How to boot an Apple Silicon Mac into Recovery Mode

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Most of the time, your Mac “just works.”  But if you ever have to boot your Apple Silicon Mac into Recovery Mode, do the following:

1. On your Mac, choose Apple menu > Shut Down.

   Wait for your Mac to shut down completely. A Mac is completely shut down when the screen is black and any lights (including in the Touch Bar and keyboard) are off.

2. Press and hold the power button on your Mac until the system volume and the Options button appear.
3. Click the Options button, then click Continue.
4. If asked, select a volume to recover, then click Next.
5. Select an administrator account, then click Next.
6. Enter the password for the administrator account, then click Continue.

   When the Recovery app appears in the menu bar, you can choose any of the available options in the window or the menu bar.

Via: https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/macos-recovery-a-mac-apple-silicon-mchl82829c17/14.0/mac/14.0

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