[MAC] Part One: Project from Work

At work we used many Apple Mac Minis to display our posters and other showtimes information, but we recently switched to ChromeCast and now have a ton of Mac Minis to deal with. The solution, sell 'em on eBay! The problem, they are old with a don of bulk ware on them.

My task is to wipe them clean, install Yosemite, and make up a spreadsheet with details so my boss can sell them in one fell swoop. A daunting (time-wise) task indeed.

I have a flash drive with Mavericks still on it, but I need Yosemite so I began downloading it onto my Mac as per < osxdaily.com/2014/10/16/make-os-x-yosemite-boot-install-drive/ > 

Formatted for "Mac OS Extended (Journaled)" I am ready to partition it! With a GUID partition table, so it will work on Intel-based Macs. Their walk-through was simple and to the point.

Terminal is now called up and by copy-pasting a command sequence, it takes a loooooong time, but it is finally done.

With the drive re-formatted to the correct version of OS X: Yosemite. I now venture on the task of installing it on all 11 of the Mac Minis I got from work. This may take a while... But at least I have a cool set-up and a use for my aaxa Technologies P3 mini projector!

I tell it to go to the boot selector (Holding [Option]/[Alt] while the computer is turning on). I then double click on the drive I labeled "Install OSX Yosemite", rather than the normal Hard Drive it would boot from, everything should be working fine... But it decided to boot from the hard drive instead and brought me to the main Desktop, rather than going to disc utilities/ the install program.

I tried it on one of the 2010 MacMini's and it worked fine.

albeit a bit trippy due to the angle, projector, and camera.

I won't be able to work on this tomorrow due to other obligations, but it seems to have picked up some steam, now that I know it works on the 2010 models.