i tried to factory erase and now im stuck on the recovery page

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Posted on Oct 1, 2023 3:30 PM

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Posted on Oct 1, 2023 3:56 PM

You need to erase the entire drive titled APPLE SSD SM012.... Then you can reinstall the system and migrate your user data from your Time Machine backup.

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Oct 1, 2023 3:56 PM in response to mahasin241

You need to erase the entire drive titled APPLE SSD SM012.... Then you can reinstall the system and migrate your user data from your Time Machine backup.

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