This will be the latest macOS compatible with your Mac. Once you enter this mode you will be able to access an Apple server to download the version of macOS. Press Option/Alt + Command + R when you boot up to enter Internet Recovery Mode.We discuss Internet Recovery Mode in more detail below.

This method will download a version of macOS from the internet, which might be a solution if you can’t access the Recovery partition on your Mac. You could use Internet Recovery Mode – an option that we will discuss in more detail below. Apple has a couple of other commands for Intel Macs that you could try: There are a few other ways you might be able to force your Mac to start up in recovery mode if Command + R isn’t working for you. Still not entering Recovery mode? Here are a few reasons why you might find that Command + R doesn’t work and your Mac won’t start up in Recovery Mode: Eventually the Recovery Mode Utilities window will appear.When you see an Apple logo or spinning globe you can stop holding Command + R.Press the on button and press and hold the Command key and R on your keyboard while the Mac boots up.If you have an older Mac with an Intel processor this is what you need to do: Wait for the internet recovery screen to load.Choose your language and click on Next.

Eventually you will be able to select Options > Continue and this will open up Recovery.

Once a “Loading Startup Options” message appears you can let go of the Power button.

When the Apple logo appears text will appear informing you that if you continue holding the power button you will be able to access startup options.

Press the on button – and keep it pressed while the Mac starts up.

Just in case you aren’t using the correct process, here is how to access Recovery on a M-series Mac (that’s one of the Macs sold since November 2020 which use an Apple processor rather than one from Intel). We’ll look at what to do if you fit into this category later in this article though.

These days it’s rare to find a Mac with a optical drive, let alone find someone who has their original discs – not that Macs have shipped with install discs in recent times. Back in the days before Mac OS X Lion launched in 2011 there wasn’t a Recovery partition, instead you needed to have a physical disc with the software on it and an optical drive to insert it into.

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