- How to Fix the macOS Installation Couldn’t Be Completed (5 Ways) 28 weeks 4 days ago
macOS is a reliable operating system from Apple and keeping macOS up-to-date is important especially you want to keep the Mac safe. However, every operating system may encounter some issues. According to users, the macOS installation cannot be completed on their Mac when trying to update the system.
On the computer screen, you see the error message “the macOS installation couldn’t be completed”. And you are asked to start installation macOS again or use a different disk to start up your Mac.
- [Solved!] The Recovery Server Could Not Be Contacted Mac 12 weeks 6 days ago
The recovery server could not be contacted is an error message that you may receive when you want to reinstall macOS 10.13 High Sierra/macOS 10.14 Mojave/macOS 10.15 Catalina/macOS 11 Big Sur in recovery mode or update your macOS. When this issue occurs, you will see the following interface. This issue stops you from installing macOS you want to use.
Top Reasons for the Recovery Server Could Not Be Contacted on Mac
During the macOS installation process, your computer needs to establish a connection with the Apple recovery server. If you receive the Mac recovery server could not be contacted error, it usually means that the connection between your Mac computer and the Apple recovery server is not successful.
The main causes are here:
Your Mac computer is not connected to the network, or the network connection is not stable, or the network connection is faulty.
Your Mac computer’s date and time are not correctly synced with the Apple recovery server.
Too many users are trying to install the macOS update, bringing heavy burdens to the Apple recovery server and making your Mac can’t connect to the Apple recovery server.
Some other reasons….
When you look for solutions to solve this issue on the internet, you will find that many users have been bothered by it or are getting into this trouble currently. That is to say, it is a common problem.
The solutions from the internet are various. Which is the best method to solve this issue? We have collected some approaches that are proved to be effective. If you are not sure which situation you are facing, you can try all these solutions to find the most suitable one.
How to Fix the Recovery Server Could Not Be Contacted on Mac?
Check Your Network Connection
Check Your Date and Time on Mac
Use the macOS Installer
Try Reinstalling or Updating Your macOS Later
Erase Your Mac Disk and Reinstall macOS
- What to Do if Your MacBook Won’t Turn On? (Multiple Methods) 35 weeks 3 days ago
Many situations can cause your iMac won’t boot, MacBook Air won’t turn on, or MacBook Pro won’t start. You must want to make your computer work normally again. To help you solve the issue, we collect some solutions that are suitable for most macOS. We will show them in this post. You can try them to help you out.
How to Fix MacBook Won’t Turn on?
Make some simple checks
Reset PRAM/NVRAM
Reset SMC
Use Disk Utility in macOS Recovery
Restore Your Mac from Time Machine Backup
Reinstall macOS
- [FIXED!] Your Computer Restarted Because of a Problem on Mac? 18 weeks 2 days ago
When there is a software or hardware issue on your Mac computer, the system will restart or shut down the machine unexpectedly. You may see an error message saying Your computer was restarted because of a problem or You shut down your computer because of a problem after your Mac starts up again. At times, the issue may be even worse like the message of your computer restarted because of a problem loops and you can’t normally restart your Mac. This is also known as kernel panic on Mac.
All in all, the error messages of this issue are various, including:
You need to restart your computer. Hold down the Power button for several seconds or press the Restart button.
Your computer restarted because of a problem. Press a key or wait a few seconds to continue starting up.
Your computer was restarted because of a problem.
You shut down your computer because of a problem.
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How to Fix Your Computer Restarted Because of a Problem?
Restart your Mac
Upgrade macOS
Restart your Mac in Safe Mode
Uninstall plug-ins or enhancement software not from Apple
Disconnect all devices except for an Apple keyboard and mouse
Use Apple Diagnostics to diagnose internal hardware issues
Repair Disk Permissions
Free up disk space
Disable unnecessary startup items
Reset PRAM/NVRAM
Run First Aid
Reinstall macOS
- Fixed! Mac Won’t Boot into Recovery Mode | Command R Not Working 16 weeks 3 days ago
On July 1, 2011, Apple released Mac OS X 10.7 Lion to the public. In this mac OS version, Apple has introduced a recovery partition that contains the utilities generally found on the OS X discs.
Mac Recovery Mode relies on the Recovery partition on Mac. The Recovery partition is a magical existence. Even you wipe or start your Mac computer again from scratch, the Recovery partition can still be there for you to solve some serious issues like macOS could not be installed on your computer, MacBook boot into a black screen, Mac won’t boot past the Apple logo, and so on.
You can boot your Mac into Recovery Mode and then solve the issue by restoring from an available Time Machine backup, reinstalling macOS, fixing the startup disk via Disk Utility, or get help from Apple’s support.
To be specific, there are four universal options in Mac Recovery Mode:
Restore From Time Machine Backup: if you have backed up your Mac computer using Time Machine to an external hard drive, you can use this option to restore your Mac from the backup. You need to connect the backup drive to your Mac in advance.
Reinstall macOS: this feature allows you to reinstall your macOS when the system encounters issues and can’t boot.
Get Help Online: when your Mac computer is unbootable, you can click it to open Apple’s support page using Safari and look for the solutions to your issue. However, in this mode, some browser features are not available.
Disk Utility: if there is something wrong with the startup disk on your Mac, you can use this option to access Disk Utility and then use it to repair the startup disk. Of course, you can also use this feature to fix other connected drives.
Before you make your Mac access Recovery Mode, you need to make sure that the machine is shut down completely. Then, you can follow these steps to boot into Recovery Mode:
Press the Power button and immediately press Command-R.
You release the keys when you see the Apple logo (the login screen).
- How to Change the Default Installation Location on Windows 10? 34 weeks 4 days ago
When you install a new program on your computer, it will be installed to a default installation location. This folder is usually in drive C. If you are using a 32-bit Windows 10, that default installation location should be C:\Program Files(x86). If it is a 64-bit Windows 10, that folder should be C:\Program Files.
As time goes by, more and more programs will be installed on drive C your C drive may run out of space. If you encounter this issue, you can take some measures to free up disk space. On the other hand, you can change the default installation location on Windows 10 to avoid this situation.
In this article, we will show you two methods to change the install drive on Windows 10. You can just select the method you want to use to solve your issue.
How to Change Default Installation Location on Windows 10?
Use Registry Editor to Change Default Install Drive on Windows 10
Use Settings to Change Default Install Drive on Windows 10
- [Solved!] MacBook Pro/Air/iMac Won’t Boot Past Apple Logo! 20 weeks 2 hours ago
MacBook Pro/Air/iMac won’t boot past Apple logo is an issue that might happen when you boot your machine or perform a macOS installation/update. Do you know how to solve this issue? In this post, MiniTool Software will show you some solutions that are proved to be effective.
