Six months ago, the chances of you getting a new Mac with a T2 chip were slim: only if you handed over a great deal of money for an iMac Pro would you get one. Now, most new Macs come equipped with a T2 – MacBook Air, MacBook Pro with Touch Bar, Mac Mini, and of course the iMac Pro. This article looks at some of the most obvious changes which you will notice when you start using your new Mac with its T2 chip.
The most obvious thing is that you won’t see any difference. There’s no splash screen to say that your Mac has a T2, and in ordinary use there’s nothing noticeably different. But start up in Recovery mode, try installing Linux using Boot Camp, or try starting up from an external drive, and the T2 will make its presence felt.
Recovery mode
On many Macs with T2 chips, entering Recovery mode is much slower. Unless you’re using the built-in keyboard of a laptop model, you’ll almost certainly have to connect your wireless keyboard to your Mac using its charging lead, so that it is available via USB rather than Bluetooth. Then you’ll probably be holding Command-R forever before your Mac finally displays the standard options for Recovery.
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