Apple's MacBook Pro DFU Port Documentation Contains Error - Right Side Port Correct, Not Left
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Summary
The article reveals that Apple's official support documentation for MacBook Pro DFU (device firmware update) port locations is incorrect. The author, Jeff Johnson, discovered through personal experience with an M4 Pro MacBook Pro that the DFU port is actually on the right side USB-C port, not the left side as documented by Apple. This discovery required multiple attempts to update macOS on an external disk before identifying the error in Apple's official guidance.
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· 3 pulledThis is wrong, a discovery that took me about a half dozen attempts to update macOS on an external disk.
I have a 16-inch MacBook Pro with an M4 chip, specifically an M4 Pro chip, and the DFU port seems to be the USB-C port on the right side of the Mac, not on the left side.
According to the Apple support document How to identify the DFU port on Mac, the DFU (device firmware update) port location for MacBook Pro models with Apple silicon is as follows:
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