20 inch imac wont boot

created usb with osx capitan, but unable to boot from it. my imac has no os as i accidentally erased it in disk utility. ive been trying for several days to solve this issue to no avail. tried to download/ reinstall os from disk utility but always fails due to an error popping up after apple verification is accepted??? help!!!

iMac, OS X 10.11

Posted on Nov 27, 2022 7:10 PM

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rkaufmann87

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Nov 27, 2022 10:57 PM in response to pino115

Please refer to If your Mac won't turn on and if you still cannot get it running, please contact an Apple Authorized Service Provider in your general area.

Apple Authorized Service Provider Locator (AASP) & Genius Appointment

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