What does this mean? I’m trying to reinstall macOS High Sierra! Can’t get past this error message “the recovery server could not be contacted”
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Apple support is totally convinced it is because their servers are extremely busy. I have been trying all day, multiple and multiple times and continue to get the same error message. They are no help and continue to tell me to check back every hour for a few DAYS!
This worked perfectly. Thanks so much!
When I go to terminal all it has is:
-bash-3.2#
What do I do?
You just need to make sure you reconnect the laptop to the Wi-Fi. It will disconnect to the wifi network in your house after you erase the utility disk
You are brilliant. No idea how you figured this out, but it worked. Caveat: It only worked when I used UTC date/time (not my local date/time), thanks to the advice of another poster.
Yep. Requires UTC time. Thank you SO much for this helpful addition to the original helpful advice. What a dumb issue to hold up so many of us!
type the date as noted. hit enter. it will say -bash-3.2# again or something similar.
Just close terminal. try to install again
I didnt use utc time and it worked for me. Just noting that in case local time works for them and not utc.
Thank you....this worked for me. My date was showing 1/1/00.
Type "date" and then enter....see what it says. If it is wrong, then type date insert space and then use the date format that is posted earlier. Worked for me.
Turn on your wifi
Check the date/time fix.
iMac couldn’t restore because the recovery server can not be reach
I have the exact same problem , did you find any solutions?
😕
No thanks
I solved the problem .
Thanks APPLE
On Sat, Dec 9, 2017 at 10:23 AM Apple Support Communities Updates <
can you tell me how did you solved it?
"Recovery server could not be contacted" Error Message
