R RayVille macrumors newbie Original poster Mar 18, 2019 1 0 Mar 18, 2019 #1 I was planning on selling my macbook so i erased the hard drive but I accidentally erased the startup disk and when I try to reinstall OS X EL CAPITAN it tells me "this item is temporarily unavaiable please try again later"
I was planning on selling my macbook so i erased the hard drive but I accidentally erased the startup disk and when I try to reinstall OS X EL CAPITAN it tells me "this item is temporarily unavaiable please try again later"
CoastalOR macrumors 68040 Jan 19, 2015 3,033 1,151 Oregon, USA Mar 19, 2019 #2 It would help to know which model and year Mac? Any backups? Assuming you have a new enough Mac to support internet recovery (Option-⌘-R) then use that to install the OS. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204904 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201314 Reactions: keysofanxiety and Weaselboy
It would help to know which model and year Mac? Any backups? Assuming you have a new enough Mac to support internet recovery (Option-⌘-R) then use that to install the OS. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204904 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201314