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Internet Recovery of Macbook Air Fails
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<blockquote data-quote="studad" data-source="post: 1628914" data-attributes="member: 340066"><p>Hi, thanks for the quick reply!</p><p></p><p><em>When you are talking about Internet Recovery, what operating system are you attempting to put on the MBA? Do you, or the owner, have an Apple ID in order to access the App Store? What you are describing is typical of no operating system.</em></p><p></p><p>I'm actually trying to get whatever OS I can get to go back on there. The problem is, I never get any options at all. I do have an apple ID, but not that was ever used in conjunction with this device.</p><p></p><p><em>If your friend purchased it new, they may have the OS X.7 Lion install thumb drive. Lion on a DVD can be purchased from Apple Store and used with Apple's external opitical drive, or try any external drive and see if it will boot. Lion was also sold on a USB thumb drive. If you have another Mac make a thumb drive from the DVD if necessary. You say you have run Apple Hardware Test from what source?</em></p><p></p><p>Unfortunately they owner has no installation media. This unit was actually inherited when the owner's brother passed away from cancer. I guess the Lion DVD or thumb drive may be my best option at this point, though I'm still completely baffled by the fact that internet recovery doesn't show any options at all. I did run the apple hardware test by holding down the "D" key during boot up. I get the wifi network prompt and when I enter the correct password, it says "starting internet recovery" with the spinning globe but then switches to a blue screen with the language selection for AHT. After the language is selected I can chose between "about" "hardware tests" and "hardware profile" tabs.</p><p></p><p><em>When the DVD/thumb drive boots by holding down 'C' on restart and after the chime, leave Installer, go to Utilities and erase the drive, format Mac OS Extended (Journaled). Ensure under Partition > Options GUID is selected.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p></p><p>I will definitely give this a shot. I hate the fact that I'm going to have to buy installation media, but it's better than having a big silver Frisbee.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="studad, post: 1628914, member: 340066"] Hi, thanks for the quick reply! [I]When you are talking about Internet Recovery, what operating system are you attempting to put on the MBA? Do you, or the owner, have an Apple ID in order to access the App Store? What you are describing is typical of no operating system.[/I] I'm actually trying to get whatever OS I can get to go back on there. The problem is, I never get any options at all. I do have an apple ID, but not that was ever used in conjunction with this device. [I]If your friend purchased it new, they may have the OS X.7 Lion install thumb drive. Lion on a DVD can be purchased from Apple Store and used with Apple's external opitical drive, or try any external drive and see if it will boot. Lion was also sold on a USB thumb drive. If you have another Mac make a thumb drive from the DVD if necessary. You say you have run Apple Hardware Test from what source?[/I] Unfortunately they owner has no installation media. This unit was actually inherited when the owner's brother passed away from cancer. I guess the Lion DVD or thumb drive may be my best option at this point, though I'm still completely baffled by the fact that internet recovery doesn't show any options at all. I did run the apple hardware test by holding down the "D" key during boot up. I get the wifi network prompt and when I enter the correct password, it says "starting internet recovery" with the spinning globe but then switches to a blue screen with the language selection for AHT. After the language is selected I can chose between "about" "hardware tests" and "hardware profile" tabs. [I]When the DVD/thumb drive boots by holding down 'C' on restart and after the chime, leave Installer, go to Utilities and erase the drive, format Mac OS Extended (Journaled). Ensure under Partition > Options GUID is selected. [/I] I will definitely give this a shot. I hate the fact that I'm going to have to buy installation media, but it's better than having a big silver Frisbee. [/QUOTE]
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