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Destroyed my entire operating system on my Mac. How to get it back

So. That was a password on my Mac which I forgot. So I went into our recovery mode by clicking command plus all. Reinstalling the operating system. Then I raise the entire Mac full recovery. For hours upon hours. It was frozen with a line through it. Spinning. It’s been that way ever since a couple weeks ago. I’ve tried everything. I destroyed. How do I get my operating system back

iPhone 12, iOS 14

Posted on Sep 3, 2021 6:55 PM

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Posted on Sep 4, 2021 8:39 AM

Dominic1243 wrote:

So. That was a password on my Mac which I forgot. So I went into our recovery mode by clicking command plus all. Reinstalling the operating system. Then I raise the entire Mac full recovery. For hours upon hours. It was frozen with a line through it. Spinning. It’s been that way ever since a couple weeks ago. I’ve tried everything. I destroyed. How do I get my operating system back


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How to reinstall macOS from macOS Recovery - https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204904



Revert your Mac to a previous macOS version
https://support.apple.com/en-lamr/guide/mac-help/mh15216/10.15/mac/10.15





The older macOS installer backups on this server:

https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT211683


verify you are using the Safari browser to download/initiate the macOS links.


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Sep 4, 2021 8:39 AM in response to Dominic1243

Dominic1243 wrote:

So. That was a password on my Mac which I forgot. So I went into our recovery mode by clicking command plus all. Reinstalling the operating system. Then I raise the entire Mac full recovery. For hours upon hours. It was frozen with a line through it. Spinning. It’s been that way ever since a couple weeks ago. I’ve tried everything. I destroyed. How do I get my operating system back


You may need to get on a faster Network...


How to reinstall macOS from macOS Recovery - https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204904



Revert your Mac to a previous macOS version
https://support.apple.com/en-lamr/guide/mac-help/mh15216/10.15/mac/10.15





The older macOS installer backups on this server:

https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT211683


verify you are using the Safari browser to download/initiate the macOS links.


Destroyed my entire operating system on my Mac. How to get it back

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