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Thursday, 4 June 2020

How to boot into macOS Recovery and optionally erase the disk

The following can be used to reboot into recovery;


Command (⌘) + R
Reinstall the latest macOS that was installed on your Mac (recommended).

Option + ⌘ + R
Upgrade to the latest macOS that is compatible with your Mac.

Shift + Option + Command (⌘) +  R
Reinstall the macOS that came with your Mac, or the closest version still available.

To optionally erase the disk;


Choose View > Show All Devices and then choose the top drive, the system drive and choose erase.
Note: Its worth copying the drive name as we can use it to name the newly formatted drive, if that's your thing.

Reference here and here for recover options.

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