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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Get a terminal window, frome the recovery menu. The menu bar at the top, not the window dot in the middle. Then enter the date command and you should see some some old date at January 1st. My MBP has a battery problem and wasn’t plugged in for a while so the system date got reset.
To fix type
date 1016200017
which is October 16th 20:00 (or 8pm) 2017.
So mmddhhmiyy
all two digits.
After that recovery worked. Must have something to do with certificate validity or something maybe.
I had this issue. the wi-fi was not connected. we selected the wi-fi symbol at the top and entered password. Try reinstalling again. It's installing. Bam!
Make sure you're connected to the internet before you try to reinstall.
Its so badddddd
What you do???
There are two posts on this page that tell you what to do. Scroll up a bit.
It won't let me change the time...
iMac:~ joncancelino$ ntpdate -u time.apple.com
6 Nov 17:54:35 ntpdate[1353]: Can't adjust the time of day: Operation not permitted
This is exactly what worked for me. Thank you so much!
Nice post, thanks.
thanks Bdaqua
same problem with the new admin account
Hello! Was just going through this thread as im currently facing a similar situation. Does the date thing still work for a 2013 laptop? Or do i use the current date?
Make sure that you are connected to the interned. As it turned out internet recovery `forgets` wifi settings that you entered at the beginning. Wifi icon is at the top right corner. Cheers.
To fix type
sudo date 0307035919
which is March 7th 03:59 (or 3:59Aam) 2019.
So mmddhhmiyy
all two digits.
"Recovery server could not be contacted" Error Message
