Hopefully this will silence all the annoying “But what if Apple stopped allowing you to install Linux on M1 laptop?” commentshttps://twitter.com/marcan42/status/1348169760232521730 …
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Also: For a few months now, I’ve been budgeting for a new iPad Air/Pro. But now I’m probably buying a MacBook Air M1 instead. The price is pretty nice, but I honestly think it can last at least 5y like my previous MacBook.
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Did I get this right - it is not possible to boot from USB drive on apple laptop?
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It is possible to boot from USB. I have a hard drive in the closet containing a full bootable backup of my Mac.
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I see. What did he mean by "The bootloader is also quite dumb and cannot actually boot from external media"?https://twitter.com/marcan42/status/1348169762468110338 …
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It is not possible to boot from USB. They fake it by copying stuff from USB into internal storage when you do that.
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You aren't booting from USB, you're booting from internal storage with the filesystem on USB.
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However, those USB installs are not properly potable across Macs. I would not recommend doing that (even though it might work to some extent) with current versions of macOS. I think the whole external boot thing is kind of buggy and rushed right now.
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This is for Apple Silicon. Intel Macs can boot from USB.
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