

Wouldn't update, wouldn't install anything. In my case, it did: sound, backlit keys, etc.įollow-up. At this point, you can run the live distro to make sure everything works.Click on one of the icons that is not the hard drive.When you hear the startup chime, press and hold the Option key.Press the Power button to turn on your Mac (or Restart your Mac if it's already on).Insert the USB boot media into an open USB slot.

For wireless configuration tips, see here. As it happened, I had an old USB wireless dongle, which allowed me to add the driver later.

But Ubuntu-based distros like elementary, and a few others, can install the correct driver easily as an option during installation. Macs, or at least these Macs, use a Broadcomm wireless card, which is not the default for most Linux distros. If possible, plug the Mac into a wired internet connection.Use a program - I recommend BalenaEtcher - to burn the file to a USB drive.It doesn't matter if you download on a PC, a Mac, or another Linux distro.
