How to Reinstall Mac in Internet Recovery Mode

Even though there are many ways Reinstall Mac in Internet Recovery Mode, we will focus on the reinstallation that is done through the Internet Recovery mode in this article. Important data can be lost if the OS isn’t recovered, so it’s important to know how to reinstall Mac OS X through the Internet Recovery mode.

Users can choose any method they want, but the Internet Recovery mode is better than many others. In the next article, we’ll find out why. Macs that were made in the last few years can start up directly from an online version of Mac OS X Recovery. This is especially helpful if the startup drive has a problem or, worse, if it doesn’t have the OS on it at all. The erasing or wiping can happen by accident or because of a bug in the software, which can be annoying to the user.

With Mac Internet Recovery, users can choose to start their Mac directly from the Apple Servers. When users start their systems in this mode, the system does a quick test of the storage space and checks the hard drive for any other hardware bugs.

How to Reinstall Mac in Internet Recovery Mode

• If you’re installing MacOS to a new drive with Internet Recovery, you can skip this step.
• Once the computer is completely shut down, press the power button, then immediately press and hold the key combination cmd + option + R.
• The globe will spin while Internet Recovery starts up. If you are not using a wired internet connection, a choose network prompt will appear. Use this menu to connect the computer to a WiFi network.
• Once a network connection has been established, a progress bar will appear underneath the spinning globe.
• When Internet Recovery has loaded, you will see the macOS recovery screen.
• Open Disk Utility from the recovery menu, select your drive, and click the Erase button toward the top of the Disk Utility window.
• Make up a name for your drive, and make sure the format is set to Mac OS Extended (Journaled) or APFS. If there is a “Scheme” option, set it to GUID Partition Map.
• Back at the recovery menu, select Install macOS .
• Follow the prompts to install macOS, selecting the newly formatted disk as the target for the installation.

What is Mac Recovery?

Most people don’t really think about partitions when they use their hard drives (or SSDs these days). The whole drive is just one thing to them. Usually, a hard drive has only one volume, but it can be split into multiple areas called partitions or volumes. Think of your hard drive as a house and the volumes as different rooms. (For more information, see How to divide a Mac hard drive or SSD or make an APFS volume.)

You’re used to only seeing one room in the house, the one with your Desktop, Folders, and Applications. But there are actually four different parts, and one of them is for when you really need to reinstall the whole macOS (formerly Mac OS X) operating system.

Even if you delete everything on your Mac and start over, the Recovery partition should still be there so you can reinstall macOS, restore from a Time Machine backup, fix your hard disc, or delete it. In a separate article, we go into more depth about what you can do in Recovery mode.

Why should you use Internet Recovery to reinstall Mac?

• One doesn’t need an Operating System disc to perform the reinstallation. This is helpful in cases when you are not carrying the OS disc and want to perform the Mac reinstallation immediately to carry on with your work.
• There is no need for the user to download separate Operating System files. The Internet Recovery mode will download the installer files, and as a user, you are saved from the trouble of downloading them yourself.
• The method is less complicated than the conventional method of downloading and installing the Mac OS X. This is helpful for users who aren’t very keen on the technical aspects of the installation process.