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[–] datavoid@lemmy.ml -1 points 6 days ago (2 children)

And presumably if you switch the SSD yourself, you'll brick the whole thing!

[–] fourish@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Ifixit accomplished it. Required another Mac to reinstall the OS.

[–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 1 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

I mean, if you’re swapping it for a drive with no OS on it, wouldn’t that make sense?

[–] fourish@lemmy.world 1 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Older intel macs could do an internet recovery on a bare drive. The internet recovery system was part of the ROMs/BIOS.

[–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 1 points 18 hours ago

Right I forgot about that