Recovery HD is locked

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Bellski2002 Author

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Recovery HD is locked

Trying to reinstall startup disc but macOS High Sierra says Recovery HD is locked- what do I do now?

iMac 27″, macOS 10.13

Posted on Sep 22, 2020 12:56 PM

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BDAqua

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Sep 24, 2020 2:11 PM in response to Bellski2002

You can't & don't want to install to the Recovery Partition,I can't read what the other one says but normally you install to Macintosh HD unless you renamed that one.

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Bellski2002 Author

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Sep 24, 2020 7:03 AM in response to BDAqua

Here is a screenshot

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BDAqua

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Sep 22, 2020 3:54 PM in response to Bellski2002

At what point does it say that?

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BDAqua

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Oct 20, 2020 9:38 AM in response to Bellski2002

Any luck yet?

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Bellski2002 Author

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Oct 20, 2020 9:43 AM in response to BDAqua

None

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BDAqua

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Oct 20, 2020 10:00 AM in response to Bellski2002

Get an external drive & install to that...

https://eshop.macsales.com/shop/firewire/1394/USB/EliteAL/eSATA_FW800_FW400_USB

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Bellski2002 Author

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Oct 20, 2020 10:31 AM in response to BDAqua

I am a little out of my comfort zone here. Will probably just take it to the Apple store

Thanks for your interest and help

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