hi I recently bought a secondhand Mac air and never had one I followed online instructions to wipe.
after booting into Mac OS X utilities and clicking reinstall Mac OS X it gets so far and then a popup window says can't download additional components.can anybody help please.
This will bring you back to the out-of-box condition ready to set up: What to do before you sell, give away, trade in, or recycle your Mac - Apple Support
Basically you need to start with step 6.
But read this first: How to reinstall macOS - Apple Support
Your Mac is not Apple silicone
I'm sure others will respond.
The Mac is 12 years old; Apple considers it obsolete and it is no longer support by Apple in any way. That includes official Apple parts. If you need parts in the future, you'll be limited to places like eBay if you can find them at all.
As old as the Mac is, it will never be able to run the latest secure OS and that includes Safari. That being the case, you can expect certain website to balk at loading. Firefox may be a solution to that.
The thing to consider is how much time, effort and money are you willing to invest into such an old device? Pretty much any amount you do spend will be greater than the Mac's worth.
thank you for the reply I know its old and not supported but hoped it could just return to factory with standard system on.
2011 Mac air
