Question: Q: -6003F error message
Installed the latest updates on my macbook air and was got the flashing folder icon on restarting. Tried cmd-R (at my parents place, can’t remember if I’ve connected to their wireless network before) and I then got ‘apple.com/support -6003F’ error message. Can’t find any reference to this error code when searching apple support or google. Have tried disabling security on router but this makes not difference. Will try again from usual location. Would be grateful for any advice.
MacBook Air (13-inch, Mid 2012)
Posted on May 26, 2013 11:40 AM
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May 26, 2013 12:13 PM
I had this same problem, and despite the message, 6003F is not documented anywhere. Unfortunate.
I believe this simply means the Apple servers aren’t visible on your default network—in this mode, your Mac can’t access your saved network name and password. If you hold the Option key on bootup instead, you’ll get the Startup Manager. That screen will let you select a wifi network and enter a password, if needed. I did this and was able to download the recovery image.
Good luck. I’m answering all the recent 6003F questions I can find to help the next person 🙂
Jul 19, 2013 7:11 AM
Thanks for the reply — I tried this at the time and although I was able to get to the wifi network stage, I wasn’t able to download the recovery image.
Took it in to Genius bar and they couldn’t help me with it — they thought the hard drive had become faulty and ended up replacing it.
Jul 20, 2013 2:20 AM
Yeah, if the «hard drive» is completely gone, there’s nowhere to download to.
After I downloaded the recovery imgage (which is pretty small), disk utilities couldn’t find my primary drive. Off to the Apple Store, and they did say the SSD drive would need ot be replaced.
Jul 20, 2013 2:29 PM
Hi; I have the exact same issues.
Im a month out of warrenty on my macbook air 2012.
Would Apple Genious take a look at it?
Aug 9, 2013 3:01 AM
I guess they would but may charge you for a new hard drive,
Also they dont do data recovery so you may need to find a company that does
Aug 9, 2013 12:48 PM
Hey I tried this and I think it is working, it actually connected to the internet and is downloading the recovery files now.
Aug 24, 2016 1:47 PM
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Question: Q: Error Code -2106F
I purchased a new iMac and decided to wipe the old one clean, reinstall the OS and use it as a backup system. I booted it in Disk Utility, erased the hard drive and then chose the option to install an OS from the internet as opposed to using the original discs. The installation failed. Now if I do a simple restart, I get a question mark. When I try to boot in Disc Utility, I get a message that it has to recover it from the internet. I am asked for my wifi network and password and then get a message that it will take. while. Ultimately I get a message which states:
That is all it states. I have searched online but cannot find what this error code means. Do you have any suggestion as to how I can reinstall an operating system when I can’t even boot the computer?
Thanks in advance.
iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2010), Mac OS X (10.6.8), Western Digital Backup Drive
Posted on May 24, 2018 8:19 PM
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If you are attempting to do Internet Recovery on your 2010 iMac it’s simply too old, that may the error you are seeing. It has to be a mid 2011 or later iMac.
May 24, 2018 9:17 PM
If your iMac shipped with install discs you should use those.
May 25, 2018 3:45 AM
I have tried that by simply putting in the disc and also by holding down the Command/C keys. The disc is ejected.
May 25, 2018 8:12 AM
Is there another option? I can’t boot in Disc Utility (Command/R). I do have the original installation discs but they are ejected. I have tried simply putting the discs in and also doing so while booting with Command/C. I’m really at a loss how to proceed.
May 25, 2018 8:15 AM
holding down the Command/C keys.
Just hold down the «c» key to boot from a disk.
May 25, 2018 9:53 AM
I tried that. It does not work. I will try again.
May 25, 2018 4:11 PM
I tried again with no luck. I still get a flashing question mark even when attempting to book from the original installation disc holding Command-C.
May 27, 2018 10:48 AM
To boot from a disc you just hold the C key, not Command-C. If the drive is spitting the disc out while you’re holding the C key there’s either a problem woth the drive or the disc.
May 27, 2018 4:29 PM
It still did not work. I still get a flashing question mark. The disc is not ejected until I release the C key.
May 28, 2018 9:05 PM
We’ve never established exactly which iMac we’re talking about, or which version of OS X is on the gray install disc. More information might be helpful.
With the install disc inserted, have you tried starting up while holding just the Option key to see if you can get to the startup manager and select which volume you want to boot from?
May 29, 2018 3:36 AM
The version on the disc is 10.6.4. The problem is that I had erased the hard disk prior to attempting to reinstall the OS. Now that the hard disk is complete empty, I cannot access anything at all. The iMac itself is 8 years old. The first time I tried to install the OS, I did so via the internet but got a message that it failed. Since that time, nothing has worked. I just get a flashing question mark and cannot boot from the disc.
