Originally Posted by artie505
I wonder if the procedure can be avoided by installing ACE from a different volume? (Update: A quick look with Pacifist suggests that it can't be done.)
That would be a quick way to render Big Sur unbootable. It has to be inserted by the installer then there is a routine that is automatically run from the Recovery Assistant that I believe patches the boot image. I didn't mention it because it required no intervention or interaction on my part.

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I don't understand how the part about command-control-space fits in.
It is a separate issue/change/difference between Intel and M1 Macs.

Last edited by joemikeb; 11/25/20 02:30 PM.
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