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Reinstall macOS Problem with Old iMac
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<blockquote data-quote="Raz0rEdge" data-source="post: 1938784" data-attributes="member: 110816"><p>What instructions did you follow? It looks like you've erased the entire contents of your drive including the recovery console on OS' past Lion.</p><p></p><p>If that is indeed true, then you'll need to create a bootable USB stick with the installer of the version of macOS you were running and use that to re-install macOS again.</p><p></p><p>At a high level, the process of "restore to factory defaults" on a Mac are the following:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Power down Mac</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Hold down CMD+r while powering up the mac (recent Macbooks automatically power up when this combination is pressed)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Release the keys once the Apple logo is visible for a little while</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">In Recovery Console<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Go to Disk Utility to erase the Macintosh HD partition</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Exit Disk Utility</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Choose to re-install macOS</li> </ul></li> </ul></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Raz0rEdge, post: 1938784, member: 110816"] What instructions did you follow? It looks like you've erased the entire contents of your drive including the recovery console on OS' past Lion. If that is indeed true, then you'll need to create a bootable USB stick with the installer of the version of macOS you were running and use that to re-install macOS again. At a high level, the process of "restore to factory defaults" on a Mac are the following: [LIST] [*]Power down Mac [*]Hold down CMD+r while powering up the mac (recent Macbooks automatically power up when this combination is pressed) [*]Release the keys once the Apple logo is visible for a little while [*]In Recovery Console [LIST] [*]Go to Disk Utility to erase the Macintosh HD partition [*]Exit Disk Utility [*]Choose to re-install macOS [/LIST] [/LIST] [/QUOTE]
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