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I have a MacBook Pro 15 on which I tried to install Ubuntu 20.04 as my host OS. However, the installation has failed. Whilst waiting for the Linux forums to help me out with the installation, I am trying to go back to macOS, but I am unable to do so.

Photo of a Unbuntu error dialog box

Next, I entered Recovery Mode (Cmd+R), then selected "Reinstall macOS". However, when the software asks me to select a drive, I found no drives at all. So, I can not continue and complete the installation.

Photo of Recovery Mode with no drives listed

I also tried to restore the main drive from Disk Utility, but received the following error:

Photo of Disk Utility failing to restore from the disk image

Can somebody please help me reinstall macOS on the MacBook Pro 15?

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  • Do you have a backup of your data? If so, you might consider reformatting an nvme partition to APFS using disk utility and installing mojave there. I recently dual-booted mine with mojave and linux, and to do this I created fresh partitions from disk utility on a blank drive from recovery mode, then installed macos, then installed linux.
    – Chris
    Feb 18 at 5:37
  • Post the output of diskutil list from Terminal in Recovery. i can't see enough of the left column in your second pic to try figure out what you've done.
    – Tetsujin
    Feb 20 at 17:55

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You've probably corrupted your hard drive while installing ubuntu and messed up the info, so you need to get a new hard drive and replace it, or if you have a backup drive and backup computer install macOS Mojave on it, set it as the main boot, and don't remove it.

You can also take it to a repair store to get it fixed, or buy a new mac.

If none work (mainly because you can't buy anything, you're low on money, or have nothing other than the mac), you're screwed.

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