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MacOS Big Sur, failed to personalise?

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Nate88888

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May 6, 2023
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My friend gave me a mac mini 2020 with m1 and when trying to reinstall mac os big sur keeps saying something about failing to personalise.
Things i have done:

1. Changed the time to correct time through terminal
2. Created an entirely new format on the drive using APFS regular format
3. Takes about an hour and then it fails at about 30 mins remaining (probably the installation after download)
4. Done health check on the ssd (256gb) multiple times on every partition

I have a 14.4 GB usb stick when formatted and a pc with windows 11 installed if that could possibly help.
Not bothered about losing any data.
 
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Nate88888

macrumors newbie
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May 6, 2023
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chabig said:
Here is a link to an MR article which discusses this. I think you'll end up Erasing all Content and Settings, then reinstalling from Recovery.

www.macrumors.com

Apple Provides Instructions to Fix macOS Reinstallation Errors on M1 Macs

Shortly after the launch of Apple's new M1 Macs, we saw reports that attempts to restore and reinstall macOS on those machines right away could...
www.macrumors.com www.macrumors.com
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I installed the os however this happened after restart and then went back to recovery? very strange
 
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chabig

macrumors G4
Sep 6, 2002
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Yes. You might need to restore the machine to factory state using a second Mac and Apple’s Configurator application. It’s just an app, so the second Mac doesn’t have to be yours. You must have a friend with a Mac, or live near an Apple Store.
 
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