If you've encountered a problem with macOS, the solution might be to reinstall the system on your Mac. This can be done by any Mac owner, but it can be a little bit complicated. You'll need to put your Mac into macOS Recovery, which gives you tools to diagnose problems on your Mac, as well as reinstall the operating system.

Here's how to reinstall macOS using Recovery mode.

Entering macOS Recovery

Such boot drives are easy to create on your own, here are instructions for making boot disks for OS X 10.9, OS X 10.8, and OS X 10.7. For older Macs running prior versions of Mac OS X, typically anything running OS X 10.6 or earlier will have a SuperDrive, and thus shipped with a bootable DVD that can serve this same purpose.

macOS Recovery has tools at its disposal that allow you to diagnose problems with your Mac's hard drive, reinstall macOS, and restore from a Time Machine backup. You can enter Recovery by pressing certain key combinations. The combination you choose will determine which version of macOS will be installed on your system when you select Reinstall macOS. Buku yasin dan tahlil download.

• Press Command - R to install the latest version of macOS that was installed on your Mac without installing a later version.
• Press Options - Command - R to upgrade to the latest version of macOS that's compatible with your Mac.
• Press Shift - Option - Command - R to install the version of macOS that came with your Mac, or the version closest to it that's still available.

How to check your startup disk with Disk Utility in macOS Recovery mode

The first thing you'll want to do is make sure your Mac's startup disk is healthy. You'll need to use Disk Utility to do that.

1. Click Disk Utility when in macOS Recovery.
2. Click Continue.
3. Click on your Mac's startup drive in the Disk Utility sidebar. It should be the drive at the top of the sidebar if there are multiple drives.
4. Click First Aid.
5. Click Run. First Aid will run, checking the health of your Mac's drive. This process could take a little while.
6. Click Done.
7. Click Disk Utility in the Menu bar.
8. Click Quit Disk Utility.

How to erase your startup disk in macOS Recovery mode

If you need to start completely fresh, then you'll want to erase your startup disk using Disk Utility. If you want the content on your Mac to stay intact, skip to the next section.

1. Click on your startup disk in the Disk Utility sidebar.
2. Click Erase.
3. Click the Format drop-down menu.
4. Click on the format you want to use for your drive. If you're running macOS High Sierra or later on a Mac with an SSD, your choices will be some form of APFS.
5. Click Erase. Your drive will proceed to be erased.

How to reinstall macOS while in Recovery mode

The next step is to reinstall macOS.

1. Click Reinstall macOS.
2. Click Continue.
3. Click Continue.
4. Click Agree.
5. Click Agree.
6. Click on the drive on which you wish to install macOS.
7. Enter your Apple ID and password if you're asked to, though you might not be.
8. Click Install.

Your Mac will now go through the normal macOS installation process, eventually restarting. If you're starting from scratch, you'll need to set up your Mac from scratch.

Questions?

If you have any more questions about reinstalling macOS on your Mac, let us know in the comments.

Updated December 2019: Everything is up to date through macOS Catalina.

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