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Issues when reinstalling El Capitan after clearing drive on my iMac

I am clearing my imac (24 inch earky 2009) desktop computer to make available for another person. When I try to reinstall the el

Capitan, it stops loading at 10 minutes remaining. How can I get a complete download?

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iMac (2017 – 2020)

Posted on Sep 19, 2023 1:12 PM

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Posted on Sep 19, 2023 4:17 PM

In Disk Utility>View, select Show all Devices, highlight the top left entry.

APFS won't work for Sierra or earlier, Sierra or earlier needs MacOS Extended Journaled. High Sierra won't work for APFS on earlier Macs.

What has often worked for others is to use this Restore Method instead of CMD+r keys...

Option-⌘-R

Upgrade to the latest macOS compatible with your Mac.

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