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from the it's-not-bricked-if-you-CAN-restore-it dept.
MacRumors reports Restoring a Bricked iMac Pro Requires a Second Mac and Configurator 2:
"If an iMac Pro becomes unresponsive and requires restoring, like if there's a power failure during a software update, there are a special set of instructions iMac Pro users must follow, which require a secondary Mac."
As outlined in an Apple Configurator 2 support page, an iMac Pro restore requires a second Mac running macOS High Sierra with internet access and Apple Configurator 2.6 or later installed.
[...] This restore process is similar to what must be done for an iPhone or iPad that is unresponsive, and it is necessary due to the extra security afforded by the Apple-designed T2 chip ... [which] integrates the system management controller, image signal processor for the camera, audio controller, SSD controller, a Secure Enclave, and a hardware encryption engine.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by RedBear on Monday December 18 2017, @02:40AM (2 children)
Guys, guys... GUYS! GUUUUUYYYYSSSS!!!
PHHHWWEEEETT!
Guys...
The secure boot stuff can be easily disabled [twitter.com] in a preference pane in System Preferences if you no likey. Presumedly the machine would then be bootable from external media or any of the other things you can do to recover any other Mac. And this should only be encountered when something crazy happens like losing power in the middle of a system update that somehow leaves the system unbootable to even Safe Mode or Single User Mode. Which is not something I've ever encountered in 15 years of Mac administration and maintenance except in cases where hardware needed to be replaced anyway. You do have your desktop computer on a UPS, right?
Base price of the iMac Pro is $5k, going up to $13k. Likelihood is that almost all owners of such a pro-oriented machine will either already have a second Mac of some kind or know someone who does.
You may now return to your currently scheduled (over?)reaction.
¯\_ʕ◔.◔ʔ_/¯ LOL. I dunno. I'm just a bear.
... Peace out. Got bear stuff to do. 彡ʕ⌐■.■ʔ
(Score: 2) by captain normal on Monday December 18 2017, @07:01AM (1 child)
If it don't boot how do you access System Preferences? Most of the bears I've known would just rip the damn thing apart then go looking for honey or bacon.
When life isn't going right, go left.
(Score: 2) by RedBear on Monday December 18 2017, @02:44PM
Or bacon... glazed with maple syrup.
My presumption is that if you're the kind of person who doesn't like the idea of secure boot you will have disabled those security features already and therefore should never encounter the recovery problem. And since it's easily disable-able it's not a good reason to avoid buying a Mac if you already like Macs.
¯\_ʕ◔.◔ʔ_/¯ LOL. I dunno. I'm just a bear.
... Peace out. Got bear stuff to do. 彡ʕ⌐■.■ʔ