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Black screen with a spinning globe

I was trying to reset my mac to factory settings. However, i accidentally quitted the program after finish erasing my disk, and if i try to turn on my mac, it shows a black screen with a prohibiting symbol.


Then i tried to press command + r right after i turn it on, and the screen displays a spinning globe and ask me to choose a internet. However, after choosing internet, there is no progress bar or anything similar showing up.


What should i do?

thanks

MacBook Pro Retina (2015 and later)

Posted on Dec 11, 2018 6:14 PM

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Posted on Dec 11, 2018 8:02 PM

Prohibitory symbol

A circle with a line or slash through it means that the selected startup disk contains a Mac operating system, but it's not a macOS that your Mac can use. You should reinstall macOS on that disk.


Apple logo or spinning globe

Your Mac displays an Apple logo when it finds a local startup disk, which is a startup disk built into or connected to your Mac. If it can't find one, it looks for one on your network. When using a network startup disk, your Mac displays a spinning globe instead of an Apple logo. A spinning globe also appears when starting up from macOS Recovery over the Internet. As startup continues, you should see a progress bar or spinning wheel, which might alternate with a blank screen several times.

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Dec 11, 2018 8:02 PM in response to azierrrr

Prohibitory symbol

A circle with a line or slash through it means that the selected startup disk contains a Mac operating system, but it's not a macOS that your Mac can use. You should reinstall macOS on that disk.


Apple logo or spinning globe

Your Mac displays an Apple logo when it finds a local startup disk, which is a startup disk built into or connected to your Mac. If it can't find one, it looks for one on your network. When using a network startup disk, your Mac displays a spinning globe instead of an Apple logo. A spinning globe also appears when starting up from macOS Recovery over the Internet. As startup continues, you should see a progress bar or spinning wheel, which might alternate with a blank screen several times.

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Black screen with a spinning globe

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