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Macbook Late 2008 no startup disk, and cannot reinstall os x

Hi! I’ve had this problem for four months now. I haven’t used my macbook for a while because of this and it has been quite a hassle. Apparently, I factory reset my Macbook and when I try to reinstall OS X, it says “This item is temporarily unavailable” and when I go check the startup disk, there is no option. What do I do? I really need the laptop for school.

MacBook, OS X 10.11

Posted on Apr 13, 2021 1:57 AM

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a brody

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Posted on Apr 13, 2021 1:28 PM

Unfortunately that Mac is too old for internet restore. Get ahold of 10.6.3 retail.

https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-2455

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