M1 iMac MacOS Sequoia how to do SMC and PRAM resets

I would like to perform both an SMC and PRAM reset. I'm not certain how to do this on an iMac M1 running Sequoia 15.3.2

iMac 24″, macOS 15.3

Posted on Mar 22, 2025 2:11 AM

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Posted on Mar 22, 2025 2:15 AM

You reset the SMC on an Apple Silicon Mac by either restarting or shutting down and restarting.

Resetting the PRAM/NVRAM doesn't apply to Apple SIlicon Macs.

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Mar 22, 2025 5:27 PM in response to rbspid

You can use the following Terminal command to clear the NVRAM.....it may not be able to clear some settings such as computer name and such which is normal.

sudo  nvram  -c


This command will prompt for your admin password. Nothing will appear on the screen as you type the password, so press the "Return" key to submit the password. If the command itself does not fail except for certain settings/keys, then you will need to reboot the computer in order to pull the default NVRAM settings.

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