I did a restore from Time Machine. It took 24 hours and said it was successful but then wouldn’t start up because it said the OS version is not set. When I try an internet recovery of Sierra I get a message saying it’s not available.

No, I tried to install High Sierra.

Sigh. Just wondering whether to wipe my SSD.

@kdfrawg Yes. The NHS funds acute care with no quibbles but for long term high level care needs you’re pretty much on your own.

@kdfrawg Our care is shared between social and medical departments and the primary goal of each is to avoid being responsible for paying for anything.

@kdfrawg Ugh, yes, I have two sets of forms to fill out for my parents to try and navigate the financing of my father’s care.

@kdfrawg No. The plumber’s electrical friend couldn’t come today, so no heating till Friday.

@kdfrawg No, it’s a blank 64GB one. I’m trying the other slot now.

@kdfrawg Except it keeps complaining that the USB stick has been ejected half way through putting the files on it.

@kdfrawg Anyway, It’s handy having a spare machine around sometimes. The iPad works for looking things up, but not when you want to make a bootable USB.