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Unable to reinstall MacOS on M1 MacBook Pro 13 inch after erasing via icloud. SSD not formatting and not showing up
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Not messed with this for quite some time, but I’m seeing the 1TB drive with no containers. I was under the assumption you need to create a container first - unless my memory is all levels of wonky.
You're erasing the disk in APFS, right? This is so strange - looks like the kernel (process 0) is preventing the erase from happening at all.
Are you on Big Sur or Monterey? If on Big Sur, you should see an option up in the Apple menu to "Erase Mac." Have you tried that?
Now, to answer your question:
To erase/restore with Apple Configurator, you'll need:
Once you have the Mac in DFU mode, start the restore process in Apple Configurator 2.
Hope this helps
Are you on Big Sur or Monterey? If on Big Sur, you should see an option up in the Apple menu to "Erase Mac." Have you tried that?
Now, to answer your question:
To erase/restore with Apple Configurator, you'll need:
- Second Mac running Catalina 10.15.6 or later
- Preferable for it to have a USB-C port (see below)
- Access to the Internet
- USB-C or USB-A cable - can use the charge cable that came with the MBP; must be able to transfer power and data. Thunderbolt cables aren't supported.
Once you have the Mac in DFU mode, start the restore process in Apple Configurator 2.
Hope this helps
They're erasing the "whole disk" / top level drive (i.e. "Apple SSD ...") Shouldn't it create a container automatically?
Possibly, but I seem to remember reading of times where users had managed to do something that resulted in the sort of thing happening.
Like I say, it’s been an age since I last ditzed around with this (I got a little to excitable on an old MBP and managed to delete pretty much everything!) and was left pondering for a while how to proceed since I’d never touched APFS before (I came from a Windows background - and before that, Unix).