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#311658 5-Feb-2024 09:11
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Anyone else come across this before?

 

I'm trying to do a clean install of MacOS onto a 2017 Intel based Macbook Pro (original OS was High Sierra) and I keep getting this error message at the early stages of the internet recovery process. I've done this dozens of times before (different hardware) and never come across this error before. I've searched and there seem to be plenty of other people with the same issue, some provide "fixes". None of which have worked for me. 

 

Any help appreciated.


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  #3191235 5-Feb-2024 18:50
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Ok, I think this is fixed now. At least I hope so as OSX Ventura is currently being installed. Posting the fix here in case it might help someone else.

 

I found this article that provided the fix.

 

Mr Macintosh

 

Long story short, the internet recovery tool for High Sierra is broken and Apple haven’t bothered to fix it. You would normally use Command-R at boot to use internet recovery. But for High Sierra the URL links are broken which is why the server check fails. Instead you need to use Option-Command-R to boot into a newer version of internet recovery. From there you can install the latest version of OSX that is compatible with your hardware. 


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