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How Recovery works on M1 series Macs

Most users won’t have noticed, but Recovery now works quite differently on M1 series Macs than it did in Big Sur. Here’s a detailed explanation of the changes.

December 15, 2021 Macs, Technology

How Monterey changes Apple Silicon Recovery

Soon M1 Macs will be able to boot from two major versions of macOS, and with new models coming, users are going to have more complex systems. How will Recovery cope?

September 23, 2021 Macs, Technology

How to recover a Mac from a kernel panic

Recovering from one regular panic should be straightforward. But what if it’s a boot loop, in which your Mac tries to start up, panics, restarts, in an endless loop? Don’t panic: here are the solutions.

August 30, 2021 Macs, Technology

Making a good Recovery: So many tools

Terminal in Recovery on an M1 Mac has access to many valuable command tools, including USB-C diagnostics,options otherwise unavailable in csrutil, and more.

June 30, 2021 Macs, Technology

Launching Recovery on an M1 Mac: Booting and control in 11.4

How your M1 Mac starts up in the Recovery mode of your choice, or when it decides you need to take a trip to Recovery to fix an issue.

June 3, 2021 Macs, Technology

Booting an M1 Mac: external disks and local boot policy in macOS 11.4

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macOS 11.4 brought major changes to the way M1 Macs handle external bootable disks. This explains how this works during the boot process.

June 2, 2021 Macs, Technology

M1 Macs have a third Recovery mode

There’s 1 True Recovery, Fallback Recovery and one other recovery mode. Disambiguation, explanation and how this changed in macOS 11.4.

May 31, 2021 Macs, Technology

Booting an M1 Mac: external disks and local boot policy

How an M1 Mac can start up from an external bootable disk, and how that can fail. All about boot security policy, and how that’s applied.

May 12, 2021 Macs, Technology

How to boot an M1 Mac into an older version of Big Sur

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How changing a volume’s boot policy can let you boot in older macOS, and update, if you wish. For anyone who uses external bootable disks with an M1 Mac.

May 11, 2021 Macs, Technology

Essential reading for M1 Mac users

If you’re considering getting an M1 Mac, or already have one, this new book is an essential guide and reference.

March 26, 2021 Macs, Technology

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