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Sep 2, 2015 12:25 PM in response to jessdancerby Loner T,Are you in Local Recovery or did you see a spinning globe before the Recovery Console was available?
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Sep 2, 2015 1:15 PM in response to Loner Tby jessdancer,No, I didn't see a spinning globe, but I did push Command + Option + R when it was in startup mode... What did I not do?
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Sep 2, 2015 1:19 PM in response to jessdancerby Loner T,Local recovery is what you are currently running. Connect to your Internet connection using a wired connection, shutdown your Mac, hold Command+Opt+R (all three keys together) and then press the power button. Make sure you see a spinning globe.
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Sep 2, 2015 2:09 PM in response to Loner Tby jessdancer,OK, it for sure has to be a wired connection? That's gonna be tricky. I'm gonna have to shut down my computer, unplug it & move it to the room with the modem. Will that mess anything up if I unplug it?
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Sep 2, 2015 2:11 PM in response to jessdancerby Loner T,A wired connection will be much faster and odes not require the additional steps you need for WiFi and Internet Recovery.
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Sep 2, 2015 2:38 PM in response to Loner Tby jessdancer,OK, here goes nothin! Be back after I've done all this so far!
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Sep 2, 2015 3:34 PM in response to Loner Tby jessdancer,OK I'm plugged directly into Internet. WiFi is unplugged. I restarted, pushed "Command + Option + R" & STILL NO SPINNING GLOBE!!!!!
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Sep 2, 2015 3:48 PM in response to jessdancerby Loner T,Your Mac may not support Internet Recovery. What year/model is your Mac? If it is older than Macs listed in Computers that can be upgraded to use OS X Internet Recovery - Apple Support, then it will not run Internet Recovery.
1. Do you have Grey disks that came with your Mac?
2. The other option is How to install OS X on an external drive connected to your Mac - Apple Support .
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Sep 2, 2015 4:16 PM in response to Loner Tby jessdancer,It's a 2009 something or other... Not sure if it was a Mountain Lion, Snow Leopard... Now when I go to "About this Mac" it says OS X Yosemite 10.10.5. So I don't know what I had before...(can't remember ) What should I do now??
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Sep 2, 2015 4:17 PM in response to Loner Tby jessdancer,Ok, apparently mines a year too old bc when I just went to that sight all the compatible Macs were 2012 and 2011, at least...
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Sep 2, 2015 4:19 PM in response to jessdancerby Loner T,FInd the grey disks or install OS X on an external disk.
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Sep 2, 2015 4:23 PM in response to Loner Tby jessdancer,Ok, I'm reading the link now that you sent me on how to install OS X on an external disk. What are the grey disks you're talking about? And am I safe to reconnect to WiFi now? The rest of my family is on baited breath with no WiFi, hahahaha
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Sep 2, 2015 4:47 PM in response to Loner Tby jessdancer,Should I choose...
- Install from OS X Recovery (on an external drive)?
OR
- Install from your normal startup disk (by downloading the OS X installer from App Store)?
I've done the first one before. (The "install from OS X Recovery on an external drive)...I think...
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Sep 2, 2015 4:56 PM in response to jessdancerby Loner T,This one.
jessdancer wrote:
- Install from OS X Recovery (on an external drive)?
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Sep 2, 2015 4:58 PM in response to Loner Tby jessdancer,Ok, will do now! Once I've restarted my computer and installed OS X on an external drive, what's my next step??