Apple Silicon Macs can't boot from external drive if internal drive failed
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Re: Apple Silicon Macs can't boot from external drive if internal drive failed
#2Article is from May but received no attention, and I believe most people are unaware of this; the Mac needs an iBoot on the internal drive in order to boot from any volume, and thus cannot boot from an external drive if the internal one has failed.
Re: Apple Silicon Macs can't boot from external drive if internal drive failed
#3Sounds like something a software update could fix. Probably a scenario that was never tested.
Re: Apple Silicon Macs can't boot from external drive if internal drive failed
#4I'd be curious what Marcan (Asahi Linux founder/hacker) would have to say about this. Perhaps there's a workaround?
Re: Apple Silicon Macs can't boot from external drive if internal drive failed
#5Article is from May but received no attention, and I believe most people are unaware of this; the Mac needs an iBoot on the internal drive in order to boot from any volume, and thus cannot boot from an external drive if the internal one has failed.
Once again Apple is showing how to do things stupidly. They won't allow you to boot from an external HDD/SSD if the internal one fails. On top of that they make it extremely difficult to replace the internal disk on your own. Carbon Copy Cloner has been my number one program all these years, but I think that Apple is pushing us loyal and technical competent people away. They just want "simple" users.
Re: Apple Silicon Macs can't boot from external drive if internal drive failed
#6Article is from May but received no attention, and I believe most people are unaware of this; the Mac needs an iBoot on the internal drive in order to boot from any volume, and thus cannot boot from an external drive if the internal one has failed.
Once again Apple is showing how to do things stupidly. They won't allow you to boot from an external HDD/SSD if the internal one fails. On top of that they make it extremely difficult to replace the internal disk on your own. Carbon Copy Cloner has been my number one program all these years, but I think that Apple is pushing us loyal and technical competent people away. They just want "simple" users.
They want you to take the device to the dealership.
Re: Apple Silicon Macs can't boot from external drive if internal drive failed
#7Consider options like Framework laptops that let you actually own your hardware, and repair it.
Re: Apple Silicon Macs can't boot from external drive if internal drive failed
#8Consider options like Framework laptops that let you actually own your hardware, and repair it.
I for one will, if they were to make a 15" :)
Re: Apple Silicon Macs can't boot from external drive if internal drive failed
#9Sounds like something a software update could fix. Probably a scenario that was never tested.
Maybe or maybe not. It depends a lot on how the chip's boot ROM is designed.
Re: Apple Silicon Macs can't boot from external drive if internal drive failed
#10Does that apply to PXE or the Mac equivalent?
I wonder how they will run their diagnistics in the Apple Store if they can't boot their diagnostics tool.