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trying to set my MacBook Air to factory settings and when I went to reinstall OS it says to select the disk where I want to install but provides no options - what to do now?

trying to set my MacBook Air to factory settings and when I went to reinstall OS it says to select the disk where I want to install but provides no options - what to do now?


MacBook Air 13″, macOS 11.1

Posted on Jan 5, 2021 4:33 PM

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Posted on Jan 5, 2021 6:01 PM

The solution is to boot macOS Recovery again and use Disk Utility to completely erase the device.


Follow these instructions: Erase and reformat a storage device in Disk Utility on Mac - Apple Support.


Pay attention to Step 4. "The device" in its context refers to the entire storage device, meaning not a volume or partition subordinate to that device.


For the file system format select Mac OS Extended (Journaled).


Steps 1 and 8 are optional and inapplicable respectively.


Then, you should be able to reinstall the macOS version that came with your Mac.

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Jan 5, 2021 6:01 PM in response to SusanHub

The solution is to boot macOS Recovery again and use Disk Utility to completely erase the device.


Follow these instructions: Erase and reformat a storage device in Disk Utility on Mac - Apple Support.


Pay attention to Step 4. "The device" in its context refers to the entire storage device, meaning not a volume or partition subordinate to that device.


For the file system format select Mac OS Extended (Journaled).


Steps 1 and 8 are optional and inapplicable respectively.


Then, you should be able to reinstall the macOS version that came with your Mac.

trying to set my MacBook Air to factory settings and when I went to reinstall OS it says to select the disk where I want to install but provides no options - what to do now?

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