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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Solved.
In my case I was trying to do a re-install of the OS form the startup utilities and kept getting this error.
The trick was to set the clock. Start the Terminal app from utilities to get a bash terminal. Type `date` to display the current date/time. In my case it was set to January 1st. I remember it was common with Windows Update to fail to update your system if the system clock was not "close" to the correct time.
Set the date with:
date 1114125317
(this example sets the date to November 14th, 12:53 2017)
Re-run the recover OS option and it should work.
Thank you Jo Desmet, this totally worked!
All of a sudden I cannot log onto my iMac and I get the same message when attempting to reinstall the operating system. The recovery server could not be contacted.
Can u believe I was going crazy till a read your post lol I want to cry and laugh now 😂😢😭
This worked for me as well, pretty strange 😎 thanks Jo
Hi friend... in what time zone should I set ? From where I purchased or from UTC?
This is very helpful I just tried this method use not my Time zone but the UTC time zone and it
I’m trying to reinstall macOS High Sierra! But every time it shows that “the recovery server could not be contacted”. Is there any other options to connect with the server without any trouble?
Yes, it’s solved 🙂
Kunyapat P. Jeab
Thank you man! You saved me hours of frustration. This fixed it for me.
Same here. Now I have a very expensive paper weight.
Thanks very much Jo!
This solved the problem for me.
This works, please, anyone experiencing this error, use this fix, it works. Thank you
Thanks for the tip. That worked for me!
Thanks ! this worked.
Wow Apple is definitely on the downfall . They don’t even care about us and their products failing for no reason
"Recovery server could not be contacted" Error Message
