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Folder with question mark

I erased my Mac air and trying to reinstall macOS. A folder and question mark are flashing. I followed the instructions on restarting and holding command R. Does nothing. Tried several times and flashing folder/question mark come back.

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 11.2

Posted on Apr 29, 2021 4:20 PM

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Posted on Apr 29, 2021 4:23 PM

Try booting with Option-Command-R per > Use macOS Recovery on an Intel-based Mac - Apple Support


Or build yourself a bootable installer on another Mac, and boot from that > How to create a bootable installer for macOS - Apple Support

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Folder with question mark

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