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I recently cleared my macOS HD and now I am trying to reinstall; however, since I was unable to back-up the system before clearing everything, and I do not have access to my original disk, how can I reinstall macOS on my system?

I recently cleared my macOS HD and now I am trying to reinstall; however, since I was unable to back-up the system before clearing everything, and I do not have access to my original disk, how can I reinstall macOS on my system?

iMac 21.5″, macOS 10.12

Posted on Jul 17, 2020 10:51 AM

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Posted on Jul 17, 2020 12:20 PM

How to reinstall macOS from macOS Recovery - Apple Support 

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Jul 17, 2020 11:44 AM in response to railroadran

Im not sure if you can recover your information, but the way you should be able to re-install the software is by restarting the computer and holding cmd+r to start internet recovery. You will then see a the utilities menu popup, and you will click on reinstall macOS. Select the macOS HD and continue following the prompts onscreen until the installation is succesful.

I recently cleared my macOS HD and now I am trying to reinstall; however, since I was unable to back-up the system before clearing everything, and I do not have access to my original disk, how can I reinstall macOS on my system?

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