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Starting from Drive Eraser 6.12.0 there is a support to boot and erase Apple T2 devices. For Drive Eraser 6.12.0 it is required to manually update the grub boot files create bootable USB stick with USB Creator 3.4.0, which contains updated Grub files, in order to support booting these devices.
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| Note! The grub files will be updated and included within the ISO image on Drive Eraser 6.13.0 release and below process is no longer required and the booting will be supported by the default boot files. |
Follow below steps in order to update the create bootable USB stick with updated grub files on Drive Eraser 6.12.0 :and boot Apple Device with T2 chip:
- Download below the updated grub file and rename it "grub.efi":
Prepare a USB stick with the latest Blancco USB Creator tool, use exclusively a Blancco Drive Eraser 6.12.0 ISO image.UI Button color blue icon download tooltip Download Drive Eraser Grub Files title Download Drive Eraser Grub Files url https://download.blancco.com/products/erasure/drive_eraser/download/BDE_6.12_external-grub-signed.zip - Make sure that "Use Bootfiles from ISO" option is not selected.
- Navigate in the USB stick to the directory /efi/boot/, then drop the download grub.efi file there (replace any existing grub.efi file if needed)Press Create USB button in order to create Bootable USB stick.
- You might have to prepare your Apple machine to boot from an external device. This is doable via the macOS Utilities (a macOS password might be needed to proceed), where you need to:
- Change Secure Boot to “No Security”.
- Change External Boot to “Allow booting from external media”.
- Connect the USB stick to the machine as well as an external keyboard (needed to control BDE).
- Boot the machine, select the Drive Eraser 6.12.0 image, then select the "Customized startup" booting option (do not add any additional booting parameter).
- The BDE UI should show up and the internal drive should be ready for erasure.
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