Re:Apple Silicon Macs can't boot from external drive if inte...
by rvz on Tuesday November 02, 2021 @02:07PM
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> So no, what damages NAND does not damage the rest of the board. The more you write and swap to flash, the faster it wears out, taking your Macbook down with it when it dies.
Except as explained by the parent, when the SSD dies on an Intel Mac it can be recovered via Internet Recovery via EFI.
Only way to brick that it is to have a bad flash onto the EFI ROM.
On Apple Silicon when the SSD dies, it cannot be recovered as the firmware is also on the SSD and remains bricked which that is that.
Except as explained by the parent, when the SSD dies on an Intel Mac it can be recovered via Internet Recovery via EFI.
Only way to brick that it is to have a bad flash onto the EFI ROM.
On Apple Silicon when the SSD dies, it cannot be recovered as the firmware is also on the SSD and remains bricked which that is that.