May 29, 2018 8:03 AM
Unless you were booted from either the install dvd or you were using Disk Utility from the recovery partition on the hard drive you would not be able to erase the drive, OS X will not allow the boot volume to be erased. It’s not clear exactly what your process was when you erased the drive.
At this point you’re going to have one of three things causing your problem,
1. Your installation dvd is damaged.
2. Your internal SuperDrive has failed.
3. Your hard drive has failed, I’m starting to think this is likely.
As I asked before have you tried to Option boot with the installation dvd inserted?
You have another Mac, have you considered trying Target Disk mode to see if the drive shows up and can be repaired using disk Utility on the new Mac? How to use target disk mode to move files to another computer — Apple Support
May 29, 2018 4:12 PM
I had two partitions on the system prior to this mess. I simply booted using the Command/R function, clicked on each of the partitions and then clicked the «erase» option. After doing this, my plan was to reinstall from the original discs, however immediately upon restarting the computer it asked if I would like to install OSX from the internet. I thought that made sense since I would receive the latest OS. Although the status bar showed completion within a relatively short period of time, a message stated that the system was installing additional components and the estimated time kept climbing until it was at over 11 hours. I decided to just let it run overnight. The next morning I had a failure message. This is when I tried to boot from the install disc. I did try multiple times to do so by booting while holding the C key. Each time I simply get a flashing question mark.
I did not try anything using my new Mac. I was not aware that was an option. I will take a long at the article you provided and let you know if I have any questions. I just don’t want to do anything that could mess up on new computer.
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1008F — или как раскирпичить свой Mac
Всем привет! В этом посте речь пойдет о бесконечном режиме восстановления macOS, ошибках 1008F, 2003F, 2004F и о том как их побороть.
Подобные ошибки можно встретить при попытке выполнить Internet Recovery своего Mac, а причин побуждающих к этому действию — множество. В моем случае, дело было так..
Предыстория
Одним осенним прохладным днем, пришло мне обновление Xcode 12.2 , а вместе с ним и macOS Big Sur. После обновления Xcode, он стал жутко тормозить, зависать, вылетать и терять последние изменения. Через несколько попыток переустановки Xcode, было принято решение обновиться до Big Sur. В принципе, проблему это не решило, зато багов докинуло. Затем, начался процесс переустановки macOS Big Sur с загрузочной флешки и из проблем осталось только отсутствие поддержки симуляторов iOS 
4. Выбрать проблемный MacBook и нажать «удалить из Найти айфон«;
6. Покинуть программу:
7. (Опционально) Удалить проблемный Mac из учетной записи Apple (Из списка устройств).
После этого можно попробовать восстановиться еще раз. К сожалению, данный способ мне не помог.
Я позвонил в службу поддержки Apple, где мне сообщили о том, что в моем случае 1008F возникает исключительно из-за плохого интернета (на самом деле из-за плохого интернета возникают ошибки 200+F). Также, мне посоветовали обратиться в авторизованный сервис (что логично) т.к. там и специалисты граммотные, и интернет хороший. Тут стоить отметить, что претензий к поддержке Apple я не имею. Было опробовано несколько Wi-Fi сетей в т.ч. и с мобильных устройств. Итог один — не помогло.
Путь сложный:
Далее возникла идея: поскольку жесткий диск несъёмный, слишком дорого было бы для Apple решать такие вопросы заменой материнских плат. Должна была быть какая-то лазейка, типа DFU режима, который был очень популярен на айфонах 3gs и 3g. Легкий гуглинг навел меня на несколько интересных статей: тут и тут. Дублировать содержимое статей смысла не вижу, в целом, они о том как вводить Mac в DFU режим и как с ним работать.
1. Нам нужен еще один Mac (к счастью такой нашелся);
2. Соединяем наш Mac (клиент) со вторым Mac (сервер) кабелем питания UCB-C — UCB-C (руководство по ссылкам выше);
3. Скачиваем на Mac (сервер) утилиту Apple Configurator 2 и запускаем ее;
4. Вводим Mac (клиент) в DFU;
5. В утилите Apple Configurator 2: Правая кнопка мыши > Actions > Advanced > Revive Device:
6. После того как все loading — индикаторы прокрутятся:
а на Mac (клиент) произойдет вот это:
нужно попробовать запустить процедуру восстановления через Shift-Option-Command-R.
7. Если вы по прежнему получаете 1008F (не 2003F, 2004F — о них позже), переходите к п8.
8. Требуется повторить действия с п.1 по п.4. После чего выбрать Apple Configurator 2 пункт Restore.
9. У вас надеюсь все будет хорошо, а вот я получил сообщение об ошибке:
что-то типа такого, только код был другой.
10. Далее я вывел Mac (клиент) из DFU режима и загрузил его через Shift-Option-Command-R.
11. Начался заветный процесс восстановления, который периодически падал в ошибки 2003F и 2004F.
