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Not all Mac users know what the Recovery Mode is and what it is for.

Corrupted recovery partition – Your recovery partition may have been corrupted or deleted.īefore we discuss how to access your Recovery mode when Command + R is not working on Macbook, let’s first talk about what this mode is and its functions.

Faulty keyboard – It is possible that your letter keys are not working.

macOS version – If your macOS version is older than Sierra, then the Recovery options you have may not be the same as those running newer versions.

This feature was introduced with the release of OS X Lion in 2011 to allow users to diagnose hardware features and troubleshoot common Mac problems on startup.

Age of your Mac – If you’re using a Mac that’s still running OS X Snow Leopard or older operating system, then your version doesn’t have Recovery Mode.About Outbyte, uninstall instructions, EULA, Privacy Policy. Since you didn't tell us what problem the system was having that caused your friend to bring it to you we can't say for certain how likely or unlikely that is.Special offer. If Disk Utility couldn't access the disk drive from your friend's computer then it sounds more like a hardware issue of some sort, but not an issue with the hard drive. After downloading (which can take a while) it will install. If your friend had already purchased OS X 10.7 or 10.8 then this won't cost anything. It will download the OS X installer from Apple. Put it on a USB drive, boot from it, and it will allow you to access all of the usual tools. You can use Apple's Recovery Tool (the link goes to the OS X 10.8 version, but there should also be a 10.7 version). If you couldn't access Disk Utility then it sounds like something went wrong with your installers.

Click to expand.What do you mean that it wouldn't allow you? You couldn't access Disk Utility from the installer, or Disk Utility from the installer wouldn't allow you to format the drive?