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What does it mean the SSD is soldered to the motherboard? If I was to loose 2 months of work I would rip the disks off with my teeth. What is the real issue her
by dandare 5y ago
What does it mean the SSD is soldered to the motherboard? If I was to loose 2 months of work I would rip the disks off with my teeth. What is the real issue here?
- flemhans 5y agoThe data is encrypted with the key stored in the T2 chip (if it's still called that) so you couldn't even just solder it to another board.
- watermelon0 5y agoShouldn't Apple be able to recover the data if T2 is intact? It's possible that it's not worth to them, but I'd think it's doable.
- viraptor 5y agoIt's of course technically doable - the laptop itself is a device that talks to the drive via T2. But it's not something Apple wants to do. This was an issue for years already before M1 was introduced.
- hesk 5y agoIs this the same as Filevault or is it something different?
- fmajid 5y agoSimilar, but done in secure hardware in a T2 embedded inside the M1. The complete I/O path is protected.
- hctaw 5y agoYou have to backup more regularly than every two months... And Apple replaces the entire motherboard if a component on it fails. The agreement that you may lose data has been around awhile and it's just boilerplate. When mucking around on a board they aren't going to guarantee anything - and I don't know if third party repair shops would do that either. There is always the chance someone screws up and breaks something.
- brokenmachine 5y agoReplacing the motherboard shouldn't mean losing your data. But it does if you own an Apple.