macOS startup

My Mac for some reason doesn’t start up macOS

but instead only has windows. I tried command r and it didn’t work. I never installed bootcamp on it

Posted on May 3, 2021 4:19 PM

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Posted on May 3, 2021 6:34 PM

I accidentally clicked the erase volume stuff instead of the whole disk.

Erasing the "volume stuff" and erasing the whole disk would result in erasing the OS.

Hold down cmd-Opt-R to boot into Internet Recovery.

From there you will likely need to create a new Macintosh HD volume, but you can check in Disk Utility.

Then, either restore from you backup or reinstall macOS.

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May 3, 2021 6:34 PM in response to wyllcau

I accidentally clicked the erase volume stuff instead of the whole disk.

Erasing the "volume stuff" and erasing the whole disk would result in erasing the OS.

Hold down cmd-Opt-R to boot into Internet Recovery.

From there you will likely need to create a new Macintosh HD volume, but you can check in Disk Utility.

Then, either restore from you backup or reinstall macOS.

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May 3, 2021 5:58 PM in response to Barney-15E

Yeah I meant to say I did install bootcamp. And I regretted the decision. I was trying to get rid of of it. And restoring from time machine didn’t work. So I erased the main drive to get rid of windows so I can use the full SSD. Then I erased it again and I accidentally clicked the erase volume stuff instead of the whole disk.

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