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Hello, i bought a used Macbook pro 15" A1286 that didn't come with a hard drive.
My question is what OS X originally came with it and how can i install it? It didn't come with any disk or paperwork. By the way, i am a Mac OS newbie. Thank you very much in advance.
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IF you are lucky, and have a newer version of this model which had been sold with OS X Lion or newer, you only need to put a new HDD, or even better a SSD, into your MBP model A1286 and connect it to the internet during installation ... see https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201314 for details.
Internet Recovery installs the version of OS X that originally came with your computer.
After installation is finished, use the Mac App Store to install related updates or later versions of OS X.
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Please give us the last four figures of your serial number located on the back. The A1286 covers to many machines.
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