Internet recovery isn’t working

macOS recovery won’t show up, internet covert globe isn’t working. I have a MacBook Air and none of the command keys are working. I don’t have another WiFi network or Ethernet. What do I do?

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Sep 22, 2020 4:59 AM

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Sep 22, 2020 5:22 AM in response to kendyl227

Just keep on trying, i rebooted a MacBook air this year and the install took a couple of attempts.

you can use safe mode or cmd r

hopefully your macbook keyboard is working, if not you can use an external usb one to reboot the settings, or even a usb mouse

somehow these usb items will send a signal to the MacBook to wake the laptop up.

i hope this helped

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