Shutting Down a MacBook While It Is Starting Up Internet Recovery Mode

swulffa20 wrote:

Yesterday I turned on my MacBook while holding down "D" to get into Internet Recovery Mode. Because my Wi-Fi network was extremely slow, my screen had only been showing an icon of a spinning globe with a message below it saying "Starting Internet Recovery. This May Take a While" for over two hours. I decided to turn off my MacBook and then turn it back on. I was told that I some of my data saved locally may get lost. When I logged in, it seemed that everything was the way it was before I went into Internet Recovery Mode.

I am curious to know if anybody has lost some of their data from shutting down their MacBook while it was starting up Internet Recovery Mode. If so, should I be concerned?

No— to get to Internet Recovery you need to shut down/ restart to begin with... so your data has already been in a saved state.

If you are having wifi issues to begin with —this is probably not your best option !

Hold the D key initiates the Diagnostic on contemporary Macs...over the Internet, yes

Use Apple Diagnostics to test your Mac

Use Apple Diagnostics to test your Mac - Apple Support

Recovery typically is Command R, which mounts your local Recovery Volume on your Mac

Use macOS Recovery on an Intel-based Mac - Apple Support

2 recovery modes on M1/M2 — https://eclecticlight.co/2020/11/28/startup-modes-for-m1-macs/