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No Wi-Fi icon on menu bar in Recovery Assistant

if you’re stuck on the Recovery Assistant because it’s asking you to connect to Wi-Fi or restart, but there is no Wi-Fi option in the menu bar, try restarting again in recovery mode, ie for the 2021 Mac models this means that after the computer is shut down, you do a quick press of the power button immediately followed by a long press of the power button, held down until you see the Mac restart in recovery mode.

MacBook Pro (2020 and later)

Posted on Feb 24, 2022 2:28 PM

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Posted on Feb 25, 2022 10:42 AM

Dee101l wrote:

if you’re stuck on the Recovery Assistant because it’s asking you to connect to Wi-Fi or restart, but there is no Wi-Fi option in the menu bar, try restarting again in recovery mode, ie for the 2021 Mac models this means that after the computer is shut down, you do a quick press of the power button immediately followed by a long press of the power button, held down until you see the Mac restart in recovery mode.



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


How to reinstall macOS - Apple Support


If your Mac starts up to Options with a gear icon - Apple Support

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Feb 25, 2022 10:42 AM in response to Dee101l

Dee101l wrote:

if you’re stuck on the Recovery Assistant because it’s asking you to connect to Wi-Fi or restart, but there is no Wi-Fi option in the menu bar, try restarting again in recovery mode, ie for the 2021 Mac models this means that after the computer is shut down, you do a quick press of the power button immediately followed by a long press of the power button, held down until you see the Mac restart in recovery mode.



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


How to reinstall macOS - Apple Support


If your Mac starts up to Options with a gear icon - Apple Support

No Wi-Fi icon on menu bar in Recovery Assistant

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