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Re:Ask HN: I'm losing faith in all we've invested in Apple s... by winterbc on Tuesday October 29, 2019 @10:30PM (#21394142)
You can simply restart with Shift-Option-⌘-R and reinstall the macOS version the hardware shipped with or the most compatible version.

[1] https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204904

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Re:Ask HN: I'm losing faith in all we've invested in Apple s... by VvR-Ox on Wednesday October 30, 2019 @06:37AM (#21396196)
I know but that is not possible in every situation. I for example had no recovery mode on a MBP so I needed to get the Apple software on it somehow.

The tool from dosdude can do a bit more. With it I managed to install High Sierra on a MBP from 2009 (which isn't compatible anymore but it runs flawlessly).

Before it had an HDD with Windows only and no access to recovery mode or diagnostic tools. Thanks to the "High Sierra Patcher" everything works now :)

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