Risengeth
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Mac OS X

Q: Recovery problems

one of my Co-Worker gave me his early 2011 MacBook pro, me excited decided to reset the whole thing for my own personal use, i have tried reinstalling Mavericks, but i got the window to sign into my apple id but kept getting "this item is currently unavailable" i have tried the internet recovery as well and lion asks for my apple id and get the same window with unavailability, i decided to make bootable USB, one 16gb and an 8gb, now i deleted the whole disk and remade partition so the only option i have is internet recovery, the USB's pop up in the disk utility, but when i try to boot from them by pressing the option key, none pop up, i used TransMac along with el Capitan 10.11.6, i have been trying everything i have found to no avail, i got the MacBook Pro last Friday and since then i have come to no solution.

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Posted on Oct 19, 2016 5:26 PM

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Q: Recovery problems

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  • by John Galt,

    John Galt John Galt Oct 19, 2016 8:18 PM in response to Risengeth
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    Oct 19, 2016 8:18 PM in response to Risengeth

    An early 2011 Mac would have shipped with Lion, not Mavericks.

     

    1. Shut down your Mac, and restart it using macOS Internet Recovery.
      • Read the * note to determine how to force Internet Recovery.
      • You will need a viable Internet connection, preferably a fast one, and one that does not require a "login screen" for you to connect to the Internet.
      • If you do not boot Internet Recovery, you will boot into the existing Recovery Partition, which will only allow you to reinstall your existing operating system.
    2. Then, select Disk Utility to completely erase your startup volume.
      • Choose one of the Mac OS Extended (Journaled) formats.
    3. Then, select Reinstall OS X.
      • That reinstalls the operating system installed on your Mac when it was new.
      • It will not require an Apple ID to install.
      • If you are prompted for an Apple ID before it even begins to install, return to Step 1.
    4. Install that version of OS X, following its instructions.


    You may then upgrade to Sierra, if you so choose.