{"id":39033,"date":"2023-04-11T21:55:06","date_gmt":"2023-04-12T01:55:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=39033"},"modified":"2023-04-11T21:55:06","modified_gmt":"2023-04-12T01:55:06","slug":"recovery-on-apple-silicon-macs-has-changed-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2023\/04\/11\/recovery-on-apple-silicon-macs-has-changed-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Recovery on Apple Silicon Macs Has Changed Again"},"content":{"rendered":"

Howard Oakley<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Recovery modes on Apple silicon Macs have also changed. In Big Sur, the primary Recovery system is stored in a hidden container on the internal SSD, and a fallback Recovery system in a volume alongside the boot volume group. Monterey swapped those over, so primary Recovery goes into the paired volume in the boot volume group, and fallback Recovery into the hidden container on the internal SSD.<\/p>

[…]<\/p>

Now, at least in Ventura 13.2.1, and presumably in recent releases of Monterey with their firmware updates, you can enter fallback Recovery with a restart, instead of having to start up cold, but that normally enters fallback rather than primary (paired) Recovery mode.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I used to be really good at administering Macs, but now I find tasks related to installing, booting, and recovery so confusing. I thought things would get simpler with Apple integrating more of the stack. But with more security stuff and multiple modes, and limitations on what third-party apps can do to help, it’s gotten more complicated and error prone, and it always seems to be changing.<\/p>\n\n

Previously:<\/p>\n