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Hello
I‘m trying to do a reinstall of High Sierra on an old macbook air. I first
installed it on a external harddisc so that I can reformat the internal SSD, all good, but during the initialisation I can‘t acknowledge the license agreement, there’s no „ok“ and the „next“ button stays greyed out.
I read through the whole text, top to bottom, but nuthin changed…
???
MacBook Air 13″, macOS 10.15
Thank you, BDAqua
this afternoon, I got so frustrated by this I just walked away. When I came back (few hrs later), nothing changed. So I clicked as many „back“ arrows I could (back to the counfry-selection), and went on again and… passed the license-hurdle!!!
all good now!
(except that the newly formatted macintosh-harddisc does not accept the OS (installer is 10.15.2, required is „10.15. “. )
go figure…
Good morning.
You were right. I was right, too :)
No damage done by shutting down the mac at this state. Neither is it possible to safe-boot at this state...
Rebooting etc. didn't help with getting past this *#@‘!-non-acknowledging window.
I tried a few things: change the wlan-connection to the guest-account, and left blank the apple-id.
Zing, I am past the config-window!
Case solved.
Thank you for patience and assistance!
I was running into the same issue. I ended up back out completely and then skipping the Apple ID sign-in and it worked after that.
Whew!
MacOS Catalina 10.15.7 - Technical Specifications
General Requirements
OS X 10.9 or later
4GB of memory
12.5GB of available storage (OS X El Capitan 10.11.5 or later)*
Some features require an Apple ID; terms apply.
Some features require a compatible internet service provider; fees may apply.
Mac Hardware Requirements
For details about your Mac model, click the Apple icon at the top left of your screen and choose About This Mac. These Mac models are compatible with macOS Catalina:
MacBook (Early 2015 or newer)
MacBook Air (Mid 2012 or newer)
MacBook Pro (Mid 2012 or newer)
Mac mini (Late 2012 or newer)
iMac (Late 2012 or newer)
iMac Pro (2017)
Mac Pro (Late 2013 or newer)
How to download macOS - Apple Support
https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/macos-catalina/id1466841314?ls=1&mt=12
macappstores://apps.apple.com/app/macos-catalina/id1466841314?ls=1&mt=12
How to upgrade to macOS Catalina – Apple Support
And caution on 10.15 or higher, to see which Apps will no longer work in 10.15 get Go64...
https://www.stclairsoft.com/Go64/
hi Bdaqua
thank you for helping and happy new year!
no, there’s no dialogue, just the license‘s text in a scrolling window. I‘d expected a „agree“ or something after scrolling down to the end… but nothing happened.
(I am not at the computer right now)
…
I guess you'll have to restart..
Start with this...
Safe Boot, (holding Shift key down at startup), does the problem occur in Safe Mode? Could take 10 minutes or more.
Safe mode attempts to repair Disks & clears lots of caches & loads safe Drivers, & prevents loading of 3rd party extensions, so if Safe Mode works try again in regular boot.
Thank you very much, BDAqua!
It seems to be getting a bit hairy:
I was able to install a system on the Macbook Air through the internet-connection. (The Mac, BTW, is a late 2011.)
All (localisation, language, wlan, apple-id) went well until ... the terms of service's acknowledgment which stays grayed out again. Tried the trick of before and waited a couple hours but not this time. I'll see what happens tomorrow, "or else..."
I can't look up the precise make of the laptop as the screen is completely greyed out. Not sure whether I can reboot (in safe mode) while in this state of operation (unaccomplished installation/registration)?
Have you scrolled to the bottom of the agreement?
Is it one of those new Dialogs that have a More... you need to click onto show you've seen t?
OK, Safe boot may not work, but I fail to see how it could make it worse the the non operating system you have now.:)
Whew..take care my friend! :)
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Yes, that was the solution, I for me too!
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High Sierra reinstall: can‘t acknowledge License agreement
