

Select the external drive you want to star the Mac from and choose Continue.

Power on the Mac and then keep holding down the power button until you see the startup options screen.

Booting an ARM M1 Mac from External Boot Mediaįor an Apple Silicon Mac, do the following to boot from an external drive: Using the OPTION key to load the boot menu and choose an external disk should work fine after this. The T2 chip is typically included with an Intel Mac that has a Touch Bar or Touch ID. Only Macs with a T2 chip need to do this.
