Re:Don’t format a drive of M1 Macs from recovery mode
by PurpleFoxy on Thursday February 18, 2021 @07:30AM
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The unlink stage would require your password. The recovery partition requires internet to reinstall already.
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Re:Don’t format a drive of M1 Macs from recovery mode
by josephg on Thursday February 18, 2021 @12:39PM
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Yep, just like it does on iPhones - where Apple has a button for this and it’s really easy. I’m sure a lot more iPhones get stolen than laptops every year, and I doubt the factory reset button behind its password prompt makes that any worse.