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Hello. I'm trying to restore the OS on my iMac, but each time I try and go into recovery mode, I am stuck at the screen where it asks for my wifi network. I type it in, and it just stops with a spinning globe and my wifi network. I'm unable to get into recovery mode or reinstall anything. Can someone help?
iMac Line (2012 and Later)
I have a similar problem. After installing Catalina on my December 2018 Mac Mini, my display has taken a pinkish/purple hue (no issue when mirroring my iPhone so it’s not the display). Possibly the HDMI management under Catalina. Either way, I tried to restore Mojave from the last Time Machine backup. After some failed attempts where an error message said the external disk got disconnected (I never touched it), I tried again and let it run overnight. In the morning, no response. It must’ve done something more. Now when I try to restart with Command-R or Shift-Option-Command-R, I get the spinning globe, the internet connection prompt, and despite the Ethernet connection, still end up with the hollowed out globe, overplayed by the exclamation mark in a triangle, below which is “Apple.com/support” and an error code, either -2003F or -1008F.
I’m stumped!
I have a similar problem. After installing Catalina on my December 2018 Mac Mini, my display has taken a pinkish/purple hue (no issue when mirroring my iPhone so it’s not the display). Possibly the HDMI management under Catalina. Either way, I tried to restore Mojave from the last Time Machine backup. After some failed attempts where an error message said the external disk got disconnected (I never touched it), I tried again and let it run overnight. In the morning, no response. It must’ve done something more. Now when I try to restart with Command-R or Shift-Option-Command-R, I get the spinning globe, the internet connection prompt, and despite the Ethernet connection, still end up with the hollowed out globe, overplayed by the exclamation mark in a triangle, below which is “Apple.com/support” and an error code, either -2003F or -1008F.
I’m stumped!
Move the iMac close enough to your router, so that you can use an Ethernet cable.
There are different levels of recovery you can access. Full answer here: https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/mac-help/mchlp1599/mac
Is the iMac a 2012 or later iMac, if not Internet Recovery will not work!
Restore/Reinstalling MacOs
