I'm trying to revive myold iMac from around 2011 or so, I'm pretty sure it was running El Capitan. I'm locked out and can't log in because of a password logon failure even though the same password always worked and is the same that I've used on every mac i ever had.
No matter, Now I'm trying to reinstall the OS from recovery mode but the El Capitan installer package is missing. I figure that I should be able to get the installer and put it on a USB stick and somehow reinstall from that. Can anyone help me with this and walk me through the basic steps and where I can get the installer package? I wasthinking of just junking the iMac, but it's still usable and now I really want to get this thing back and running if nothing more than for a novelty. Plus, I don't like not being able to do something until I've exhausted all options and possibilities. Please help with this if you can. I'm trying to revive myold iMac from around 2011 or so, I'm pretty sure it was running El Capitan. I'm locked out and can't log in because of a password logon failure even though the same password always worked and is the same that I've used on every mac i ever had. No matter, Now I'm trying to reinstall the OS from recovery mode but the El Capitan installer package is missing. I figure that I should be able to get the installer and put it on a USB stick and somehow reinstall from that. Can anyone help me with this and walk me through the basic steps and where I can get the installer package? I wasthinking of just junking the iMac, but it's still usable and now I really want to get this thing back and running if nothing more than for a novelty. Plus, I don't like giving up on something until I've exhausted all options and possibilities. Please help with this if you can. Sent from my IPhone -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/AFEFF422-EDA7-4A71-989C-AFAD544F934B%40gmail.com.
