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You know, there are a few key features about macs that have made them much better computers.

Target disk mode. Target display mode. Boot from an external drive using option. Boot from the network.

And you know the "decision makers" don't understand how much nicer it makes the computers to administer. (understand in the sense they would defend them for real in a feature-cutting meeting) Instead we get dongles.

sigh.

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Can't you boot from an external drive (time machine backup) using option, on Catalina? I was under the impression booting from external USB was how you would format the mac.

I don't know about time machine. I suspect you might.

To be clear, I wasn't saying they were taking out the option boot-picker.

I was saying these lesser known features - although they will never be used by a general audience - make the mac significantly easier to administer for people who have been using macs for years and know what they're doing.

I will say I'm glad you can upgrade an older system to a new usb-c style thunderbolt machine using target disk mode - but the dongles/cables to achieve this feat are ridiculous.

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