Timeline for Want to clean install macOS High Sierra but unable to delete the existing Macintosh HD partition. An internal error has occurred
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| Dec 14, 2022 at 2:10 | vote | accept | Kalib Zen | ||
| Dec 8, 2022 at 7:59 | comment | added | Tetsujin | @DavidAnderson - interesting. I didn't know that. What I did just spot though is that the installer picture above is actually Sierra not High Sierra… making the need for HFS+ more certain;)) | |
| Dec 7, 2022 at 21:41 | comment | added | David Anderson | I believe High Sierra can be installed to volumes in an APFS container when the container is created using High Sierra's version of the Disk Utility. | |
| Dec 7, 2022 at 16:49 | comment | added | Tetsujin | Erase the entire disk, don't format the partition. You only get the option at disk level [as it affects the entire disk, of course]. idk when Apple started doing this, but look at the View menu - there may be options to 'show volumes' or show devices - you need to see [& Erase, not format] devices. | |
| Dec 7, 2022 at 16:35 | comment | added | MaXi32 | I did try to format it to Mac OS Extended (Journaled) but there was not option to select GUID partition map. So, the format didn't go through. | |
| Dec 7, 2022 at 16:06 | history | answered | Tetsujin | CC BY-SA 4.0 |