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Tahoe’s new Recovery Assistant
O ne feature new to Tahoe, missing from Apple’s list, aims to repair your Mac if it can’t start up correctly. Instead of having to start in recovery mode, you should be taken straight into the new Recovery Assistant.
There it’ll run diagnostic tests and try to fix any problems it can, based on latest data downloaded from Apple, for which it requires an internet connection, normally Wi-Fi. After a few minutes, it should tell you whether your Mac is fixed and can be restarted normally.
In some cases, once you’ve logged in again you may need to run iCloud data recovery routines in System Settings. If Apple has got this right, it could save you a trip to Recovery and wondering what to try there. You can also run Recovery Assistant from the Utilities menu in Recovery if you think it’ll help.