pcpclafferty

Level 1 (28 points)

Mac OS X

Q: clean reinstall of sierra meets hurdle!

Trying a clean reinstall

archived volume

booted into recovery mode

wiped volume and reformatted in GUID

prepared to reinstall OS

inputted apple ID, password

then, this:

"The recovery store purchase failed."

what have I done?

what do I do?

please help--wife will kill me if i don't correct this.

they told me this would work!

iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.7)

Posted on Oct 3, 2016 5:28 PM

I have this question too

Q: clean reinstall of sierra meets hurdle!

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by trevoz,

trevoz Oct 3, 2016 7:03 PM in response to pcpclafferty
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Mac OS X

Oct 3, 2016 7:03 PM in response to pcpclafferty

If your wife is going to terminate you, I'm guessing it's her computer? If so, it probably wants HER Apple ID.
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by Patrick Lafferty,

Patrick Lafferty Oct 3, 2016 7:06 PM in response to trevoz
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Mac OS X

Oct 3, 2016 7:06 PM in response to trevoz

we share an apple ID (I know, I know--not optimal--but that's what we do)

I've resorted to employing internet recovery--which only launched after a second attempt. But now original OS downloading (at first I thought loading Mountain Lion was a glitch; now I understand).
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by trevoz,

trevoz Oct 3, 2016 7:16 PM in response to Patrick Lafferty
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Oct 3, 2016 7:16 PM in response to Patrick Lafferty

Saved to live another day
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