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Wait, really? What mechanism makes a user account required? Since the change has to be made from 1TR, I’d have thought you’d never need to log in...
by Wowfunhappy 5y ago
Wait, really? What mechanism makes a user account required? Since the change has to be made from 1TR, I’d have thought you’d never need to log in...
- gjsman-1000 5y agoYou need to log into 1TR with a local admin account, which is used to prevent thieves from wiping the drive and reselling. This process apparently works even if macOS is damaged, meaning your account credentials are likely stored in the enclave which is persistent and has storage inside the chip.
- SpelingBeeChamp 5y ago1TR?
- Wowfunhappy 5y ago"One True Recovery". It's a special recovery environment that the user enters when they hold down the power button on an M1 Mac. It looks identical to a standard recovery environment, but it allows you to do things turn off secure boot.