m1mac

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by m1mac 6y ago
Apple released a new platform security guide today. [1] According to that, there is a "fallback recovery OS" that can be accessed if you "[f]rom a shutdown state, double-press and hold the power button." I wonder if this
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by m1mac 6y ago
Yeah, that's the right way to do it. You can do it without FileVault enabled, too. Enter `resetpassword` in Terminal, and the Erase Mac option is in the menu bar. I'll grant that this is poorly documented and not intuitive in the
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by m1mac 6y ago
By the way, how do you get into OS recovery (not 1TR)? `man bputil` does allude to a distinction between the two, as you mention: > Boot environment requirements: software-launched macOS Recovery or 1TR. The only way I know of to get to
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by m1mac 6y ago
From what I can tell, Internet Recovery (which downloaded a recovery OS) is gone and replaced by 1TR which is stored on a hidden flash partition. 1TR is capable of downloading the OS and installing it, so in a way it can be considered the r
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by m1mac 6y ago
> Additionally, the SEP data is stored separately from the OS (in one of the volumes of the first container). To wipe that, after wiping the partition and before reinstalling, run `xartutil --erase-all`. I believe the "Erase Mac&quo
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by m1mac 6y ago
I agree that disk management of M1 Macs is poorly documented, but the author's issue appears to stem from: > Nope, this don’t work as I suspected… so, let’s check online, Apple suggests a long procedure and a short by typing “resetp