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 wrote:
>
> Hello,
> Be careful when erasing a Big Sur volume, especially on
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
Hi,
It should be APFS. MacOS 13.4 and up all use APFS. The installer should
actually make your drive APFS even if you’ve formatted it as MacOS Extended
(Journaled), but to save the hassle, just format it as APFS.
Later…
Tim Kilburn
Jamf Certified Tech
Apple Professional Learning Specialist
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
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