2003F, 2004F
2003F, 2004F — это ошибки связанные с нестабильным, медленным интернет соединением. Поговаривают, что есть и другие 200+F ошибки, но их я на своем пути не встретил.
Тут стоить отметить, что интернет-провайдер у меня полное расстройство, поэтому решение было следующим:
На роутере я прописал DNS: основной сервер 8.8.8.8, альтернативный 8.8.4.4;
Сделал WI-FI сеть без пароля, но с фильтрацией по MAC — адресам, поскольку наткнулся на информацию о том, что Mac в процессе Internet Recovery может забывать пароль от WI-FI;
Также могут помочь сброс NVRAM или PRAM;
Запускать Mac через Shift-Option-Command-R, можно даже после того, как вы получили ошибку 200+F. Бывают случаи, когда загрузка происходит не с первого раза;
В моем случае, я дождался 6 утра, пока основные пользователи моего провайдера спят, а в Купертино — ночь, значит нагрузка на сервера Apple значительно меньше. Загрузил Mac через Shift-Option-Command-R и случилось чудо.
Дальше у меня загрузился Recovery macOS Mojave, т.к. именно с ней поставлялся MacBook. В дисковой утилите жесткий диск определялся как неизвестное устройство, после форматирования его со схемой разделов GUID, установка macOS продолжается в обычном режиме.
Заключение
На всю эту историю у меня ушло в сумме около трех дней, поэтому если этот пост сэкономит кому-нибудь хоть каплю времени и нервов — будет отлично. Тем не менее, прошу обратить внимание: описанное выше происходило со мной, у вас может быть иначе. Все действия вы выполняете на свой страх и риск. От себя — я бы рекомендовал перед переустановкой macOS включать загрузку с USB — носителей, отвязывать Mac от учетки и выполнять установку с флешки. Жалею ли я о том, что не сделал так сам? — Нет 🙂
Желаю вам легких апдейтов, даунгрейдов и вообще поменьше багов и лагов.
По результатам опроса, написал о том как откатиться с macOS Big Sur до macOS Catalina. Прочитать об этом можно тут. Спасибо за проявленный интерес!
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Can’t find bootable drive after software update.Tried CMD+R and error -6003F occurred
macrumors regular
I have quite a huge problem. After software update which showed up on my MBA 13″ 2012, Mac turned itself off after installing it. So I tried to boot it but just folder with question mark appeared, tried CMD+R but error -6003F occcured. Basically I can’t do anything now, may someone help me, please?
Thanks you very much
Weaselboy
Moderator
Try a boot to Internet Recovery with command-option-r (all three at once).
Then start Disk Util and do a repair disk on the entire disk, not just Macintosh HD.
Do you have a Time Machine or other backup we can use to restore?
macrumors regular
Try a boot to Internet Recovery with command-option-r (all three at once).
Then start Disk Util and do a repair disk on the entire disk, not just Macintosh HD.
Do you have a Time Machine or other backup we can use to restore?
Weaselboy
Moderator
macrumors regular
halledise
macrumors 65816
find a friend’s Mac and make one of these
then insert in yours, holding dow the option key until you see said usb.
start up from that, enter disk utility and attempt a ‘repair disk’ from there.
that’ll tell you for sure whether your SSD is stuffed or not.
if disk repairs ok, then try repairing permissions whilst you’re there.
Weaselboy
Moderator
macrumors regular
find a friend’s Mac and make one of these
then insert in yours, holding dow the option key until you see said usb.
start up from that, enter disk utility and attempt a ‘repair disk’ from there.
that’ll tell you for sure whether your SSD is stuffed or not.
if disk repairs ok, then try repairing permissions whilst you’re there.
k9jri
macrumors newbie
Mine failed too
Mine also failed with all of the same symptoms and error messages you encountered. The Apple Store Genius Bar tech was not able to recover the SSD either so they replaced the SSD and all was well.
Mine is the 11″ 2012 Air with the 128G SSD and also has Windows 8 on a Bootcamp partition.
I have quite a huge problem. After software update which showed up on my MBA 13″ 2012, Mac turned itself off after installing it. So I tried to boot it but just folder with question mark appeared, tried CMD+R but error -6003F occcured. Basically I can’t do anything now, may someone help me, please?
Thanks you very much
macrumors G3
I have quite a huge problem. After software update which showed up on my MBA 13″ 2012, Mac turned itself off after installing it. So I tried to boot it but just folder with question mark appeared, tried CMD+R but error -6003F occcured. Basically I can’t do anything now, may someone help me, please?
Thanks you very much
Your best bet is to take it to an Apple Store as it’s still under warranty. After a quick search of the internet, that error codes seems to indicate a bad SSD.
After you get the system fixed, you can restore your data from your Time Machine backup.
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