage. A copy of Apple’s macOS (DMG file). Now that you have all the necessary ingredients, you’re ready to make a Mac OS X bootable USB using the DMG file of the operating system with the steps below.
From what you describe it sounds like you are trying to install Lion on your newly installed HDD replacement but its not showing as a disk when you try to actually install Mac OS X. That indicates to me that the drive has not yet been formatted as Mac OS Extended Journaled, so it is not ready for Lion to install onto it. This section of the following article will help you get that drive erased and formatted properly so you can continue with the installation:
Attach the drive to your Mac. Launch Disk Utility (from Applications Utilities Disk Utility). Select the drive in the left-hand sidebar. Use Disk Utility to Format USB Flash Drive on Mac. The simplest way to format a disk in Mac OS is to simply use the Disk Utility since it is the Mac’s built in disk maintenance tool. To format USB drive on Mac using this method, all you need to do is plug in the USB device into your Mac and select it from the Disk Utility’s sidebar menu.
- Before you begin, make sure your Mac is connected to the Internet.
- Restart your Mac. Immediately hold down the Command (⌘) and R keys after you hear the startup sound to start up in OS X Recovery.
- When the Recovery window appears, select Disk Utility then click Continue.
- Select the indented volume name of your startup disk from the left side of the Disk Utility window, then click the Erase tab.
- If you want to securely erase the drive, click Security Options. Select an erase method, then click OK.
- From the Format pop-up menu, select Mac OS Extended (Journaled). Type a name for your disk, then click Erase.
- After the drive is erased, close the Disk Utility window.
- If you’re not connected to the Internet, choose a network from the Wi-Fi menu.
- Select the option to Reinstall OS X.
- Click Continue and follow the onscreen instructions to reinstall OS X.
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