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Macs with Apple silicon will get new, refined boot and recovery mode

3 points by miles 6y ago

miles 6y ago
> On these new Macs, Target Disk Mode will be retired in favor of Mac Sharing Mode. Rather than turning your Mac into a disk, the new Mac Sharing Mode will turn your Mac into an SMB file server. This is disappointing, especially given all of the trouble with migrating data via WiFi or even Ethernet[1,2] (as opposed to a direct Thunderbolt/FireWire/USB connection). Would much prefer to have direct access to the disk, which opens up many more data recovery options than an SMB server (assuming it can even start). [1] https://macperformanceguide.com/blog/2017/20170707_2222-howto-MigrationAssistant-Thunderbolt.html https://macperformanceguide.com/blog/2017/20170707_2222-howt... [2] https://www.podfeet.com/blog/2016/11/how-not-to-do-migration-assistant/ https://www.podfeet.com/blog/2016/11/how-not-to-do-migration...