I am selling my 11-inch MacBook Air(2011), and I wanted to reinstall OS X. When I pressed ⌘R while starting up, it started internet recovery(spinning globe). I entered the Wi-Fi password and all went well for 1 hour. Then a ⚠️ symbol appeared on the globe and below it said:
apple.com/support
-2003F
Please help!
MacBook Air, OS X El Capitan (10.11.6)
Hi zhu_jiangfeng,
Thanks for posting your question in the Apple Support Community! I understand you're getting an error -2003F when trying to reinstall OS X through recovery. I can understand how seeing an error like this can be concerning when when trying to reinstall and I'm happy to offer some direction here.
A -2003F error usually means there's an issue with your internet connection. Something may be preventing your Mac from connecting to the recovery server properly. I recommend to check your network's firewall, proxy and DNS settings. You may need to check with your Internet service provider for steps on how to do that. If you have another network that you're able to connect to to test it out, I also recommend to give that a try.
Cheers!
Hi Steven_a1,
Wondering if you might have a word of advice - I got to the same error screen (albeit for a different reason), and am just wondering whether I can - and how - exit it safely, until I can get to a different wifi (router) to try again.
Or to put it simply - how do you get out of this, safely?
Thanks!
If you haven't erased the hard drive, restart normally.
OS X Internet Recovery Error 2003F (10.11.6)
