Hi,
My MacBook Pro is stuck on macOS installation over the internet. By mistake I deleted (clean) the my Mac recovery driver. I have created a bootable USB drive (macOS Catalina).
My internet connection is very slow and everytime Mac tries to recover over the internet I get the error -1203F.
Is there any other way to recover my computer other than the internet recovery?
Regards,
Jose Pinto
MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 11.0
Unfortunately you’ll need a copy of MacOS to do the recovery. If you wiped out your recovery partition, then your only options are a copy of MacOS on a USB drive or an internet recovery. Be mindful that the image is about 8GB in size so if you have a slow connection it can take a long time or if the connection is unreliable the download can fail.
if I were you, I’d go to a place where they have fast internet and I’d download from there either to the flash drive or to your computer directly via internet recovery.
Unfortunately you’ll need a copy of MacOS to do the recovery. If you wiped out your recovery partition, then your only options are a copy of MacOS on a USB drive or an internet recovery. Be mindful that the image is about 8GB in size so if you have a slow connection it can take a long time or if the connection is unreliable the download can fail.
if I were you, I’d go to a place where they have fast internet and I’d download from there either to the flash drive or to your computer directly via internet recovery.
Thanks for your repor.
I created the bootable installer using Support instructions in the link below. When restarted It shows the option to start from macOS Catalina, when choose it goes to the internet again.
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201372
Regards,
José Pinto
As Barney-15E said, use the USB drive to reinstall Catalina
Insert in the Mac and turn it on while holding Option to start from the USB installer.
If you have done this and still got to the Internet Recovery, your USB isn't good (maybe just the installer, maybe the stick itself) and you'll need to create a new one.
Hope you have backup of your files.
Are you using Wi Fi for the download? If so, that could easily be the problem. Either use a wired Ethernet connection, or be prepared to do several Wi Fi downloads until you get an uncorrupted one that works. And downloads often take an hour or longer for each one. Yours may take longer, according to what you told us.
I mean re-creating the usb bootable drive with macOS installer
About getting to the Recovery Mode, even through Internet, can you run First Aid? Go to Disk Utility, select the MacHD and run First Aid. If it show errors, repeat DA til you get an OK.
Maybe it’ll allow you to, at least, boot into the OS again.
I created the bootable installer using Support instructions in the link below. When restarted It shows the option to start from macOS Catalina, when choose it goes to the internet again.
Did you see Install macOS Catalina?
If not, make sure you are connecting the USB stick directly to the Mac, not through a hub.
Try re-creating the drive.
Before starting the procedure, reset SMC https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201295 and NVRAM https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204063
Is there any other method of creating a bootable USB other than the Apple Support method in the link below?
Yes, in the Startup manager as can be seen in the attached pic. When click it, foes straight to internet.
If you have a bootable USB stick, use that to reinstall the OS.
Rafael,
Thanks. How can I re-create the drive?
Yes, I see Install macOS Catalina.
Yes, I see Install macOS Catalina.
As a bootable disk in Startup Manager? If so, select that volume to start up.
When click it, foes straight to internet.
That would imply that the installer is corrupt and you need to try to create it again.
Not really. There are some apps, but they use the same method. They just wrap it up in a GUI.
Why do yo think you need a different method.
Recover macOS over the internet
