Hold down the option key on your keyboard and turn on your iMac. Plug in the enclosure and its USB or firewire cable to your iMac.ģ. Use the iFixit HD Replacement Guide to put your new HD into your iMac and put your old HD into the enclosure.Ģ. Didn't tell me why, it just told me it couldn't do it. When using a Recovery disk to install Mavericks, OS X just told me it couldn't install Mavericks.
This Mac OS X Install Guide is really outdated.