While preparing to trade in my 2016 MacBook, I got distracted and skipped a pretty important step. I went through the steps to erase the hard drive but got distracted and didn’t reinstall the original os. I’ve tried to reinstall via internet recovery and also via the backup I created before this endeavor. The current screen I see is of the logo and a full progress bar. Any thoughts?
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Skipped a step when preparing for trade in
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Don't worry.
I had a bigger problem earlier this year when trying to trade in my old MacBookPro.
It booted up to the desktop and let me sign-in, but I couldn't get it to run anything and so couldn't wipe it.
Internet restore didn't work either.
Sent it off to the Apple Trade-In anyway and they gave me the full amout they had estimated.
( Not much as it was a Late-2011 model.
)
I had a bigger problem earlier this year when trying to trade in my old MacBookPro.
It booted up to the desktop and let me sign-in, but I couldn't get it to run anything and so couldn't wipe it.
Internet restore didn't work either.
Sent it off to the Apple Trade-In anyway and they gave me the full amout they had estimated.
( Not much as it was a Late-2011 model.
)