I've been a passionate evangelist for Apple and the Macintosh throughout my working life, my first love was a Quadra 605 working with a small creative agency in the south of Norfolk UK in the mid 1990's, I later progressed to other roles in other Macintosh dominated industries, first as a Senior graphic designer at a small printing company and then a production manager at Guardian Media Group. Select ‘Reinstall macOS,’ at which point Internet Recovery will download and install a fresh copy of macOS.Once your Mac boots, you should see a spinning globe and the message ‘Starting Internet Recovery.’ Eventually, this will be replaced by a progress bar and, finally, the standard macOS Utilities window.Release these keys as soon as you see the Apple logo.Restart your Mac while holding down the ‘Option+Command+R’ keys.Once you’re confident that you’re on a secure network, you’re ready to boot into Internet Recovery: ![]() The network’s security protocol should be listed next to it, in the ‘Security’ column. Find your network in the ‘Preferred networks’ list.In the left-hand menu, select the network that you’re currently using.Navigate to ‘System preferences… > Network.’.Select the ‘Apple’ logo from your Mac’s menu bar.Most home or office networks should be protected with one of these security standards, but if you want to double-check, then: To use Internet Recovery, you’ll need a network with WPA (Wireless Protected Access), WPA2, or WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) security. Installing macOS via Internet RecoveryĮven if you can’t repair your Mac’s recovery partition, don’t panic! As long as you have an active Internet connection, you can reinstall macOS via Internet Recovery instead. Once your Mac has booted, try re-running the ‘diskutil list’ Terminal command, to see whether this has resolved the issue. To reset the PRAM, restart your Mac while holding down the ‘Command+Option+P+R’ keys until you hear the startup chime for a second time. Occasionally, it may be possible to restore a missing recovery partition, by resetting your Parameter RAM (PRAM). If this list doesn’t contain either Apple_Boot Recovery HD or APFS Volume Recovery, then your Mac doesn’t have a recovery partition. The Terminal will now display a list of all your drives and partitions.Press the ‘Enter’ key on your keyboard.Type the following into the Terminal: diskutil list.Navigate to ‘Applications > Utilities,’ and launch the Terminal app.If you want some additional confirmation that Recovery Mode really is missing in action, then you can view a list of all your Mac’s mounted drives and partitions, using the Terminal: If you’ve tried the ‘Command+R’ shortcut and your Mac is either starting up as normal, or it’s displaying a blank screen, then you may be missing a recovery partition, which is required for booting into Recovery Mode. Sometimes, it may not be possible to boot into Recovery Mode, for example maybe your recovery partition is corrupt, the startup volume has been erased, or you’re reinstalling macOS due to a complete hard drive failure. ![]() Is your Mac refusing to boot into Recovery? If you plan to sell your MacBook or pass it along to someone else, then you should quit this wizard so that the new owner can enter their own details. One the installation is complete, the setup wizard will open and you’ll be able to configure your “new” Mac.
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