Thank you, Jonathan, for the warning. The mackbook air I am passing onto somebody else is the 2017 edition. I will be cautious and I hope i won’t do anything stupid.
Andrew > On 9 Jun 2021, at 01:48, Jonathan Cohn <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello, > Be careful when erasing a Big Sur volume, especially on a M1 computer. The > last time I tried this, I accidentally erased the recovery partition, making > the re-install much slower. On M1 Mac,s there is a special security key on a > special partition of the SSD. If you erase this your computer becomes > completely unusable until managed with special tools if I have read my blogs > correctly. > I would be tempted to create a new admin user and then use the user and group > tools to delete your current user. Or else at least find a lists of steps > online to follow. > > Best wishes, > > Jonathan Cohn > > > >> On Jun 8, 2021, at 15:59, 'Andrew Lamanche' via MacVisionaries >> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> I’m passing my macbook air 2017 that currently has BigSur installed onto a >> member of my family. I need to erase the hard drive and reinstall the >> operating system. What format is best for this process i.e. APFS or MacOS >> journaled? >> >> Many thanks >> Andrew >> >> -- >> The following information is important for all members of the Mac >> Visionaries list. >> >> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if >> you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or >> moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >> >> Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> and your owner is Cara Quinn - you >> can reach Cara at [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> >> The archives for this list can be searched at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/6182DAF7-207F-4FAC-B2B2-FDF43BC6CBE4%40me.com. > > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: > [email protected] and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > [email protected] > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/C8F52468-A4DD-47EB-9C59-DBB30D529CF4%40gmail.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/C8F52468-A4DD-47EB-9C59-DBB30D529CF4%40gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: [email protected] and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/9A359302-2974-440A-AE05-6C42E5BA444F%40me.com.
