RestoreKit: Recover a Mac in one click from any platform(github.com)
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RestoreKit: Recover a Mac in one click from any platform
https://github.com/fcjr/restorekit
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I've worked at a few places where windows was the default machine (including for IT) and macs were only issued when requested or required. A lot of times the IT folks are forced to use a macbook simply because they need one to recover and reset their fleet of macbooks. I've also seen companies forced to ship a whole new mac out to employees in locations without an apple store when a simple reset would have solved the problem. I think this sucks. People should be able to repair their mac without needing to own another one!
I wondered why I also read this in the readme and then realised -- you're the author!
Good work. This formats, though, not restores, as I understand?
Good work. This formats, though, not restores, as I understand?
Thanks! Yep author here -- you can fully reformat with `restorekit restore` or just restore the firmware (retaining the user disk) with `restorekit revive`. This is what apple calls these two different actions, but I found the naming a bit confusing when I first started looking into this too.
Open to any suggestions on how to make this clearer!
Open to any suggestions on how to make this clearer!
Sure! The very top of the readme says in bold:
> Reformat any Apple Silicon (M series) mac from macOS, linux or windows with a single command.
and it's only a little lower, in less prominent text,that it says:
> lets you fully wipe or restore a T2 or M series macbook
I think one is safe, one is dangerous, and it would be good to make the capability for both clear. I would personally put them in the order safe-then-dangerous in text, too, 'lets you restore (safe for user data) or fully wipe a T2 or M-series MacBook...'.
> Reformat any Apple Silicon (M series) mac from macOS, linux or windows with a single command.
and it's only a little lower, in less prominent text,that it says:
> lets you fully wipe or restore a T2 or M series macbook
I think one is safe, one is dangerous, and it would be good to make the capability for both clear. I would personally put them in the order safe-then-dangerous in text, too, 'lets you restore (safe for user data) or fully wipe a T2 or M-series MacBook...'.