Launch Disk Utilities, nav to the Mini, and erase the entire disc.
The Mini should pop up on your Mac’s desktop as an external disk.ģ. Hook up the FW800 cable between the Mini and your i5 Mac (for me, I used my 2.4 i5 MBP), and restart the Mini in Target mode. Tell it you want to boot it into Target Disk Mode.Ģ. Grab your Mini, and go to System Preferences » Startup Disk. a FULL RETAIL INSTALL version of OS 10.6 (that’s the one with the Snow Leopard on the cover)ġ.the original OS 10.6 install discs that Mac #2 came with (those are the grey ones).another Mac (either MBP or iMac is fine, referred to here as Mac #2), as long as it’s fairly recent and has an installed i5 or i7 processor.a new Mac Mini (referred to here as Mac #1) running OS 10.7 with either an i5 or i7 processor.Here’s the methodology I used, based on this thread over on the Apple discussion boards… you’ll need the following: Luckily, there’s a way to get rid of that nasty “not ready for primetime” OS as long as you’re not scared of getting your hands dirty. In a production environment, you don’t need a version of your everyday OS acting all hinkie… but that’s what Lion has been doing since I was forced into using it on a new Mac Mini I got about a month ago for dev.Īfter numerous attempts to wipe & install 10.6.8 (after having backed up files using a USB 3 duplicator, of course) using an external DVD drive, I was coming up dry. Man, do I hate OSX v10.7, aka “Lion.” Like, I really, *really* hate it.
Installing OSX on a i5 Mini using Target Disk Mode
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