Recent content by arken79

thank you. sierra sounds familiar. I think that may have been the operating system. I don't know if it was high sierra, but I do remember the number 11 in the version I had on my macbook air. I can't see anyway to get into the computer, it's a very thin model, but it's good to know that I do...

MacOS Base system is the only thing I can see, unfortunately. If I were to buy an external hard drive (compatible with mac computers) would I be able to install the operating system onto that and work of of it?

Thank you to everyone who has advised me so far. I have now bought a bootable installer usb drive. On the plus side I'm not stuck at the internet recovery anymore. I can get to the terminal, and dick utility, but I'm not sure what to do next. Also I'm getting a message that there is not...

how do I boot to a bootable installer?

Is there a way to avoid internet recovery and just go straight to system recovery? Or at least a way to boot into a safe mode or its equivalent?

I"ll give that a try. I didn't know about pushing the option key. The other sources I looked at either didn't mention it or I missed it somehow.

If it's needed here is the information about my computer (copied from the Amazon page where a bought it from): Brand Apple Series MacBook Air Screen Size 11.6 Inches Color Silver Hard Disk Size 128 GB CPU Model...

I cannot get past the internet recovery. I turned off my computer then turned it back on because it froze. This always worked before. This time I got a flashing folder with a question mark. I followed the instruction on the apple support website. I use ethernet and do not have a wifi username or...