You can make a difference in the Apple Support Community!

When you sign up with your Apple Account, you can provide valuable feedback to other community members by upvoting helpful replies and User Tips.

Looks like no one’s replied in a while. To start the conversation again, simply ask a new question.

Restore 2011 iMac to original Mac OS from the internet

How do I restart the recovery?

Posted on Aug 21, 2019 5:15 PM

Top-ranking reply

rkaufmann87

Level 10

143,856 points

Posted on Aug 21, 2019 7:10 PM

A 2011 is too old to be able to use Internet Recovery. That did not work until the late 2011's were introduced and unless you are very lucky and got yours at the end of the model run it simply will not work. You will need a DVD to install Mac OS or if your HD is still in-tact the Recovery Partition.

View in context

Restore 2011 iMac to original Mac OS from the internet

Similar questions