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I have tried to reinstall my mac since it has been playing with us for some time.


i backed up all files and erased both hard drives (macOS and macOS files). Tried to reinstall macOS but got an error that mentioned “index or indexing”.


Now I cannot see anything else than macOS Base System. Cannot reinstall the mac since no HD is available. Can anyone help? Thank you!


MacBook Pro

Posted on May 8, 2020 1:59 AM

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Posted on May 8, 2020 7:58 AM

jiri37 wrote:

I have tried to reinstall my mac since it has been playing with us for some time.

i backed up all files and erased both hard drives (macOS and macOS files). Tried to reinstall macOS but got an error that mentioned “index or indexing”.

Now I cannot see anything else than macOS Base System. Cannot reinstall the mac since no HD is available. Can anyone help? Thank you!


https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/65817256-3881-4a59-b60f-6cb727c1ce89



The "macOS Base System" is the Recovery Partition.




From Internet Recovery—DiskUtility>View>Show All Devices>

Erase/format/initialize the parent Drive


How to erase a disk for Mac - https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208496



You can reinstall the macOS from Internet Recovery


How to reinstall macOS from macOS Recovery - https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204904

How to erase a disk for Mac - Apple Support


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May 8, 2020 7:58 AM in response to jiri37

jiri37 wrote:

I have tried to reinstall my mac since it has been playing with us for some time.

i backed up all files and erased both hard drives (macOS and macOS files). Tried to reinstall macOS but got an error that mentioned “index or indexing”.

Now I cannot see anything else than macOS Base System. Cannot reinstall the mac since no HD is available. Can anyone help? Thank you!


https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/65817256-3881-4a59-b60f-6cb727c1ce89



The "macOS Base System" is the Recovery Partition.




From Internet Recovery—DiskUtility>View>Show All Devices>

Erase/format/initialize the parent Drive


How to erase a disk for Mac - https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208496



You can reinstall the macOS from Internet Recovery


How to reinstall macOS from macOS Recovery - https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204904

How to erase a disk for Mac - Apple Support


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