Apple Halted M2 Chip Production in January Amid 'Plummeting' Mac Sales

Re:Apple Halted M2 Chip Production in January Amid 'Plummeti... by vetinari on Monday April 03, 2023 @02:03PM (#35428533)

M1 won't boot without internal storage.

The point of the parent comment was not about saving data from the drive, but that the devices are landfill material once they hit tbw limits on their drives, even if they were otherwise in good condition.

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Re:Apple Halted M2 Chip Production in January Amid 'Plummeti... by ehutch79 on Monday April 03, 2023 @02:32PM (#35429033)

Sure it will. Just checked, found a bunch of articles with 5 step instructions where one of the steps is hold the power button down.

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Re:Apple Halted M2 Chip Production in January Amid 'Plummeti... by smoldesu on Monday April 03, 2023 @03:52PM (#35430281)

> The M1 boot process requires a working SSD to boot macOS. The SSD contains a Signed System Volume that is cryptographically sealed by Apple. No seal, no bootable System.

> So if the internal drive on your M1 Mac fails completely, even an external bootable drive won't boot. Yep, your Mac is bricked.

https://www.zdnet.com/article/how-bad-is-the-m1-macs-ssd-fai...

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Re:Apple Halted M2 Chip Production in January Amid 'Plummeti... by stametseater on Tuesday April 04, 2023 @11:04AM (#35440830)

Well you'll not hit TBW limits if you're using another drive anyway.

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Re:Apple Halted M2 Chip Production in January Amid 'Plummeti... by smoldesu on Tuesday April 04, 2023 @01:14PM (#35442861)

Unless you have configured your Macbook to not use Swap, it will constantly write to the built-in drive when memory pressure is high enough.

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