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JaneTheVirgo

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Dec 6, 2022
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Hi! I have a 2009 MacBook Air and I’ve tried everything to fix it. I’m in internet recovery mode and don’t know what to do now. 😢
 

JaneTheVirgo

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Dec 6, 2022
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Yeah it says it, but it doesn’t allow me to do anything, I cant edit or delete anything and when I try to install Lion, it doesn’t show any where to install it.
 

rm5

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Mar 4, 2022
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Can you erase the disk with Disk Utility? If nothing works in Internet Recovery, you can flash a Lion installer to a USB drive with another Mac—it'll go so much faster that way, too. The disk you're trying to install to also might be corrupt, or maybe the Internet Recovery image for Lion is somehow broken.
 

Bodhitree

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Apr 5, 2021
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Yeah if the drive previously was formatted to APFS, it doesn’t show up as a valid target to install Lion to. If you reformat the drive to an older file system it should show up again.
 
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