{"componentChunkName":"component---src-templates-post-template-js","path":"/note-mac-re-install-en","result":{"data":{"markdownRemark":{"id":"b88e0cd5-ccee-5536-97a1-2b82accd01da","html":"<blockquote>\n<p>This page has been machine-translated from the <a href=\"/note-mac-re-install\">original page</a>.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>After not using my Intel Mac mini for a while, I carelessly erased disks to reset it. As a result, the OS would no longer boot at all, and I could not even recover it from the local recovery disk.</p>\n<p>So, following the official guidance, I started the machine while holding down <code class=\"language-text\">option + command + R</code> (<code class=\"language-text\">Alt + Windows + R</code> on a Windows keyboard) and tried Internet Recovery, but the error code <code class=\"language-text\">-1008F</code> shown below appeared and I could not proceed.</p>\n<p><span\n      class=\"gatsby-resp-image-wrapper\"\n      style=\"position: relative; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 960px; \"\n    >\n      <a\n    class=\"gatsby-resp-image-link\"\n    href=\"/static/2f69aabbf41b61ac0cb3d86a07ac6aab/081d5/image-20231024203124319.png\"\n    style=\"display: block\"\n    target=\"_blank\"\n    rel=\"noopener\"\n  >\n    <span\n    class=\"gatsby-resp-image-background-image\"\n    style=\"padding-bottom: 62.083333333333336%; position: relative; bottom: 0; left: 0; background-image: url('data:image/png;base64,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'); background-size: cover; display: block;\"\n  ></span>\n  <picture>\n          <source\n              srcset=\"/static/2f69aabbf41b61ac0cb3d86a07ac6aab/8ac56/image-20231024203124319.webp 240w,\n/static/2f69aabbf41b61ac0cb3d86a07ac6aab/d3be9/image-20231024203124319.webp 480w,\n/static/2f69aabbf41b61ac0cb3d86a07ac6aab/e46b2/image-20231024203124319.webp 960w,\n/static/2f69aabbf41b61ac0cb3d86a07ac6aab/910f4/image-20231024203124319.webp 1264w\"\n              sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\"\n              type=\"image/webp\"\n            />\n          <source\n            srcset=\"/static/2f69aabbf41b61ac0cb3d86a07ac6aab/8ff5a/image-20231024203124319.png 240w,\n/static/2f69aabbf41b61ac0cb3d86a07ac6aab/e85cb/image-20231024203124319.png 480w,\n/static/2f69aabbf41b61ac0cb3d86a07ac6aab/d9199/image-20231024203124319.png 960w,\n/static/2f69aabbf41b61ac0cb3d86a07ac6aab/081d5/image-20231024203124319.png 1264w\"\n            sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\"\n            type=\"image/png\"\n          />\n          <img\n            class=\"gatsby-resp-image-image\"\n            src=\"/static/2f69aabbf41b61ac0cb3d86a07ac6aab/d9199/image-20231024203124319.png\"\n            alt=\"image-20231024203124319\"\n            title=\"image-20231024203124319\"\n            loading=\"lazy\"\n            style=\"width:100%;height:100%;margin:0;vertical-align:middle;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;\"\n          />\n        </picture>\n  </a>\n    </span></p>\n<p>Reference: <a href=\"https://support.apple.com/ja-jp/guide/mac-help/mchl338cf9a8/mac\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Use macOS Recovery on an Intel-based Mac - Apple Support</a></p>\n<p>The document below explained two ways to deal with this error in detail: booting with the <code class=\"language-text\">option + command + R</code> keys and disabling Activation Lock. However, neither helped in my case.</p>\n<p>Reference: <a href=\"https://support.apple.com/ja-jp/HT206989\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">If your Mac displays error -1008F at startup - Apple Support</a></p>\n<p>After looking into it further, it seems that this kind of problem can occur when the device is registered in the Apple account’s Find My feature.</p>\n<p>So I opened the Find My app on my iPhone and removed the mac mini’s information. After that, Internet Recovery succeeded and I was able to restore the OS.</p>\n<p>Reference: <a href=\"https://support.apple.com/ja-jp/guide/iphone/ipha24eb4a37/ios\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Find friends in Find My on iPhone - Apple Support</a></p>\n<p>I could not find any official information about this. I ended up wasting quite a bit of time, so I am leaving this here as a memo.</p>","fields":{"slug":"/note-mac-re-install-en","tagSlugs":["/tag/notes/","/tag/memo/","/tag/english/"]},"frontmatter":{"date":"2023-10-24","description":"How to fix the `-1008F` error that appears during macOS Internet Recovery. I was able to recover by removing the device information from the Find My app.","tags":["Notes","Memo","English"],"title":"Notes on Fixing the `-1008F` Error During macOS Internet Recovery","socialImage":{"publicURL":"/static/f5a2c55c465f7c3db4628fd4ef7fe250/note-mac-re-install.png"}}}},"pageContext":{"slug":"/note-mac-re-install-en"}},"staticQueryHashes":["251939775","401334301","825871152"]}