disk utility failed

The disk utility failed when I clicked "Erase Volume Group" now it wont let me use recovery to reinstall the OS. Any ideas?

Posted on Sep 22, 2021 7:09 AM

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Posted on Sep 22, 2021 7:42 AM

Get a friend to let you use their mac for a bit, download the relevant installer, and make a bootable installer on a thumb drive.

Use that on your mac to completely erase the whole internal drive, and install a fresh system.

I hope you have a backup.

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