macOS Repair Assistant Replaces Apple Diagnostics
[Y]ou’ll then be invited to choose from the available diagnostic suites according to your Mac’s hardware, from:
- Mac Resource Inspector, to test the main Mac hardware over a period of 1-7 minutes;
- Display Anomalies, for any built-in LCD panel;
- Keyboard, only when built-in;
- Trackpad, only when built-in;
- Touch ID, for any built-in Touch ID sensor;
- Audio, to verify audio output using a set of test tones.
Currently these are run individually and there’s no means to run them all in sequence.
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This is a huge improvement on Apple Diagnostics, but there’s one slight glitch. Previous results from diagnostic testing were recorded in the Diagnostics section of System Information, but not those from Repair Assistant.
As he says, the documention is unhelpful and vague. Note that Repair Assistant is different from Recovery Assistant, which also debuted in Tahoe.
Previously:
