Employee Wiped MacBook Air before returnig - formatted HD

We have a perfectly good MacBook Air which was wiped and formatted by an ex-employee. HOw can I get the OS back on it? I've tried the Internet recovery and I get the error - -1008F. My WiFI is fine. The device was registered with a personal Apple ID which is also against company policy. How can I get the OS on external media so I can re-install.

MacBook Air

Posted on Apr 1, 2021 7:58 AM

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Barney-15E

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Apr 1, 2021 8:43 AM in response to pb256

Since it is a portable, take it to a network where it can connect to Internet Recovery.

Or,

Download an installer for a previous OS, or the current OS, and create a bootable USB Installer.

For the current OS, Big Sur, you will need a Mac currently running Big Sur. For the others, you would just need a Mac that can run that OS.

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