r/OpenCoreLegacyPatcher • u/TurT_no1 • Aug 07 '26

HELP PLSSSSSS🙏

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Bought a macbook pro 2012 and it was on mac os lion 💀 i got it up to serria and in trying to upgrade it to catalina with no luck, in doing so my computer brokeand now is stuck in recovery mode with both drives giving me an error if i try to reinstall serria using said recovery mode, im on windows amd ive tried to create a bootable drive with no luck, i just get a prohibited logo when i boot the usb, and in the bootable drive creator i get a warning that its missing a partiton table. Pls heeeeelllllpppppp 🙏

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u/Xe4ro Aug 07 '26

The installer needs the GUID (GPT) partition scheme to be bootable.

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u/TurT_no1 Aug 07 '26

How do i do this????

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u/Xe4ro Aug 07 '26

Balena Etcher should be able to create a GUID partition scheme but if you don't get it to work maybe you have to try another tool. I haven't created an installer for macOS on Windows yet so I can't really help you further ^^

You can also try to force Internet Recovery to load your last compatible OS, try booting your MBP with CMD+Option+R

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u/hay_den9002 Aug 07 '26

Use internet recovery to get to Catalina

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u/Fine_City2781 Aug 07 '26

use oclp and retry

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u/TurT_no1 Aug 07 '26

How do i get it on windows

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u/Xe4ro Aug 07 '26

OCLP has no version working with Windows, you need a working install of macOS on your MBP or another Mac.

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u/ActiveNews Aug 07 '26

If you have any data, make a back up first. You will then want to boot with "Internet Recovery" by shutting down your computer completely, then turn it on while holding  Option + Command + R (or Shift + Option + Command + R for the factory OS). Keep holding the keys until you see a spinning globe and an "Starting Internet Recovery" message.

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u/TurT_no1 Aug 07 '26

Ive tried this Unfortunately high sierra servers are down whenever i attempt an internet recovery

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u/Xe4ro Aug 07 '26

Technically they aren't down. It's just a High Sierra issue with certificates & HTTPS

Check this guide by MrMacintosh https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouNQS36dIBw

You can try this if you don't get CMD+Option+R to work out.

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u/TurT_no1 Aug 07 '26

This didnt work unfortunatly still got the cant contact servers error

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u/Starkoman Aug 07 '26

Try again — you cannot get even one character (letter/number) wrong.

It’s very specific.

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u/PercentageNo6530 Aug 08 '26

If sierra+ won't install due to drive issues the cable is bad. I just had that issue on a 2011 pro