Hi guys, I had to reinstall the operating system (Sonoma) of my MacBook Air (2023, M2) due to a virus.
Now I want to run a command in recovery mode on the terminal, but to complete it an “authorized user” is required - which has never been required before.
Who is this user supposed to be, if not me, who started the device as admin? But my admin user is not accepted. Does anyone know what the machine wants from me?
MacBook Air 15″, macOS 14.7
Hi guys, I had to reinstall the operating system (Sonoma) of my MacBook Air (2023, M2) due to a virus.
No, you didn’t have to reinstall macOS because of a virus (or any other type of malware).
Now I want to run a command in recovery mode on the terminal, but to complete it an “authorized user” is required - which has never been required before.
Who is this user supposed to be, if not me, who started the device as admin? But my admin user is not accepted. Does anyone know what the machine wants from me?
Is it an Apple Silicon Mac or Intel?
Apple Silicon has some security which can get out of whack if you erase the drive. It then needs a DFU reset. That may be what it is asking.
Terminal doesn't accept me as "authorized user"
