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Install Went Bad!

I try to install an unsupported MacOS on my 2009 iMac and the installation went bad. While installing the unsupported OS, I deleted the previous operating system which was OS X el Capitan to install the unsupported OS X Catalina and the installation failed, my iMac screen is now blink. What do I do???

Posted on Aug 29, 2020 12:16 PM

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Posted on Aug 29, 2020 12:27 PM

You start over.


Startup in macOS Recovery, Erase and Reinstall macOS El Capitan, then migrate or restore from your Time Machine backup.

see > How to reinstall macOS from macOS Recovery - Apple Support

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Install Went Bad!

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