Setting Up and Restoring Mac Flashcards
How do you start up a Mac with Apple silicon in macOS Recovery?
With the Mac shut down, press and hold the power button until “Loading startup options” appears.
Mac computers with Apple silicon use the power button for all options.
What does safe mode prevent from loading when you start up a Mac?
Login items
Safe mode prevents your Mac from loading login items, system extensions not required by macOS, and fonts not installed by macOS.
What is a disk related function of macOS Recovery?
macOS Recovery helps you repair or erase a hard disk.
How do you start up a Intel-based Mac in macOS Recovery?
Restart your Mac.
Immediately press and hold one of the following key combinations until you see the startup screen:
* Command-R: Start up from the built-in macOS Recovery System.
* Option-Command-R: Start up from macOS Recovery over the internet to install the latest macOS.
* Option-Shift-Command-R: Start up from macOS Recovery over the internet to install the macOS that came with your Mac or the closest version that’s still available
How to start your Mac in Safe Mode?
Start up your Mac by pressing and holding the power button until “Loading startup options” appears. Click the hard drive icon, then press and hold the Shift key and click the Continue in Safe Mode button.
At the startup options screen, you can start in safe mode, Apple Diagnostics, or macOS Recovery.
True of False:
Erase Assistant is available on both Intel-based and Apple silicon Mac.
False
This feature is available only on Mac computers with Apple silicon and Intel-based Mac computers with the T2 Security Chip.
Where can you find the Erase Assistant app?
In System Settings, click General > Transfer or Reset. Click Erase All Content and Settings.
You can also find the Erase Assistant app in /System/Library/CoreServices.
When using Apple Configurator to restore a Mac, can you use a Thunderbolt 3 cable?
No, you can only use a USB-C to USB-C cable.
The USB-C cable must support both power and data. Thunderbolt 3 cables aren’t supported.
Which statement about Erase All Content and Settings is true?
- Find My and Activation Lock remain turned on after your Mac erases all content and settings.
- Bluetooth devices remain paired to your Mac after Erase All Content and Settings completes the erase process.
- Erase All Content and Settings can be undone.
- Third-party apps are removed from your Mac after it’s been erased.
Third-party apps are removed from your Mac after it’s been erased.
All settings, media, and data are erased from your Mac.
How must you start a Mac to erase the built-in startup disk?
In macOS Recovery
You need to start in macOS Recovery to erase the built-in startup disk.
How do you start a Mac with Apple silicon in DFU mode?
In DFU mode, a device’s Boot ROM code waits to be recovered over USB.
Press and hold the power button and at the same time press all three of the following keys for 10 seconds: the left Control key, left Option key, and right Shift key. After 10 seconds, immediately release the three keys but continue to press and hold the power button until a DFU icon appears in Apple Configurator.
You can access DFU mode only by using these specific keys on a Mac notebook with Apple silicon.
If the DFU icon doesn’t appear in Apple Configurator after 30 seconds, release the power button and confirm that you’re using the correct cable and it’s plugged into the correct port on both Mac computers.
Which of these actions does Migration Assistant perform when you migrate content from one Mac to another Mac?
It transfers applications, user accounts, settings, and other content from a Mac.
Migration Assistant transfers content and data from a Mac.
In which folder do you find Migration Assistant on a Mac?
Applications/Utilities
Migration Assistant is in the Utilities folder of your Applications folder.
What happens when you open Migration Assistant on your old Mac?
All open apps quit, and the account logs out.
Migration Assistant quits the Finder and all other apps so that it can safely and reliably transfer your data.
What happens when you open Migration Assistant on your old Mac?
All open apps quit, and the account logs out.
Migration Assistant quits the Finder and all other apps so that it can safely and reliably transfer your data.