Timeline for -5101 error on Internet Recovery
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| Nov 24, 2020 at 16:54 | vote | accept | Simon Fredsted | ||
| Nov 24, 2020 at 12:40 | answer | added | bmike♦ | timeline score: 2 | |
| Nov 24, 2020 at 12:31 | comment | added | bmike♦ | You’re the third person to report this I’ve come across in a day. twitter.com/USBCGuy/status/1331078765573595143 Curious what Apple support recommends .... (I wonder if a bad seed got out and the CDN needs time to flush or be updated) your steps look solid and it’s an edge case for your network to be suspect. I’ll try a proper answer with some general guidance. | |
| Nov 24, 2020 at 12:28 | history | edited | bmike♦ |
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| Nov 24, 2020 at 9:53 | comment | added | X_841 | SD card works fine too if you have one | |
| Nov 24, 2020 at 9:29 | history | edited | Simon Fredsted | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Tried installing Sierra, that also failed...
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| Nov 24, 2020 at 9:28 | comment | added | Simon Fredsted | @X_841 I think that might be my next step if I can't get this to work, but it's a little difficult since I don't have a USB drive on hand, and even if I had, I would also need a USB-C to USB-A adapter to actually make it work on the MacBook. | |
| Nov 24, 2020 at 9:13 | comment | added | X_841 | Do you need to use internet recovery? If not make a USB installer and install Big Sur with that: discussions.apple.com/thread/252057791 | |
| Nov 24, 2020 at 8:53 | history | asked | Simon Fredsted | CC BY-SA 4.0 |