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I've worked at a few places where windows was the default machine (including for IT) and macs were only issued when requested or required. A lot of times the IT
by fcjr 3mo ago
I've worked at a few places where windows was the default machine (including for IT) and macs were only issued when requested or required. A lot of times the IT folks are forced to use a macbook simply because they need one to recover and reset their fleet of macbooks. I've also seen companies forced to ship a whole new mac out to employees in locations without an apple store when a simple reset would have solved the problem. I think this sucks. People should be able to repair their mac without needing to own another one!
- vintagedave 3mo agoI wondered why I also read this in the readme and then realised -- you're the author! Good work. This formats, though, not restores, as I understand?
- fcjr 3mo agoThanks! Yep author here -- you can fully reformat with `restorekit restore` or just restore the firmware (retaining the user disk) with `restorekit revive`. This is what apple calls these two different actions, but I found the naming a bit confusing when I first started looking into this too. Open to any suggestions on how to make this clearer!
- vintagedave 3mo agoSure! The very top of the readme says in bold: > Reformat any Apple Silicon (M series) mac from macOS, linux or windows with a single command. and it's only a little lower, in less prominent text,that it says: > lets you fully wipe or restore a T2 or M series macbook I think one is safe, one is dangerous, and it would be good to make the capability for both clear. I would personally put them in the order safe-then-dangerous in text, too, 'lets you restore (safe for user data) or fully wipe a T2 or M-series MacBook...'.