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Recovery mode problems and how to solve them

If there’s a problem, you may try Recovery mode. What do you do when that proves to be a problem? Solutions for Intel and Apple silicon Macs.

January 6, 2023 Macs, Technology

Explainer: The ‘bricked’ Mac

Should you be scared of ‘bricking’ your Mac? Just what does it mean, and what could you do about it? Don’t panic: it’s not a dragon to be slayed.

April 2, 2022 Macs, Technology

Is there still something amiss in the M1 firmware?

Erase your M1’s internal storage in Recovery, reinstall macOS and you could see an error in which it failed ‘to personalize the software update’. That’s not easy to fix, as explained here.

June 18, 2021 Macs, Technology

How to roll your M1 Mac back to Big Sur 11.1

macOS updates sometimes don’t work out right. What can you do to revert to the previous release? Did I hear you mention snapshots?

February 9, 2021 Macs, Technology

Startup modes for M1 Macs

M1 Macs don’t use that warren of startup key combinations, but a logical structure of choices, mostly when starting up in Recovery Mode. Here are the full details.

November 28, 2020 Macs, Technology
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