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SATA/IDE to USB Adapter (Mine was Vantec USB 2.0, but it shouldn't matter.Finally, on startup one day, he saw a progress bar that would complete and then the device would shut down. Initial Symptom: My husband's Mac had been randomly shutting down for some time, but we were limping it along. If your Mac is unable to access that feature, this may not work for you, but I included some other handy stuff, like recovering files from the drive. NOTE: This process only worked because the hard drive was still able to access recovery mode by holding Command+R on startup. Please use Common sense if I did this and look around the screen for something that looks like what I'm talking about. I did most of this from memory, so I may have messed up a label here or there. This is probably overkill on instructions, but there are PC people out there who may try to help out the (much more) rare critical Mac issue. Hopefully I diagnosed a bad hard drive correctly (I'll provide my method) and I hope this helps someone out there. The process for an Intel Mac was to press Command (⌘) + R for recovery.Being a 1 Mac household and an IT professional who has only supported PCs, I had a challenging time trying to figure out how to reload OSX after my husband's Mac hard drive died.

Startup Disk – Set the startup disk for the MacĪs you can see, Recovery Mode on an M1 Mac gives you the many of the same options as an Intel Mac.

Share Disk – Share the disk of a Mac that has booted into Recovery Mode.

Terminal – Carry out various tasks from the command line.

Startup Security Utility – Set the security procedures for your Mac.

Disk Utility – Lets you perform various tasks with your hard drive, such as repairing or erasing.

Safari – Browse the web if you need information from the Apple Support website.Restore from Time Machine – Restore your data from a Time Machine backup.Recovery – Gives you access to more apps in macOS Recovery.Once you’re in Recovery Mode on your M1 Mac you’ll be able to perform a variety of tasks. If asked, enter the password for an administrator account.

Click on the gear with Options underneath. After a few seconds you’ll see two icons: A hard disk and a gear.You’ll eventually see a message that says Loading startup options. When the screen goes black, press and hold the power button.You can do this by clicking on the Apple icon in the menu bar. You’ll have to be connected to the internet to access Recovery Mode. Entering Recovery Mode on an M1 Mac is a different process than on an Intel Mac.