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Redownloading ios

So, I have an old 2010 MacBook Air that got fully wiped and I want to use it for random things that I need active but the hard drive was completely wiped. So when I booted it up it was in recovery mode. As I went to redownload iOS (lion max OS X v10.7) it said that to restore it it’s eligibility would be verified with apply. After pressing continue it said ‘an error occurred while preparing he instillation. Try running this application again.’ I tried that multiple times but just says that every time any help?

MacBook Air

Posted on Dec 20, 2020 12:46 PM

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a brody

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Posted on Dec 22, 2020 8:23 AM

iOS is the operating system for iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch.

Are you trying to redownload the OS for your MacBook Air?

A 2010 MacBook Air shipped with a USB thumbdrive for system restore.

The installers for the OS are found on:

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211683

Unless you have a Late 2010 MacBook Air, the maximum operating system you can install is 10.11.6.

The Late 2010 can upgrade to 10.13.6.

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