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Big Sur Recovery mode works for me with Option+Cmd+R, so if needed I can install that. What I meant is that the other goes into Mavericks Recovery mode. And I’m

Big Sur Recovery mode works for me with Option+Cmd+R, so if needed I can install that. What I meant is that the other goes into Mavericks Recovery mode. And I’m happy about that actually :-) Edit: if you were referring to Option+Cmd+R anyway, I guess I misread Edit2: by other one I meant Shift+Option+Cmd+R, just Cmd+R actually goes into Big Sur, you are right!

aspenmayer 1y ago
Yeah, there are a few keyboard combinations that do different things. https://support.apple.com/en-us/102655 https://support.apple.com/en-us/102655 > On an Intel-based Mac: > If you used Command-R to start up from the local Recovery system, you get the current version of the most recently installed macOS. > If you used Option-Command-R to start up from Internet Recovery, you might get the latest macOS that is compatible with your Mac. > If you used Shift-Option-Command-R to start up from Internet Recovery, you might get the macOS that came with your Mac, or the closest version still available.
- brewmarche 1y ago
  There is another one, you can hold Option while booting and it will show disks to boot from. But there is also a SSID dropdown to do internet recovery like Shift+Option+Command+R.
  - aspenmayer 1y ago
    Yes, Option is boot menu iirc. You can even boot to Linux or Windows if you have the patience to set it up. I made a hackintosh for hard drive data recovery that would dual boot Windows 10 and macOS. It’s a fun ecosystem.
    - brewmarche 1y ago
      Yeah I remember using BootCamp back then. FreeBSD also works quite well on the MacBook Air mid-2014, but without WiFi. Edit: I didn’t bother to look into wifibox which is a FreeBSD package that runs a Linux VM for the WiFi driver, that could work. Also didn’t bother to check the webcam. However both WiFi and webcam work under various Linux distributions, but it’s typically a third-party Broadcom driver that has to be added outside of regular package repos.

aspenmayer 1y ago

Yeah, there are a few keyboard combinations that do different things. https://support.apple.com/en-us/102655 https://support.apple.com/en-us/102655 > On an Intel-based Mac: > If you used Command-R to start up from the local Recovery system, you get the current version of the most recently installed macOS. > If you used Option-Command-R to start up from Internet Recovery, you might get the latest macOS that is compatible with your Mac. > If you used Shift-Option-Command-R to start up from Internet Recovery, you might get the macOS that came with your Mac, or the closest version still available.

brewmarche 1y ago
There is another one, you can hold Option while booting and it will show disks to boot from. But there is also a SSID dropdown to do internet recovery like Shift+Option+Command+R.
- aspenmayer 1y ago
  Yes, Option is boot menu iirc. You can even boot to Linux or Windows if you have the patience to set it up. I made a hackintosh for hard drive data recovery that would dual boot Windows 10 and macOS. It’s a fun ecosystem.
  - brewmarche 1y ago
    Yeah I remember using BootCamp back then. FreeBSD also works quite well on the MacBook Air mid-2014, but without WiFi. Edit: I didn’t bother to look into wifibox which is a FreeBSD package that runs a Linux VM for the WiFi driver, that could work. Also didn’t bother to check the webcam. However both WiFi and webcam work under various Linux distributions, but it’s typically a third-party Broadcom driver that has to be added outside of regular package repos.