Turn off the computer, and then press and hold the power button.
That trick will no longer work on an Apple Silicon Mac.
#Factory reset apple mac air how to#
How to access MacOS Recovery on an Apple Silicon Macįor as long as I can remember, forcing a Mac to boot into Recovery Mode where you can repair the hard drive, wipe your personal information or reinstall MacOS has consisted of restarting the computer and holding Command + R on the keyboard. The new recovery mode looks similar, but getting to it is different. At the bottom of this post, I'll go over troubleshooting steps and explain how I fixed it. From what I can tell, it doesn't look like the problem is widespread, but it's still frustrating for those who experience it. (Side note: The easiest way to tell if you have an M1 Mac is to click on the Apple icon in the menu bar followed by About This Mac and look at the Chip section.)Īnd as a forewarning, I experienced an issue after wiping the Mac and trying to reinstall MacOS. Below I'll walk you through how you'll get to Recovery Mode and how to use all of the options it includes. More specifically, the steps to access Recovery Mode, the tool you need to use to reset your Mac, have changed. However, when it comes time to reset your new Mac, either because you're selling it or troubleshooting, there are completely new steps to completely wipe your Mac. In your day-to-day use, you likely won't notice any difference at all, and that's a good thing.
If you've bought a new MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, iMac or Mac Mini recently, there's a good chance it's using Apple's own processor, the Apple Silicon M1, instead of an Intel chip.
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