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.
if you are attempting to use a WiFi connection, plug in a network cable instead.
Make sure your WiFi is on and running.
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
Hello! I had the same problem. I connected to the wifi connection and then this problem was solved for me.
I kept attempting to reset my laptop and was having the same issue. I just had to log into my WiFi and it started working. Hope this helps? :-)
I clicked on the wifi logo on the top right of the screen and joined my network, seems to be downloading the OS fine now
Make sure that your internet have connected.
Please, turn on your WiFi and connect it. Hope, it will help.
Connect to the internet.
are you sure your mac has connected to the internet? please check the right top corner wifi icon.
This just happened to me and I found out that all I had to do was connect my Mac to an internet connection and then it worked after I restarted it
Check to see if you have wifi connection. You have probably deleted the wifi passwords :-)
Don't use wireless - connect using an ethernet cable.
We had the same message simply because we did not have an internet connection at the time - which seems like something that could be noted in the error eg 'check you have internet connection'
"Recovery server could not be contacted" Error Message
