New recovery assistant in MacOS 26

It has been known for a long time that Apple has installed a so -called recovery assistant within iOS 26. The recovery assistant should help to fix start problems with the devices without having to use another iPhone or Mac. With MacOS 26 alias Tahoe, however, the feature also exists on the Mac, as from a freshly published Support document after the publication of the new operating system emerges.

Assistant comes automatically

The manufacturer announced that Apple will also offer the function in later MacOS versions-but it is not yet available in MacOS 15. The new tool can be called manually (via the folder service programs in recovery mode, see below), but it should normally appear automatically. The restoration assistant always appears as soon as the Mac shows “certain behavior”.

Then the Mac restarts and you end up in the recovery assistant. This then searches for possible problems and “tries to fix them when they are found,” it says. As with the iPhone, an internet connection is also necessary, and an administrator password for unlocking the SSD.

iCloud content may have to be restored

As part of the recovery process, the recovery assistant downloads current information (and possibly other software) from Apple’s servers. “When the recovery process has been completed, the recovery assistant reports that your device has been successfully restored, that it could not be restored or that no known problems have been found.” The Mac is then restarted.

However, it should be noted that, if necessary, locally stored iCloud content may be lost. Why this is so remains unclear. If this is the case, there is a notification in the system settings and the data can be restored. The recovery assistant cannot fix all problems. MacOS may have to be reinstalled or the start-SSD has to be repaired. As usual, there is that Restoration mode (Recovery Mode).