Trying to boot my iMac into recovery mode to reinstall the OS as part of
the clean up to sell it. I've erased the hard drive and powered the
computer off, now trying command-r and I've ended up with a grey folder
icon with a question mark flashing on and off. I suspect I shouldn't
have powered off between sessions.
Trying to boot my iMac into recovery mode to reinstall the OS as part of
the clean up to sell it. I've erased the hard drive and powered the
computer off, now trying command-r and I've ended up with a grey folder
icon with a question mark flashing on and off. I suspect I shouldn't
have powered off between sessions.
Graeme Wall <[email protected]> wrote:
Trying to boot my iMac into recovery mode to reinstall the OS as part of
the clean up to sell it. I've erased the hard drive and powered the
computer off, now trying command-r and I've ended up with a grey folder
icon with a question mark flashing on and off. I suspect I shouldn't
have powered off between sessions.
Well if it’s an Intel Mac, internet recovery is an option. If you’ve another Mac you could create a bootable installer on a USB stick.
<https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/mac-help/mchl338cf9a8/mac>
<https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT201372>
On 27/09/2022 15:22, Alan B wrote:
Graeme Wall <[email protected]> wrote:
Trying to boot my iMac into recovery mode to reinstall the OS as part of >>> the clean up to sell it. I've erased the hard drive and powered the
computer off, now trying command-r and I've ended up with a grey folder
icon with a question mark flashing on and off. I suspect I shouldn't
have powered off between sessions.
Well if it’s an Intel Mac, internet recovery is an option. If you’ve
another Mac you could create a bootable installer on a USB stick.
<https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/mac-help/mchl338cf9a8/mac>
<https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT201372>
I've got it into internet recovery now but all it will offer me as an OS
is Lion, that being the original OS it came with. I was running Monterey before I started this.
Graeme Wall <[email protected]> wrote:
On 27/09/2022 15:22, Alan B wrote:
Graeme Wall <[email protected]> wrote:
Trying to boot my iMac into recovery mode to reinstall the OS as part of >>>> the clean up to sell it. I've erased the hard drive and powered the
computer off, now trying command-r and I've ended up with a grey folder >>>> icon with a question mark flashing on and off. I suspect I shouldn't
have powered off between sessions.
Well if it’s an Intel Mac, internet recovery is an option. If you’ve >>> another Mac you could create a bootable installer on a USB stick.
<https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/mac-help/mchl338cf9a8/mac>
<https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT201372>
I've got it into internet recovery now but all it will offer me as an OS
is Lion, that being the original OS it came with. I was running Monterey
before I started this.
You should be able to upgrade but maybe not in one go! Maybe to Mojave and then to Monterey.
<https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT212735>
There’s always the USB bootable installer route.
Graeme Wall <[email protected]> wrote:
On 27/09/2022 15:48, Alan B wrote:
Graeme Wall <[email protected]> wrote:
On 27/09/2022 15:22, Alan B wrote:
Graeme Wall <[email protected]> wrote:
Trying to boot my iMac into recovery mode to reinstall the OS as part of >>>>>> the clean up to sell it. I've erased the hard drive and powered the >>>>>> computer off, now trying command-r and I've ended up with a grey folder >>>>>> icon with a question mark flashing on and off. I suspect I shouldn't >>>>>> have powered off between sessions.
Well if it’s an Intel Mac, internet recovery is an option. If you’ve >>>>> another Mac you could create a bootable installer on a USB stick.
<https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/mac-help/mchl338cf9a8/mac>
<https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT201372>
I've got it into internet recovery now but all it will offer me as an OS >>>> is Lion, that being the original OS it came with. I was running Monterey >>>> before I started this.
You should be able to upgrade but maybe not in one go! Maybe to Mojave and >>> then to Monterey.
<https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT212735>
Trouble is I can't select the disc to install it, I'm not being shown
the hard drive icon.
There’s always the USB bootable installer route.
I'll have to get a 14GB+ USB stick, the biggest one I've got is 6GB
Does Monterey show as an option in the App Store with Lion running?
On 27/09/2022 15:48, Alan B wrote:
Graeme Wall <[email protected]> wrote:
On 27/09/2022 15:22, Alan B wrote:
Graeme Wall <[email protected]> wrote:
Trying to boot my iMac into recovery mode to reinstall the OS as part of >>>>> the clean up to sell it. I've erased the hard drive and powered the
computer off, now trying command-r and I've ended up with a grey folder >>>>> icon with a question mark flashing on and off. I suspect I shouldn't >>>>> have powered off between sessions.
Well if it’s an Intel Mac, internet recovery is an option. If you’ve >>>> another Mac you could create a bootable installer on a USB stick.
<https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/mac-help/mchl338cf9a8/mac>
<https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT201372>
I've got it into internet recovery now but all it will offer me as an OS >>> is Lion, that being the original OS it came with. I was running Monterey >>> before I started this.
You should be able to upgrade but maybe not in one go! Maybe to Mojave and >> then to Monterey.
<https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT212735>
Trouble is I can't select the disc to install it, I'm not being shown
the hard drive icon.
There’s always the USB bootable installer route.
I'll have to get a 14GB+ USB stick, the biggest one I've got is 6GB
On 27/09/2022 15:15, Graeme Wall wrote:
Trying to boot my iMac into recovery mode to reinstall the OS as part
of the clean up to sell it. I've erased the hard drive and powered the
computer off, now trying command-r and I've ended up with a grey
folder icon with a question mark flashing on and off. I suspect I
shouldn't have powered off between sessions.
Following myself up, powered off and rebooted into recovery mode again
and got the starting internet recovery mode almost immediately. Problem turned out to be I'd tried using the wrong keyboard! I've got the iMac
and Mac Mini keyboards beside each other!
On 27/09/2022 15:19, Graeme Wall wrote:
On 27/09/2022 15:15, Graeme Wall wrote:
Trying to boot my iMac into recovery mode to reinstall the OS as part
of the clean up to sell it. I've erased the hard drive and powered
the computer off, now trying command-r and I've ended up with a grey
folder icon with a question mark flashing on and off. I suspect I
shouldn't have powered off between sessions.
Following myself up, powered off and rebooted into recovery mode again
and got the starting internet recovery mode almost immediately.
Problem turned out to be I'd tried using the wrong keyboard! I've got
the iMac and Mac Mini keyboards beside each other!
PEBKAC ;-)
On 27/09/2022 17:29, Bruce Horrocks wrote:
On 27/09/2022 15:19, Graeme Wall wrote:
On 27/09/2022 15:15, Graeme Wall wrote:
Trying to boot my iMac into recovery mode to reinstall the OS as
part of the clean up to sell it. I've erased the hard drive and
powered the computer off, now trying command-r and I've ended up
with a grey folder icon with a question mark flashing on and off. I
suspect I shouldn't have powered off between sessions.
Following myself up, powered off and rebooted into recovery mode
again and got the starting internet recovery mode almost immediately.
Problem turned out to be I'd tried using the wrong keyboard! I've got
the iMac and Mac Mini keyboards beside each other!
PEBKAC ;-)
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