How to do a clean install of macOS Mojave

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I follow instructions and installed macOS Mojave on my MacBook Air. The update installed and when I try to use the new software, to my surprise, every 2 minutes the screen was frozen.

I am using Mac since I was 18 years old and I am 50 now. I know macOS and the use of software very well.

I have created a USB macOS Mojave installer and tried clean install. To my surprise it got me nowhere. I tried recovery from Internet with no luck. I partition the hard drive to journal but with no luck again.

Best Answer

Make sure first that your hardware is compatible with Mojave - macOS 10.14. Some sources to check:

To do a clean install of Mojave:

  1. Make a usb install drive following these instructions.
  2. Back up your system drive in triplicate, or whatever you're comfortable with. Ideally one would be a literal clone of your system.
  3. Boot from the USB drive, and erase your system drive in Disk Utility. Format it as HFS+.
  4. Quit Disk Utility, and install Mojave on the drive you erased.

If those steps don't work, I would suspect a hardware incompatibility or problem.

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