osx reinstall disk locked

I used this Disk utility within mac to erase my Hard drive then try to reinstall OS X Ei Capitan which now it says my disk is locked. How do I unlock this? Here is a video https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B-adBPX9Rha-c2NHbnVTZ2pBZmc

MacBook Pro, OS X El Capitan (10.11.4)

Posted on Mar 30, 2016 1:45 PM

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Mar 30, 2016 1:52 PM in response to Bluecupa

Can you select the disk on the Desktop then press COMMAND-I to open the Get Info window. At the bottom panel what is shown? You can make a screen snap to post here:


To post screen shot do this:


  1. Press COMMAND-SHIFT-4 which will change the cursor to crosshairs.
  2. Hold down the mouse button and use the crosshairs to select the part of the screen you wish to capture.
  3. Release the button and the image will be saved to your Desktop.
  4. Click on the Camera icon in the toolbar of the forum message editor.
  5. Drag the image onto the Choose File button and click on the Insert button.

Mar 30, 2016 4:26 PM in response to Bluecupa

You need to enter the disk utility when your in recovery. Select the hard drive from the left panel it will be greyed out or shadowed - from the file menu at the top choose unlock drive.

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