I wanted to reinstall High Sierra on an old (2011) MacBook. But after choosing Reinstall, I received the message "The recovery server could not be contacted." My wifi connection and internet are functioning however. Could anyone advise me?
MacBook Air 13″, macOS 10.13
Hi, I had the exact same problem. It would show “the recovery server could not be connect” for me also but that was when I pressed CMD+R to go to recovery settings.
Instead I restarted my mac then pressed Option+R and tried to reinstall MacOS again and it worked perfectly! Just follow all the instructions.
I suggest you do this: Create a bootable installer for macOS - Apple Support
I really do not know what happens if you download it on a Windows-PC. On the Mac it started to install itself after downloading. That will of course not be successful on a Windows-PC. But maybe you can try.
I downloaded High Sierra from macOS downloaden - Apple Support (NL). After the download it installed itself.
Thanks. That worked.
how did you do it? i am running into the same problem
anyway to do it from a windows pc and add it to a usb?
Except this doesn't work anymore since Apple does not include the createinstallmedia file in the package it tells you to download.
Does not work. No createinstallmedia file provided in package.
Reinstalling High Sierra on an old Macbook (2011).
