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Help with Mac OS reinstall- disk not located

I'm in a jam. I am erasing a MacBook Air to give to a friend and somehow erased the disk where the OS was installed. It is a 2012-ish MacBook Air with SSD. I used MacOS Recovery to erase the disk but now when I restart, the blinking ? appears. I then restarted in MacOS Recovery, checked Disk Utility and got nothing. I then tried to Reinstall OS X but there too, the destination disk cannot be located. Any suggestions? Thanks.

Posted on Jun 6, 2020 5:30 AM

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Posted on Jun 6, 2020 7:10 AM

Not knowing the exact steps that you followed, I can only help via the links from apple support --


https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204904




Startup Recovery Drive options:


 


  • command R   to reinstall the latest macOS that was installed 


                            on your Mac, without upgrading to a later version




  • option command R   to upgrade to the latest macOS that is 


                                        compatible with your Mac




  • shift option command R   to reinstall the macOS that came


         with your Mac, or the version closest to it that is still available




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Jun 6, 2020 7:10 AM in response to solarspirit

Not knowing the exact steps that you followed, I can only help via the links from apple support --


https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204904




Startup Recovery Drive options:


 


  • command R   to reinstall the latest macOS that was installed 


                            on your Mac, without upgrading to a later version




  • option command R   to upgrade to the latest macOS that is 


                                        compatible with your Mac




  • shift option command R   to reinstall the macOS that came


         with your Mac, or the version closest to it that is still available




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