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    internet recovery loop

    hi! i have a macbook pro from mid-2018, 15-inch. recently, i created a bootable drive using os ventura with my mac on os sequoia beta in an attempt to downgrade to ventura. after updating to ventura to sonoma, my mac started lagging, only when not plugged in charging. i don't think this was...
    • martinime
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    • disk utility error help internet recovery internet recovery mode macbookpro macos sonoma support wifi
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: MacBook Pro
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    MacBook won’t leave internet recovery

    Okay so basically my MacBook Air won’t leave this page and it for no reason I’ve tired every single hack I’ve search the internet all night watching YouTube videos and nothing is working please someone tell me how to fix this
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    Internet Recovery error -2003F

    I have an old 2013 Macbook air that I’ve tried to recover using Internet Recovery but twice got error 2003F. Third time’s the charm and it is now installing Big Sur from Internet Recovery. What could have caused the 2003F error? Read a few articles online and some of them mentioned that is...
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    cannot get past internet recovery

    Recently my macbook air froze, so I turned it off then back on. This had always worked for me in the past. However, this last time when I turned my computer back on I got a flashing folder with a question mark. Using my windows computer I went to the apple support website and followed their...
    • arken79
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    • flashing folder with question mark internet recovery macbook air startupproblem
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: MacBook Air
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    Macbook not entering internet recover

    Hi I have a Macbook Pro A1990 emc 3215 mid 2018 15" model. It has had its OS removed so I need to reinstall MacOS. No matter what keys I press it always boots to internet recovery (I've tried to do PRAM clear, CMD+R for recovery mode, Option key for boot options, D for diagnostics). When I...
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    MacBook Pro won’t startup, recovery partition lost

    Hi community! Looking for advice... i have a MacBook Pro 2011 15” (model number A1286). Obviously this device is quite old but has been maintained well (new battery, several new hard drives in its lifetime and a few other bits). It has been working fine for a while, I mainly use it for browsing...
    • Isobelflora
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    • hard drive internet recovery macbook 15 2011 osx yosemite recovery mode start up
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: MacBook Pro
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    'Macintosh HD' missing in internet recovery mode disk utility

    Hi, My Macbook Pro (2012 i think, it came with Lion OS) crashed last night. I've accessed the internet recovery mode (command option r) and entered the Disk Utility. Only "disk0" and a sub-item "Mac OS X Base System are present in the left panel. When i type "diskutil cs list" into terminal it...
  8. Gratefulgoat

    Target disk mode shows SSD but won’t mount

    Hello, I’d really love some guidance here. My girlfriends laptop crashed on her. Upon turning on the laptop a folder with a question mark showed. We moved it into internet recovery mode. Initially the standard Mac HD showed in red. We reset the laptop and another screen showing the SSD...
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    Wifi internet recovery going over 15 hours now.

    My iMac is one generation old. I chose to do internet recovery for two reasons. It kept restarting and reading articles on here it sounded like kernal panic, which is often caused by recent faulty software installation. In this case it was the GoPro app and Quik which goes along with it. The...
    • fenixxxx
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    • internet recovery
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: iMac
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    Cant enter recovery mode anymore

    I wanted to restore my Mac. The guide I found said to go to recovery mode by holding command + r upon restarting, and in there to go to disc utility and then delete the drive. I did this, and then I closed the disk utility in order to select the option to restore macOS. However, when selecting...
    • felixen
    • Thread
    • internet recovery mac macos recovery reinstall restore restore mac restore macos stuck
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: macOS
  11. serious.person

    Forced to do Internet Recovery?

    I just bought a brand new 1TB SSD for my late 2012 Mac mini, and I want a clean install of it with Mojave after I replace my old drive. Should I reformat the SSD to journaled using an external adaptor first? Asking this because this is not the first time I upgrading drive for Mac, the system...
    • serious.person
    • Thread
    • boot drive clean install internet recovery mojave
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: macOS
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    High Sierra update failed, refailed and failed some more.

    For some reason the update from Sierra to High Sierra on my Mini 2012 went wrong. I know I should have made an update, but I got lazy when everything went fine for three years. So when I got stuck in recovery mode, I was realy stuck. The only install option in recovery mode erases the entire...
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    Trying to restore harddrive after an upgrade to High Sierra froze. Any help appreciated

    Hello! So as you can tell by the title yesterday i noticed a free upgrade option to High Sierra (was on sierra when i tried to upgrade). Well after sitting at the install start up screen all day i gave up, realizing it froze on me and tried to reboot it. Aaaand well i guess it's kind of ****ed...
    • poofimgone
    • Thread
    • freeze froze frozen help high sierra internet recovery issue macbook pro repair restore
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: MacBook Pro
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    I have a few questions regarding partition and internet recovery

    As you can see in this thread http://forums.macrumors.com/threads/what-to-do-when-i-deleted-os-x-and-now-i-only-have-windows-8-1.1920270/#post-21933398 I have completely deleted OS X Yosemite and only have Windows left. Now that I'm quite fed up with Windows and want to use my Macbook Air for...
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