Restore MacBook Air

Decide to reinstall my Mac Book Air. Delete Macintosh HD, besides appear two HD after erased data. Reboot Mac. And now I can not start utility.

When start Mac, offer to connect to internet, something loading, and read

line - support.Apple.com/Mac/startup.

How launch utility for recovery everything. Nothing help, no combination of button.


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MacBook Air 13″, macOS 12.6

Posted on May 5, 2023 2:03 PM

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Posted on May 5, 2023 6:36 PM

Thanks!


Shut down your Mac, then startup into Internet Recovery Mode (Option-Command-R) by immediately pressing and holding those keys at startup. Once in macOS Internet Recovery, choose a Wi-Fi network from the Wi-Fi drop-down menu (top right). Next, choose Disk Utility, and click Continue. When erasing your Mac, select "View" > "Show All Devices" in Disk Utility and erase the main drive. Its name will end in "Media". Make sure this information matches:


Name: Macintosh HD

Format: APFS, if shown. If not, use Mac OS Extended (Journaled).

Scheme: GUID



After erasing your startup disk, reinstall macOS: How to reinstall macOS - Apple Support.


Jack

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May 5, 2023 6:36 PM in response to Djek_Pot

Thanks!


Shut down your Mac, then startup into Internet Recovery Mode (Option-Command-R) by immediately pressing and holding those keys at startup. Once in macOS Internet Recovery, choose a Wi-Fi network from the Wi-Fi drop-down menu (top right). Next, choose Disk Utility, and click Continue. When erasing your Mac, select "View" > "Show All Devices" in Disk Utility and erase the main drive. Its name will end in "Media". Make sure this information matches:


Name: Macintosh HD

Format: APFS, if shown. If not, use Mac OS Extended (Journaled).

Scheme: GUID



After erasing your startup disk, reinstall macOS: How to reinstall macOS - Apple Support.


Jack

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