I get the long wheel spinning even during this reinstallation and I'm totally baffled by this. If not, what's the problem with this Mac and how can I fix this please? However instead of going to the setup page, it went back to installation window which was supposed to take 24 mins initially but I'm still waiting 4 hrs later. Oh, after the initial stage of 'installation', the download and install, which took like 4 hrs, the computer rebooted (as was expected according to videos on yt). Now for over 18 hours, I'm waiting on OS X Mavericks to finish installing on my computer which is under 2 yrs old. I decided to backup my important files.took me 3 days because each click would take ages to be executed. I only had like 3 issues with registry entries I believe. I looked for trouble shooting info and followed the procedures to use disk utility, etc. I would get the WHEEL spinning for over a minute for each click on anything. 2) Hold down the Command () R combination immediately upon hearing the startup chime. 1) In the Apple menu choose Restart, or power on your Mac.

This is my first time ever dealing with a Mac OS X reinstallation.Ībout a week ago, while working online, my MacBook Pro just started to be very very slow to do anything. How to erase, install or reinstall macOS in Recovery Mode.

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