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Recovery Mode not working after OS drive replacement (Mac Pro 2019)

I have replaced the system drives in two of my Macs Pro 2019 (went from 2TB to 8TB, used a new-and-sealed official kit - not that there are any other options). I followed the upgrade instructions to the letter, used another Mac Pro 2019 to revive the Mac using the DFU and installed Sonoma using the Internet Recovery.


Now I can't enter the Recovery Mode on both Macs, which is a bit of a problem, because I can only use the Internet Recovery now.


Any ideas how to bring it back? Or why this is happening?

Mac Pro, macOS 14.6

Posted on Sep 15, 2024 3:01 PM

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Sep 16, 2024 1:32 PM in response to Grant Bennet-Alder

Oh boy, this is embarrassing. It turned out everything is fine, but I was using a wired PC keyboard (all my Mac keyboards are wireless) and I was pressing the wrong key all that time, so the alt key instead of the start (windows) key... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯


Sorry for the brain fart... Anyway, all good and hopefully someone with a similar problem will stumble upon this thread and find a solution.


Cheers!


Recovery Mode not working after OS drive replacement (Mac Pro 2019)

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