Reinstall Lion not working in recovery mode.

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Reinstall Lion not working in recovery mode.

I cleaned my disk because I tried using a Catalina bootable installer on my 2011 iMac which made it laggy. Once I did it shows me the folder with a ? So I went into recovery mode and my usb drive (around 400 gigabytes) wasn’t working so I cannot boot from there. When I go into recovery mode and I choose to reinstall lion, it tells me that he item is temporarily unavailable. I tried many solutions and it didn’t work except one which told me to log into my Apple ID in the get help safari. Whenever I try doing that, it tells me I do not have secure connection although I have a good WiFi. I tried fixing the date using terminal manually using “date ‘numbers’” which did not work either. I have been using a laggier old laptop with Win 10 that lags when I try to open google for my school work as a substitute. Please help me.

iMac 21.5″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Jan 4, 2021 9:30 PM

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jeffreythefrog

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Jan 25, 2021 9:37 AM in response to justdarv1n

since that's happening you need to call apple. they can help you get it going.

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Jan 10, 2021 11:46 AM in response to justdarv1n

when you try to reinstall lion and it says "temporarily unavailable" it tells me you need to purchase lion from apple. once you purchase it, you then again attempt the install. it will ask for your apple id credentials. use the same id that you use to purchase it. from there the installation will start.

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justdarv1n Author

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Jan 13, 2021 5:45 PM in response to jeffreythefrog

Is there any other free way to fix this? When I was using this. The command-option-r doesn’t work and gets stuck on the Apple logo and when I boot it regularly it shows the folder with a missing icon. I have to do command-r to show the lion recovery mode and I want to find a free way.

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Jan 13, 2021 5:58 PM in response to justdarv1n

if your mac needs to start at lion then, no. lion is not free from apple. i don't know why they made that decision, but those are the facts. you may be able to find lion from a 3rd party seller (like eBay) but it of course would not be free either. your best bet is to buy it online direct from apple and install it yourself. alternatively, you may be able to find an authorized apple repair shop that can sell it to you and install it for you.

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justdarv1n Author

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Jan 22, 2021 6:39 PM in response to jeffreythefrog

Ok I have bought Lion. It says it will take 1-3 days for it to deliver to my email. So will I be able to do it now or do I have to wait for the email and get lion then?

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Jan 22, 2021 6:51 PM in response to justdarv1n

as far as i know, you need to wait until you get the confirmation e-mail.

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justdarv1n Author

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Jan 25, 2021 9:32 AM in response to jeffreythefrog

I’m really sorry for asking a lot, but the email came in and it’s a code. I tried installing Lion through internet recovery and it still says the error message. What do I do?

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Reinstall Lion not working in recovery mode.

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