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This is the most important section on this page. Our guides describe procedures you carry out on your own computer, and some of them are capable of destroying data or leaving a system unusable if performed incorrectly, on the wrong target, or on a configuration they were not written for. Erasing a Mac, changing startup behaviour, running Terminal commands, editing system settings, and deleting files from your Library folder all carry real risk.

Before following any procedure that modifies your system, back up your data and confirm the steps apply to your specific Mac and macOS version. Where we know a step differs between releases or between Apple silicon and Intel, we say so — but we cannot verify every configuration, and Apple changes menus and settings between releases.

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