Reinstalling OS

Ok so I messed up trying to downgrading from Catalina to Mojave. I probably touched wrong spot on HD. I also deleted OS which was running at the time, Catalina.


Now when I restart with command + R, I can’t even re-download Catalina. No time machine, only iCloud backup. I don’t mind starting clean, most likely that’s the only option anyway. I really didn’t like Catalina but right now I just want a running machine so if I can find a way to reinstall Catalina it’d be great. Mojave preferred. Pls help!!


I have another MacBook (2018) and MacBookPro with Sienna.


Thank you very much for your help.

MacBook Air 13", macOS 10.15

Posted on Jan 9, 2020 06:38 AM

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Posted on Jan 9, 2020 06:45 AM

You can create bootable installer of the OS that you want (check this out How to create a bootable installer for macOS - Apple Support) and install operating system to the crashed Mac.

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