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HELP!! I deleted Macintosh HD and can’t erase the SSD or get Macintosh back!

I bought a used Macbook Pro this last Saturday and it needed me to install MacOS High Sierra well long story short after using google i found out I needed to get MacOS Sierra instead because it couldnt reboot the APFS. It told me to delete the disk & I believe I messed up by deleting Macintosh. I have tried internet recovery 3 times today but everytime it gets close to the end my screen goes to a caution sign and says “apple.com/support“ and below it says “-2100F” I tried to just restart it with command + R and go to disk Utility and Macintosh still isn’t there so I returned to google and it told me to erase the Apple SSD but when I try it says the operation has failed. I don’t know what else to do but I don’t want to spend more money on this. I’m a student and I bought it for school. I just need it working for my classes. What else is there to do? Please help 😟

Posted on Aug 27, 2018 2:29 PM

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Posted on Aug 27, 2018 2:38 PM

Turn on your Mac, and directly press Command + Option + R. You will be promoted with the Recovery page. Connect to the internet, and click on reinstall MacOS. The installation may take some time, but everything would be fine by then. Find out more here: How to reinstall macOS - Apple Support

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Dec 23, 2018 8:31 PM in response to Itssavner

Hi Itssavner,


Have you tried connecting to a different Wi-Fi network, or using Ethernet?


If the issue persists, and you have another Mac and a 12 GB flash drive, you can create a bootable installer via the steps in this article: https://support.apple.com/en-ca/HT201372


Once you've booted from the installer, you'll land in Recovery Mode. This article details how to reinstall macOS: https://support.apple.com/en-ca/HT201475


Use the links below to download an OS X or macOS installer, depending on which version you wish to install:


HELP!! I deleted Macintosh HD and can’t erase the SSD or get Macintosh back!

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