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I recently erased my Mac OS HD drive under Toshiba drop down in Disk Recovery mode. I’m not connected to the internet and am trying to reinstall Mac OS. When I go through regular start up I get a circle with a slash through it. I was attempting to wipe my computer clean to start over as I’m giving it to my girlfriend. When I try to reinstall Mac OS Sierra it says “to download and restore MacOS, your computers eligibility will be verified with Apple” — I hit continue and nothing happens. Can I download MacOS without internet? If not, how do I get Internet to it when I can’t get it to start up not in recovery mode? Any help appreciated.
Are you re-installing MacOS Sierra through internet recovery or through a flash drive that has the MacOS installation media on it? Internet Recovery requires internet as the name says. Command + R is for internet recovery, will prompt for Wi-Fi network. Make sure date and time is set correctly if it says installation is damaged (You can use terminal to type in ntpdate -u time.apple.com or date -u 0711053819
