can't startup/factory restore Mac Pro 2012

I want to give my son my old Mac. and want to factory restore. Did the restart and option R and was 1/2 done and it shut off and after that when I tried to repeat. now I get messages Mac OS missing files. :(

MacBook Pro

Posted on Jun 10, 2020 6:55 PM

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Jun 10, 2020 9:12 PM in response to cyganik96

Hello,

You will now need to prepare a bootable installer for macOS using another Macintosh.

How to create a bootable installer for macOS - Apple Support

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