Apple Silicon Macs can't boot from external drive if internal drive failed

Re:Apple Silicon Macs can't boot from external drive if inte... by lotsofpulp on Tuesday November 02, 2021 @01:55PM (#29084932)

Apple is targeting the population that has no need for upgrades.

Watching videos, browsing internet, sharing pictures and videos, video calling and basic spreadsheet/word processing needs no upgrades.

I use a 2015 MacBook Air and I don’t need an upgrade, and I probably do more on my laptop than 80% of people.

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Re:Apple Silicon Macs can't boot from external drive if inte... by fsflover on Tuesday November 02, 2021 @02:30PM (#29085462)

> Apple is targeting the population that has no need for upgrades.

And also those who very frequently do backups, because restoring the data from a failed SSD would be problematic.

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Re:Apple Silicon Macs can't boot from external drive if inte... by lotsofpulp on Tuesday November 02, 2021 @02:37PM (#29085573)

Yes, Apple is also probably not targeting the population of people who cannot backup to iCloud and also not backup regularly to a NAS or USB via Time Machine.

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Re:Apple Silicon Macs can't boot from external drive if inte... by kube-system on Tuesday November 02, 2021 @04:10PM (#29086757)

Time Machine takes hourly backups. Setup consists of selecting a target and checking a box.

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Re:Apple Silicon Macs can't boot from external drive if inte... by akoncius on Wednesday November 03, 2021 @04:35PM (#29099920)

well what about macbook pro series? professionals constantly WANT to have ability to upgrade devices down the road, but Apple simply denies it.

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