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what should I do???

  • get rid of the mac

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  • seek professional help

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annatheg

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Oct 22, 2020
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I need some help, because I'm not tech-savvy. I tried to use Dosdudes1's Catalina Patcher to update my late 2008 aluminum macbook, using a 32 gigabyte flash drive. When it updated, my mac popped up as a recovery page, however the new catalina button styles were on the buttons, and there were new icons for some of my apps. (I was on mavericks software before) Stupid me, didn't know what to do, so I erased the disk and reinstalled it on a new one. My mac book seemed to be updated smoothly, but when it said 1 minute remaining it said "calculating time left" and me, being impatient, restarted my computer, and I saw these strange lines of code. Then it just brought me back to updating so I couldn't move, or see my cursor to get out. Is there any way I can salvage it...?

My camera wouldn't focus, but it just says "estimating time remaining"
 

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