Originally Posted By: artie505
Originally Posted By: plantsower
Wow, those Tacit and Virtual 1 posts are geeky to say the least. I do have a question. He kept saying recovery wasn't all that reliable from an SSD (I am paraphrasing). Does that mean recovery mode doesn't work all that well or is it just about, let's say the government, trying to recover something we've deleted.? I have to assume recovery still does what it is supposed to do.

"Geeky" is relative: my daughter, who's a certified Mac tech, calls me a geek.

tacit and V1 are both exceptionally knowledgeable, but tacit's writing tends to be more approachable...more easily digestible than V1's.

Your assumption is correct; "recovery", as V1 used it, means recovery of deleted data, not recovery in the sense of restoring your OS.


OK, thanks. That's good to know about the recovery. Also, if I was younger and looking for a career, a Mac Tech sounds so much fun.


MacBook Pro - M2, Ventura 13.6
Safari Tech Prev 17.0
Safari 16.6
Firefox 116.0.2
iPhone 7 Version 15.8