after wiping disk of imac, can no longer boot, shows question mark and instruction to contact apple support
after wiping disk of imac, can no longer boot, shows question mark and instruction to contact apple support
iMac 21.5″, macOS 12.6
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What’s your goal for this Mac? Selling it or recycling it or giving it away? Or reloading and re-use?
Wiping the disk of an old iMac wipes its contents, including (on older Macs) the ability to load recovery.
Try Option-Command-R, as described here:
Use macOS Recovery on an Intel-based Mac - Apple Support
It can also mean the internal storage has failed.
if you have another Mac with overlapping version support, a bootable installer can be an option:
Create a bootable installer for macOS - Apple Support