The current generation of MacBook Pro doesn't have such a recovery port for the SSD anymore. The MacBook Pro 2016 and MacBook Pro 2017 had such a port, but the MacBook Pro 2018, which features the T2 chip, doesn't. As the encryption keys are located inside the T2 chip, if that chips breaks, all data on the SSD is lost.
As the encryption keys are located inside the T2 chip, if that chips breaks, all data on the SSD is lost.
All my "valuable" stuff is on github, or google drive, or icloud photos or something-or-other. My local drive is really just a local "cache" for speed purposes.
I don't see how else you're expected to not lose sleep at night anymore.
I had been using iCloud for backup up until a DJ gig where I came to realize that upon enabling iCloud it had automatically moved all my AIFF music files to the cloud, leaving only a symlink behind. So that gig was a failure and pretty unprofessional. I disabled iCloud and a few days later kaboom, the Macbook died! I lost everything. My mistake for assuming the SSD could be removed and plugged in via an USB caddy.
Apple replaced everything except the bottom case. I picked up the laptop with 100% charge, tested it was working. I jumped on a flight home (no apple store in my country) and that night kaboom, Macbook died again! What are the odds? I hadn't plugged it in to anything. The eventually agreed to give me a brand new one.
The positive side of this experience was forcing me to use an iMac and only work from home office during specific hourse and to not be attached at the hip to my laptop. Net positive for my wife and I.
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The current generation of MacBook Pro doesn't have such a recovery port for the SSD anymore. The MacBook Pro 2016 and MacBook Pro 2017 had such a port, but the MacBook Pro 2018, which features the T2 chip, doesn't. As the encryption keys are located inside the T2 chip, if that chips breaks, all data on the SSD is lost.
All my "valuable" stuff is on github, or google drive, or icloud photos or something-or-other. My local drive is really just a local "cache" for speed purposes.
I don't see how else you're expected to not lose sleep at night anymore.
I had been using iCloud for backup up until a DJ gig where I came to realize that upon enabling iCloud it had automatically moved all my AIFF music files to the cloud, leaving only a symlink behind. So that gig was a failure and pretty unprofessional. I disabled iCloud and a few days later kaboom, the Macbook died! I lost everything. My mistake for assuming the SSD could be removed and plugged in via an USB caddy.
Apple replaced everything except the bottom case. I picked up the laptop with 100% charge, tested it was working. I jumped on a flight home (no apple store in my country) and that night kaboom, Macbook died again! What are the odds? I hadn't plugged it in to anything. The eventually agreed to give me a brand new one.
The positive side of this experience was forcing me to use an iMac and only work from home office during specific hourse and to not be attached at the hip to my laptop. Net positive for my wife and I.