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Not able to reinstall max osx on MacBook Pro 2016 after disk erase

Hi, I am trying to reinstall mac osx on my MacBook Pro 2016.


I followed apples instructions to erase the disk using dis utility. Now I am trying to do internet recovery and it is saying “permission denied” when I try to install on “Macintosh Hd”.


any help would be appreciated.


MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 12.6

Posted on Nov 10, 2022 11:13 AM

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Posted on Nov 10, 2022 11:58 AM

that is probably Apple APFS media ....



it will be the TOP item of the group, not indented.


'MacOS Base System' is the name used for the Internet recovery built-in software, about 2GB in size. It can not be erased.

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Nov 10, 2022 11:30 AM in response to abbyf

Your drive is formatted as Apple File System, and your 'Macintosh HD' Volume is inside a container-disk.


You are trying to install 10.12 Sierra, which does not understand Apple File System for the Boot drive.


Be sure to ERASE the entire Physical Device by its immutable manufacturer-given device-name, not just user created Volume-name such as ‘Macintosh HD’.


Your new Volume should be MacOS Extended (journaled), likely the default for ERASE in High Sierra.



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