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How do I know for sure what OS I reinstalled from Internet Recovery?

I followed the instructions to erase the hard drive and then reinstall macOS on my late 2011 MacBook Pro (High Sierra) so I could sell it. I clicked on Reinstall MacOS and it seemed to be going okay, but obviously I did something incorrectly because I got this message: "Could not create a preboot volume for APFS install." I posted my dilemma and at someone's suggestion I did the Option + Command + R and it used Internet Recovery to run the installation from Apple’s servers. Since I was running High Sierra before erasing and my software updates only showed up for iTunes and one other app, can I assume that High Sierra was re-installed? Should I log on through the welcome page to see what it is running? If I do that, should I then erase again and reinstall again?

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.13

Posted on Feb 9, 2022 5:10 AM

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smartblondegirl wrote:

I followed the instructions to erase the hard drive and then reinstall macOS on my late 2011 MacBook Pro (High Sierra) so I could sell it. I clicked on Reinstall MacOS and it seemed to be going okay, but obviously I did something incorrectly because I got this message: "Could not create a preboot volume for APFS install." I posted my dilemma and at someone's suggestion I did the Option + Command + R and it used Internet Recovery to run the installation from Apple’s servers. Since I was running High Sierra before erasing and my software updates only showed up for iTunes and one other app, can I assume that High Sierra was re-installed? Should I log on through the welcome page to see what it is running? If I do that, should I then erase again and reinstall again?


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The older macOS installer backups on this server:

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


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



reinstall macOS

Recovery (both M1 and Intel) — https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204904

Posted on Feb 9, 2022 6:57 AM

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Feb 9, 2022 6:57 AM in response to smartblondegirl

smartblondegirl wrote:

I followed the instructions to erase the hard drive and then reinstall macOS on my late 2011 MacBook Pro (High Sierra) so I could sell it. I clicked on Reinstall MacOS and it seemed to be going okay, but obviously I did something incorrectly because I got this message: "Could not create a preboot volume for APFS install." I posted my dilemma and at someone's suggestion I did the Option + Command + R and it used Internet Recovery to run the installation from Apple’s servers. Since I was running High Sierra before erasing and my software updates only showed up for iTunes and one other app, can I assume that High Sierra was re-installed? Should I log on through the welcome page to see what it is running? If I do that, should I then erase again and reinstall again?


See the Apple in upper left hand corner


>About This Mac


reference—

The older macOS installer backups on this server:

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


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



reinstall macOS

Recovery (both M1 and Intel) — https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204904

How do I know for sure what OS I reinstalled from Internet Recovery?

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