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Starting two M1 Macs from the same disk

Q When my M1 iMac arrives, can I start both it and my M1 MacBook Air from the same external drive?

by EDDIEC HANDLER

A Yes, once you’ve set your external drive to work with both Macs, and provided that they and the drive are running the same version of macOS. Format it as APFS and run the current Big Sur installer app from the App Store, or in Recovery Mode if you prefer. When you’re invited to create and migrate the

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