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
- Verify your network controller model (Intel, Broadcom, Realtek).
- Ensure the correct kext (e.g., AirportItlwm or BrcmPatchRAM) is loaded in your config.
- 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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