How to Fix Hosed my boot drive AND my CCC Backup. Now what?

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How to Fix Hosed my boot drive AND my CCC Backup. Now what?

This mini-guide provides a structural approach to troubleshoot and fix the issue.

Prerequisites

  • Confirm your hardware specifications (CPU, GPU, Motherboard).
  • Ensure you have a bootable recovery USB and backup your EFI.

Fix Steps

  1. Verify your network controller model (Intel, Broadcom, Realtek).
  2. Ensure the correct kext (e.g., AirportItlwm or BrcmPatchRAM) is loaded in your config.
  3. Clear network interfaces and reset NVRAM if changes don't apply.

Verification

  • Reboot and verify if the functionality is restored and stable under typical usage.

Original Question:

I've been running Big Sur since August and last night decided to upgrade to Monterey. I backed up to an external SSD using Carbon Copy Cloner beforehand. The upgrade went well, but my bluetooth dongle wasn't working. I did some searching and found a kext that is supposed to enable that. I dropped that into the kexts folder in my EFI and rebooted, forgetting that I also should have updated my config.plist. The machine took a while to boot, but eventually did, and I was able to turn on...

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Author: EddyMac

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