Try https://macambulance.com/blog > my latest blog post has a list of direct links to the various versions of macOS
When installing anything older than Catalina, set your Mac’s date to 2017, then the included certificate with the macOS installer won’t have expired _ Regards Sam Mullen +44 (0)7747778022 [email protected] www.macambulance.com MacAmbulance Ltd. Providing Affordable Mac/PC Support and Web Development MacAmbulance Ltd. is a registered company in England & Wales, registration number 8466597 This email is intended solely for the addressed recipients and may contain privileged or confidential information. If you have received this email in error please notify the sender and delete the email immediately. > On 17 Mar 2020, at 09:22, 'Phil Ward' via Sussex Mac User Group > <[email protected]> wrote: > > I thought that too Sam so tried again with the MacBook wired to the router. > Same result though. > > I started looking at making a High Sierra boot USB disk but Apple make it > very difficult. Even Apple’s own High Sierra download links just directs to > the App store where the High Sierra download no longer works - it just > defaults to a Catalina download. > > Think my only option to get the work I need from the MacBook is to take the > SSD out, put it in a case and connect via USB. Shame the old Firewire 'Target > Disc Mode” doesn’t work with USB. > > Cheers > Phil > > > > ---- > Phil Ward > > Skype: aphilw > E: [email protected] (me.com, iCloud.com) > W: musicandmiscellany.com > > W: audio-icons.com > W: peggysdiaries.wordress.com > W: soundcloud.com/philberish > > • Freelance writer and product designer. > • Contributor to Sound on Sound magazine. > >> On 16 Mar 2020, at 20:52, Sam - MacAmbulance <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Recovery server not being accessible usually means the Mac’s not on the wifi >> network after booting up in the recovery partition >> _ >> Regards >> Sam Mullen >> >> +44 (0)7747778022 >> [email protected] >> www.macambulance.com >> >> >> MacAmbulance Ltd. >> Providing Affordable Mac/PC Support and Web Development >> >> MacAmbulance Ltd. is a registered company in England & Wales, registration >> number 8466597 >> >> This email is intended solely for the addressed recipients and may contain >> privileged or confidential information. >> >> If you have received this email in error please notify the sender and delete >> the email immediately. >> >> >>> On 16 Mar 2020, at 16:32, 'Phil Ward' via Sussex Mac User Group >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Afternoon all, >>> >>> My Old 2009 MacBook was working fine this morning but is now suddenly >>> refusing to boot up. It gets to the grey screen and boot up progress bar, >>> freezes for a while and then offers me the system re-install, restore from >>> back up (nope, don’t have one), and first aid options. If I choose the >>> re-install option it reports that, “the recovery server could not be >>> contacted”. It’s running High Sierra (that’s the latest OS it’s able to >>> use) and has a 1TB SSD. >>> >>> Ideas anybody? >>> >>> Thanks >>> Phil >>> >>> PS. It’s especially annoying ‘cause I did some work on the laptop this >>> morning that I now need access to. >>> >>> >>> >>> ---- >>> Phil Ward >>> >>> Skype: aphilw >>> E: [email protected] (me.com, iCloud.com) >>> W: musicandmiscellany.com >>> >>> W: audio-icons.com >>> W: peggysdiaries.wordress.com >>> W: soundcloud.com/philberish >>> >>> • Freelance writer and product designer. >>> • Contributor to Sound on Sound magazine. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "Sussex Mac User Group" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> To view this discussion on the web, visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/smug/6F6269EB-E484-45EE-827B-971565807C33%40mac.com. >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Sussex Mac User Group" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/smug/4921CFEB-A11A-4BFC-972D-05B729FC5D40%40macambulance.com. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/smug/BB936942-9A0C-437E-AE0C-C4BD47E9CEF7%40mac.com. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/smug/68DFC9EC-8D60-4D99-A10F-72F166EF6CA0%40macambulance.com.
