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Model A1312 / Mid 2010 / 3.2 GHz Core i3 or 2.8 & 3.6 GHz Core i5 or 2.93 GHz Core i7, ID iMac11,3

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My is my ssd not being picked up?

Hi, I am a beginner at this tech stuff, like only 13. (So please be clear).I just took out the hard drive of my imac, and put in an ssd. I am trying to get software on it.So when I go to download it. It says pick a drive to install on. Well mine does not show up. But it does show up in disk utility. Can someone pls help. I need to get this fixed soon!Thanks!

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Assuming it’s a new drive, or even a used drive, have you formatted it using the disk utility already? my assumption is it’s probably not formatted and so the operating system doesn’t detect it to install.

Here is a helpful article on how to go about doing that.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208496

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