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MacOS Recovery

Has anyone ever had this issue with their laptop, we're trying to reinstall on macOS Recovery and we can't even update our laptop. When we try installing the macOS Monterey we get the downloading the manifest build failed and also at times we get the "there's no target disk". On the other side of the macOS OS X utilities we end up downloading the older outdated version we started out with Yosemite which doesn't help us out at all. We tried going through the terminal as well...So we would like to get some answers from anyone who has had the same type of problems.

Thanks

MacBook Air 11″, macOS 11.6

Posted on May 23, 2023 4:19 PM

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MrHoffman

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Posted on May 23, 2023 7:07 PM

If not already, always request the latest supported macOS version for Mac Recovery. Not the oldest.

Option-Command-R: Use macOS Recovery on an Intel-based Mac - Apple Support

Boot Apple Diagnostics, and run a check. That usually finds hard errors, but can miss transient errors.

Here is how to: Use Apple Diagnostics to test your Mac - Apple Support

Then use another working Mac to build a latest-bootable installer, and boot and use that.

Build your own: Create a bootable installer for macOS - Apple Support

If the diagnostics and the installer don’t work, the hardware has likely failed; headed for repair or replacement.

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