I saw a pop up: “The recovery server could not be contacted.” when installing High Sierra.

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I saw a pop up: “The recovery server could not be contacted.” when installing High Sierra.

I don’t know what the message “The recovery server could not be contacted.” means. Maybe it’s because I keep getting messages that my computer was restarted because of a problem.

Nowadays, I shut down my Mac to avoid this. I found a website to fix theat message, but it didn’t work. I have connected to my Wi-Fi network, got the correct UTC date and time, etc.

*sign* This is going to be a problem in the future. I guess I have to stay on the latest version.

How do you fix it so I can install High Sierra and upgrading to macOS Catalina? Please reply back.

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 13.3

Posted on May 25, 2023 2:06 PM

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BDAqua

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May 25, 2023 3:14 PM in response to Community User

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MacOS Catalina 10.15.7 - Technical Specifications

General Requirements

OS X 10.9 or later

4GB of memory

12.5GB of available storage (OS X El Capitan 10.11.5 or later)*

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iMac (Late 2012 or newer)

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