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If you have access to a second Mac, you can restore macOS even after a complete disk wipe, no recovery partition needed: > Will this break my machine? How safe
by wtallis 3y ago
If you have access to a second Mac, you can restore macOS even after a complete disk wipe, no recovery partition needed:
> Will this break my machine? How safe is it?
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> Apple Silicon machines are almost completely unbrickable: you can boot them in a special burned-in recovery mode and recover them, using another machine connected via a USB cable. For those who don’t have another macOS machine to act as a host, we have open source tools that work on Windows and Linux too.
https://asahilinux.org/2022/03/asahi-linux-alpha-release/ https://asahilinux.org/2022/03/asahi-linux-alpha-release/
https://support.apple.com/guide/apple-configurator-mac/revive-or-restore-a-mac-with-apple-silicon-apdd5f3c75ad/mac https://support.apple.com/guide/apple-configurator-mac/reviv...
- CalChris 3y agoYep, Apple Configurator 2. Been there done that with an unfixable partitioning. Eventually I learned about AC2 and a clean install solved all of my partitioning problems.
- piperswe 3y agoSuper handy for resetting other Apple devices in weird states too. I've picked up "bricked" HomePod Minis from eBay, reset them with AC2, and ended up with 100% functional HomePods for a fraction of the price of a new one.