Hello daschrislydon,
Thanks for reaching out to the Apple Support Communities! From your message I can see that you have erased the 2011 MacBook Air and are looking to upgrade the OS X from Lion.
- Mac Specs By Year 2011. Complete technical specifications for every Apple Mac released in 2011 are listed below. For other years, see the main By Year page. Currently Shipping Macs additionally may be of interest. To view each Mac released from 1984 to the present on a dynamic, interactive timeline, you also may find EveryMac.com's Ultimate Mac Timeline useful.
- This Microsoft office for mac 2011 is only compatible with Mac OS X 10.5.8 users or for the more the 10.5.8 version. Below this version of the mac os, it won’t support to install this Microsoft to install or for the further use this Microsoft version was released on 22nd day of the month of September in the year of 2010.
- I have a Mac Mini mid 2011 and installed Windows 10 fine on it, even updated to the latest Fall Creators Update with no problems. Initially I had laggy movements with the Magic Mouse but I use a wired mouse now. I used the Windows 8.1 drivers and Bootcamp 5 drivers I think. I let Bootcamp setup the partition and USB drive.
You're correct that you need to upgrade to OS X El Capitan before you can upgrade to macOS High Sierra.
Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 offers a solid update to the Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and the other members of the productivity suite. Though the latest package is still not on par with the Windows. Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 is a version of the Microsoft Office productivity suite for macOS. It is the successor to Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac and is comparable to Office 2010 for Windows. Office 2011 was followed by Microsoft Office 2016 for Mac released on September 22, 2015, requiring a Mac with an x64 Intel processor and OS X.
Since you're unable to reinstall the Mac OS X Lion through Recovery, see if you can boot into Internet Recovery. To access Internet Recovery, restart your MacBook Air and hold down Option + Command + R. This will allow you to reinstall OS X Lion.
By reinstalling Lion you'll have access to the App Store and you can follow the steps to upgrade to OS X El Capitan: How to upgrade to OS X El Capitan.
Once you have OS X El Capitan running, you can then upgrade to macOS High Sierra: How to upgrade to macOS High Sierra.
If you're unable to reinstall OS X Lion, you'll need to have access to another Mac to be able to create a bootable USB drive for El Capitan. This article will provide you with the steps to take to create a bootable installer: How to create a bootable installer for macOS.
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All the best!
Feb 12, 2020 6:35 AM