[SOLVED] Installing Yosemite in 2020

[JoshTehNoob]

So heres the problem. My brother asked me if I could format his iMac 2008 model and since I dont know much about iMacs I went to google for a solution, I did format his drive but the problem is I cant leave Disk Utilities. So I googled again and it says that I just go look for the startup disk, but theres no startup disk available.

So I thought maybe when I formatted the iMac it included the startup disk(OS) for some reason. So I tried re-installing yosemite and it says that it is no longer available on apple store. Luckily theres google, I found a site for downloading Yosemite OS. So I created a bootable USB, but the problem is when I try booting through the USB, the USB does not appear for booting. Is there any more solutions for my problem?

PS. Sorry for my bad English.

 

[RamBoy_69]

You don't need to format anything. Just follow this video and reinstall macOS. It'll download the newest version by itself.

View: https://youtu.be/FDRFZYImzPQ?t=93

 

[JoshTehNoob]

Is there a way to reinstall yosemite os by just using disk utility? I tried doing it myself but it keeps saying that the item is not availble.

 

[kanewolf]

Is there a way to reinstall yosemite os by just using disk utility? I tried doing it myself but it keeps saying that the item is not availble.

ONE thread per topic, is the rule for this forum.

 

[RamBoy_69]

Is there a way to reinstall yosemite os by just using disk utility? I tried doing it myself but it keeps saying that the item is not availble.

No you can't... but just save your mostly needed things and then follow this video.

View: https://youtu.be/FDRFZYImzPQ?t=93