I recently had a crash on my MacBook Air 20 that was a M1 chip. However, when I did a recovery and reinstalled following the instructions it did Intel instead. I'm assuming there is no way to fix this. Also, may I add if you are going to reply with a degrading or egotistical attitude, please refrain from commenting. However, will accept nice, polite and knowledgeable responses.
MacBook Air 13″, macOS 15.7
As KiltedTim stated, macOS Recovery will only install a version of macOS that runs on your Mac. You don’t have an Intel version running on your M-series Mac.
If you erased the drive, Recovery will install the version of macOS that was in your Mac when it came out of the box.
Which macOS does Recovery install?
On a Mac with Apple silicon:
From: How to reinstall macOS - Apple Support
As KiltedTim stated, macOS Recovery will only install a version of macOS that runs on your Mac. You don’t have an Intel version running on your M-series Mac.
If you erased the drive, Recovery will install the version of macOS that was in your Mac when it came out of the box.
Which macOS does Recovery install?
On a Mac with Apple silicon:
From: How to reinstall macOS - Apple Support
If you erased the physical drive or the hidden Container instead of just erasing the "Macintosh HD" volume, then your only option at this point is to perform a DFU Firmware Restore which will reset the security enclave chip, system firmware, and internal SSD followed by pushing a clean copy of macOS onto the internal SSD.
Unfortunately this process requires access to another Mac currently running macOS 26 Tahoe, or perhaps even macOS 15.x Sequoia.
How to revive or restore Mac firmware - Apple Support
Also, you may want to read the following article which includes tips for posting a good question since your post is not clear:
Writing an effective Apple Support Communities Question - Apple Community
What do you mean it did Intel instead? What state is it in now? macOS is capable of running on both m series and intel processors.
If you have a Mac with an M1, it is absolutely not running an intel version of macOS.
MacBook Air 20 M1 chip
