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What if I deleted Macintosh hd

Trying to erase my old MacBook Air. Was doing pretty good til I erased Macintosh Hd and Macintosh hd-data? what do I do

MacBook Air 11″, macOS 11.6

Posted on Jan 22, 2022 6:14 PM

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Posted on Jan 22, 2022 6:19 PM

Hi,

Install macOS on MacintoshHD with recovery mode.

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Jan 22, 2022 6:19 PM in response to Hilski90

Hi,

Install macOS on MacintoshHD with recovery mode.

How to reinstall macOS - Apple Support

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Jan 22, 2022 8:28 PM in response to Hilski90

Hi,

Try to reformat the Macintosh HD with AFS format.

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Hilski90 Author

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Jan 22, 2022 7:09 PM in response to kaz-k

Thank you i will give it a try

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Jan 22, 2022 7:22 PM in response to Hilski90

So it says 'select the disk where you want to install macOS' and then theres nothing to select and i cant move forward to continue. What do i do?

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