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I'm in a jam. I am erasing a MacBook Air to give to a friend and somehow erased the disk where the OS was installed. It is a 2012-ish MacBook Air with SSD. I used MacOS Recovery to erase the disk but now when I restart, the blinking ? appears. I then restarted in MacOS Recovery, checked Disk Utility and got nothing. I then tried to Reinstall OS X but there too, the destination disk cannot be located. Any suggestions? Thanks.
Not knowing the exact steps that you followed, I can only help via the links from apple support --
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204904
Startup Recovery Drive options:
• command R to reinstall the latest macOS that was installed
on your Mac, without upgrading to a later version
• option command R to upgrade to the latest macOS that is
compatible with your Mac
• shift option command R to reinstall the macOS that came
with your Mac, or the version closest to it that is still available
Not knowing the exact steps that you followed, I can only help via the links from apple support --
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204904
Startup Recovery Drive options:
• command R to reinstall the latest macOS that was installed
on your Mac, without upgrading to a later version
• option command R to upgrade to the latest macOS that is
compatible with your Mac
• shift option command R to reinstall the macOS that came
with your Mac, or the version closest to it that is still available
Thanks. I read this and followed the steps. The problem arose when I erased the SSD. I must have selected the wrong volume because now the Blinking Question Mark appears on start up. I'm looking for advice on how to re-install the OS.
Help with Mac OS reinstall- disk not located
