what can I do if my MacBook has no startup files

I clear my personal information from Macintosh HD on my MacBook Air and and ended up deleting everything so no I cannot even get MacBook Air into recovery mode so I need to download macOS and whatnot to make the MacBook Air work again.


MacBook Air Model # A1466

13" Screen.


Posted on Oct 27, 2023 1:47 PM

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Posted on Oct 27, 2023 2:03 PM

Do you have access to another Mac? You can try and download macOS from here

How to download and install macOS - Apple Support


And then make a bootable drive with it

Create a bootable installer for macOS - Apple Support


And then boot the broken Mac from the bootable drive while holding option or ALT when startup

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