Reinstall of os x EL captain

My macbook is already unistall and wanted to restall because it was too slow. When i start reinstall it says a required download is missing. Thats why i could not reinstall. Its problem to me now

MacBook Pro 13", OS X 10.11

Posted on Dec 8, 2019 1:03 AM

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Posted on Dec 8, 2019 1:47 PM

Roll in your backup.


No backups, or corrupt backups?


Load whatever the most current version might be.


Getting older installers is getting more difficult. Just using those same older versions is getting tougher, too.


Tried Option-⌘-R newest-version Recovery here, if your particular Mac supports that?


If Recovery of any sort is not working, then the paths involve another Mac, and either downloading and building a bootable USB installer on that other Mac and particularly with a Mac that is running the target version of macOS, or using Target Disk Mode and installing from another Mac, or swapping the internal storage around.


If this is a usual path that these discussions so often follows, your hardware is probably failing, and needs repair or replacement.


Related discussions, options:

https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/375853/el-capitan-bootable-installer-on-mac-mini-a-required-download-is-missing

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Dec 8, 2019 1:47 PM in response to gyalwang

Roll in your backup.


No backups, or corrupt backups?


Load whatever the most current version might be.


Getting older installers is getting more difficult. Just using those same older versions is getting tougher, too.


Tried Option-⌘-R newest-version Recovery here, if your particular Mac supports that?


If Recovery of any sort is not working, then the paths involve another Mac, and either downloading and building a bootable USB installer on that other Mac and particularly with a Mac that is running the target version of macOS, or using Target Disk Mode and installing from another Mac, or swapping the internal storage around.


If this is a usual path that these discussions so often follows, your hardware is probably failing, and needs repair or replacement.


Related discussions, options:

https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/375853/el-capitan-bootable-installer-on-mac-mini-a-required-download-is-missing

A Required Download Is Missing - Apple Community


Dec 9, 2019 7:08 AM in response to gyalwang

Try using wired network only, and set your default DNS server on your DHCP server (that’s probably your router) to 1.1.1.1, 8.8.8.8, or 9.9.9.9, and try again. Also try verifying your Recovery environment.


...though I’d suspect this whole adventure is being caused by a hardware problem. Folks running with these older OS X releases and encountering these sorts of errors far too often think “hey, maybe I should reinstall”, and when the eventual solution can be closer to “I should replace this very old hard disk with an SSD”, or “This Mac needs a repair or replacement”.

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