jerrodh Posted February 24, 2014 Report Share Posted February 24, 2014 I am trying to wipe clean a Macbook Pro 2008 we have as it just seems bogged down and slow. I know nothing about apple products and am finding it quite annoying to figure this crap out. I do not have a boot disk and after some time googling I still don't have a solid answer that I understand. Does anyone know if it is possible to wipe clean a Macbook Pro 2008 (2.4ghz) without the install disks? And if so how!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unfunnyryan Posted February 24, 2014 Report Share Posted February 24, 2014 what version of OSX? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokin5s Posted February 24, 2014 Report Share Posted February 24, 2014 maybe a better question would be if someone would let you borrow the install media. If you could let us know what OS you are running, it would be easier to help. If you purchased Lion or Mavericks (I know mavericks is free) then you can download the install media and put it on a USB thumb drive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl1647545492 Posted February 24, 2014 Report Share Posted February 24, 2014 You can find out what version you are running by clicking on the Apple icon top left corner hit "about this Mac" tab and it will tell you what you have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerrodh Posted February 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2014 OSX 10.7.5 Thanks for the responses! I have access to a 32gig thumbdrive if need be I can do that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thorne Posted February 24, 2014 Report Share Posted February 24, 2014 you just need a 10.7 iso, I just reloaded my wifes older MBP I'll look tonight and see If I can find the image. If your going to wipe it you might as well run to MC pickup an SSD and your MBP will feel like a whole new machine. Macs dont typically get slow like windows boxes do due to there sandbox nature so i expect that a reload won't net the gain your expecting from your typical windows reload. I would take a moment and listen to the hard drive and make sure its not making odd sounds. This will cause slowdown before the drive actually fails. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thorne Posted February 24, 2014 Report Share Posted February 24, 2014 check your pm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B3NN3TT Posted February 24, 2014 Report Share Posted February 24, 2014 A lot of times Apple rushes ahead with the OS software, and older machines kind of get dusted. Even though they still "officially" support the OS, they struggle to run it. I have a 2008 Mac Mini that is kind of hurting just to idle for this very reason. You might install 10.6 on it and see how it takes it. Then if everything is running well, upgrade to the next iteration if you're feeling ambitious. Also, RAM is a HUUUUGE issue. A lot of times a simple RAM increase will solve any problems you are experiencing with slowdowns, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerrodh Posted February 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2014 Thanks for all the comments and thanks for the PM thorne I'll give it a shot here soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thorne Posted February 24, 2014 Report Share Posted February 24, 2014 10.7 runs great on my wife's core 2 mpb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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