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Failure to Reinstall Mac OS X

I have been given a 2009 Macbook Pro 13-inch. We erased the disk so I could start fresh. I have been unable to reinstall any Mac OS X using every method I could find. Internet Recovery will not initiate. Help!

Posted on Aug 20, 2021 4:41 PM

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Sean_W.

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Posted on Aug 20, 2021 5:14 PM

Your Mac does not support macOS Recovery over the internet. You may need to create a bootable installer of OS X El Capitan 10.11.6. Here is an article that may help.

How to create a bootable installer for macOS - Apple Support

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