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Re:Don’t format a drive of M1 Macs from recovery mode by ciupicri on Thursday February 18, 2021 @05:41AM (#26178280)
Is it that hard to just corrupt the file system?
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Re:Don’t format a drive of M1 Macs from recovery mode by tinus_hn on Thursday February 18, 2021 @06:24AM (#26178566)
Like iPhones, new Macs are linked to an account and you can’t activate a new installation without access to the account. This is a pretty strong theft deterrent.

Of course this only works if you need access to the account to break this link.

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