Internet recovery failure on 2018 MacBook Pro

I have a 2018 macbook pro that continuously fails internet recovery. I know the wifi is good, even tried to connect ethernet cable with usb to ethernet adapter. I am trying to reinstall the OS but cant get past internet recovery because it fails to connect to the internet. I tried booting from bootable usb to install os and still fails to connect to network.



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Posted on Sep 22, 2025 9:53 AM

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Sep 22, 2025 11:45 AM in response to JRGG0919

JRGG0919 wrote:

I have a 2018 macbook pro that continuously fails internet recovery. I know the wifi is good, even tried to connect ethernet cable with usb to ethernet adapter. I am trying to reinstall the OS but cant get past internet recovery because it fails to connect to the internet. I tried booting from bootable usb to install os and still fails to connect to network.


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And what is the state of your computer as it stand, can you boot up to a macOS,(?) login..(?) nothing(?)


Can you run the DIsk Utility>First Aid on your parent drive? View>Show All Device


This can be done from the Bootable USB if it is current and matching what you have

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