NEW How to fix The Recovery Server Could Not Be
NEW How to fix The Recovery Server Could Not Be Contacted Error! High Sierra Internet Recovery Error
#fix #Recovery #Server
“Mr. Macintosh”
Are you trying to install macOS High Sierra from recovery or internet recovery and are getting the error “The recovery server could not be contacted” ? THIS IS A NEW ISSUE & NOT THE DATE AND TIME OR CERT ISSUE! In this video, I will show you 3 ways to fix the issue. CHAPTERS BELOW
Command
This is the full command to run in terminal to change the apple software update server url from https to http in nvram
nvram IASUCatalogURL=”
0:00 Welcome and intro
0:30 MrMacintosh.com Article link
0:42 Quick review of the 3 different ways to fix this issue
1:11 What is the root problem of this issue?
2:38 Fix Option #1 Boot to a newer version of macOS Internet Recovery
3:39 Fix Option #2 Boot to macOS High Sierra USB Drive
3:58 Fix Option #3 If you can’t do #1 or #2 Change SUS URL = connect to recovery server
4:28 If you are using macOS recovery from Command R make sure you are connected to WIFI first!
4:39 Just to be sure, make sure your date and time are correct in macOS terminal with the date command
4:55 Showing a demo of how macOS High Sierra recovery fails
5:28 Walkthrough step by step fix changing…
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No it is not that involved, it’s soooo easy. My time now is a little after 1:30 am and I’ve been at this since 8am yesterday. And my issue has been resolved in less than ten minutes. After contacting Apple, thinking about just saying ef it and looking to buy a new laptop…. That’s has definitely helped and been a life saver. I use windows for work but my Mac is for personal use. Classes start up soon and I’m in a graduate program and wanted to get a head start and just making sure my software is good. Thank you
you are fantastic…really thank you very very very much. you are genius
Thank you for the awesome video on a fix that needed to be found out. there is a similar issue with macOS lion internet recovery if you could find a fix that would help very much.
Thank you. I solved my problem.
Thanks again !
Never had such a mess trying to reinstall an older Mac OS version (starting from Sonoma)
Jobs is well & truly gone: it no longer "just works"
I love you❤
I spent HOURS on this just now.
Got a 2017 MBP non-touchbar with a faulty SSD, got an adapter and a Micron NVMe Gen4 SSD – so obviously no MacOS, empty drive – and got this message. I read you gotta format your storage drive differently. No help with that. My mac for some reason doesn’t want to boot from any USB installer that other macs are fine with. So now I’m finally here and thank you – it worked.
It worked like a charm👌Thank you soo much
I've been messing with this thing for days and was scared to get into the terminal. It's installing High Sierra as I type 🥳 Thank you Sir
There is a much easier way. If you hit the regular keys to go into recovery WHILE holding the option key it bring up a new globe window which will allow you to go to some other mode which will then allow you to recover without doing this. I’ve done this for both of my 2012 Mac Book Pros. I hope this helps someone.
Wow. Just wow. Thank you so much for this video and the ultrasound clear instructions. Saved my bacon! Cheers.
OMG thank youuu soo much. I have been trying for months and It finally worked… You are a game changer❤❤❤❤
Thank you thank you thank you!!!!!
What if I’m not seeing the url? I’m getting the error message but after opening window that url is not in the log. I tried partitioning my hardrive because I was very close to getting os back but after partitioning I think I jacked something up.
This worked!!!! I’ve been going round in circles for days. THANK YOU 🎉
wow!!! good video. helped me with my mid 2010 macBook pro. Finally got it back to work.
You legend
Ohh thank you very much
Hello there. How do i get to the recovery menu…because when i start up my mac it shows a file with a question mark on it. What do i do?
yes it worked for me perfect!! Thanks Mr. Macintosh!
You're a genius! Thanks for sharing this.
You are the best. Thank you for this trick. I have actualy this problem and i try it this week how it works with my macbook. Greetings and a happy new year
Bro you are a legend. Love your work and explanation on how to fix it. Thank u
Holy! This video saved me from a trip to the apple store! Thank you so so so much! Keep up the good work!
Omg ty!!!!!!
Seriously bro you are genius i have no words to tell you you save my life and money thanks a lot bro❤️
thank you a lottttttttt!
You are my hero 🙂
Thank you so much! <3
You guys are legends. Worked thankfully
Thank you so much man 🙏
Thank you so much man!
This worked like a charm. Thank you man. 🙂
Good Evening. I have a Mac Pro 2009 with Mojave. I have the same problem. When I download files from the Internet, the process suddenly stops. Whether small or large files or browser updates, the same thing happens. What could be wrong? thanks
Thanks a lot, It was very helpful, I have a Mac mini 2011, with that same high sierra… I followed strictly step by step, but when I confirmed with the nvram-p command it did not confirm, hence it did not work… gonna try the first version of this Mac, if it doesn’t work, I’ll do the Time Machine backup I did previously to this whole process, then do the boot usb pen, and see if it would work that way…
You're SUCH a lifesaver and thanks to your researcher too. I tried everything and nothing worked. I truly appreciate this. I brought a 27" iMac 2011 for $50 and wanted to upgrade it and use it as a studio display and bummed to think it was a loss. Thanks to you and this NEWLY updated video my goal is not dead. Thanks once again bud
Man you are a saver really i couldnt find anyone else with a real solution than you
Amazing bro
I’m getting this error when installing you have a way around this please: could not creat preboot volume for apfs install
Top job works a treat, great video simple to follow 5*
Man, you are a life saver. What a giant pain in the ass this has been. Your option #3 is the only thing I've been able to find to actually get this work. Kudos and Thank you!
anyone with older Macs will find this fix an amazing help. such a simple thing that has stopped a lot of people in their tracks. Kudos
Bro I thank you sooooooo much bro, it worked, my heart was beating so fast bro😱
Wow, that’s actually great. I remember people having issues with HS internet recovery.
Btw, similar to what you did in this video, is it possible to change the version of macOS recovery that you want internet recovery to download for u? For example, on my 2016 macbook pro, when holding shift+opt+cmd+r, i want it to give me High Sierra or Mojave instead of Sierra.
thanky-poo!
Thank you brother this is the only video which made it up to me i really love you brother
gracias, hice el paso n1 y funciono, muchas gracias
This totally works on my 2011 MacBook Air. Thank you so much!