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I'm trying to reinstall OS X and it says a required download is missing. What do I do?

I'm in the process of getting my MacBook Air ready for trade in. I'm at the last step, trying to reinstall OS X and it says a required download is missing. What do I do?


MacBook Air 13″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Aug 17, 2020 2:54 PM

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Posted on Aug 17, 2020 11:26 PM

You can enter ➔ macOS Recovery Mode and reinstall the macOS and see if that solves it.


Axel F.

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I'm trying to reinstall OS X and it says a required download is missing. What do I do?

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