{"id":25,"date":"2016-12-20T20:35:40","date_gmt":"2016-12-20T20:35:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/everythingtech.tv\/?p=25"},"modified":"2018-02-07T21:50:09","modified_gmt":"2018-02-07T21:50:09","slug":"max-os-x-startup-key-sequences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everythingtech.tv\/max-os-x-startup-key-sequences\/","title":{"rendered":"Max OS X Startup Key Sequences"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I do not own a Mac (yet) but I do administrate some at work and have used this list a number of times. Macs dont have a bios per se but they do have keyboard shortcuts that can kick off various functions during boot. Ive used the T one to boot from an ipod once (I had to install Tiger on a machine that didnt have a DVD drive).<br \/>\nIve found two lists, one for Mac and one for Mac Intel machines.<br \/>\n<strong>Mac<\/strong> <sup>[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tuaw.com\/2006\/03\/27\/tuaw-tip-keyboard-shortcuts-during-mac-os-x-startup\/\">credit<\/a>]<\/sup><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>X during startup &#8211; Force Mac OS X startup<\/li>\n<li>option &#8211; (eventually) brings up a screen with startup volume choices<\/li>\n<li>Option-Command-Shift-Delete &#8211; Bypass primary startup volume and seek a different startup volume (such as a CD or external disk)<\/li>\n<li>C &#8211; Start up from a CD that has a system folder<\/li>\n<li>N &#8211; Attempt to start up from a compatible network server (NetBoot)<\/li>\n<li>T &#8211; Start up in FireWire Target Disk mode (very handy for plugging your Mac into another as an external hard drive)<\/li>\n<li>Shift &#8211; start up in Safe Boot mode and temporarily disable login items and non-essential kernel extension files (Mac OS X 10.2 and later)<\/li>\n<li>Command-V &#8211; Start up in Verbose mode.<\/li>\n<li>Command-S &#8211; Start up in Single-User mode<\/li>\n<li>cmd-opt-p-r &#8211; Zap PRAM. Hold down until second chime.<\/li>\n<li>cmd-opt-n-v &#8211; Clear NV RAM. Similar to reset-all in Open Firmware.<\/li>\n<li>cmd-opt-o-f &#8211; Boot into open firmware<\/li>\n<li>hold mouse click &#8211; force eject a CD\/DVD<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.live2tech.com\/2017-roku-model-comparison-table-roku-buy\/\">This site is also useful for other tech-type questions<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Mac Intel<\/strong> <sup>[<a href=\"http:\/\/macsupport.ca\/2006\/01\/18\/startup-key-combinations-for-intel-based-macs\/\">credit<\/a>]<\/sup><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Press C during startup Start up from a bootable CD or DVD, such as the Mac OS X Install disc that came with the computer.<\/li>\n<li>Press D during startup Start up in Apple Hardware Test (AHT), if the Install DVD 1 is in the computer.<\/li>\n<li>Press Option-Command-P-R until you hear two beeps. Reset NVRAM<\/li>\n<li>Press Option during startup Starts into Startup Manager, where you can select a Mac OS X volume to start from. Note: Press N to make the the first bootable Network volume appear as well.<\/li>\n<li>Press Eject, F12, or hold the mouse button Ejects any removable media, such as an optical disc.<\/li>\n<li>Press N during startup Attempt to start up from a compatible network server (NetBoot).<\/li>\n<li>Press T during startup Start up in FireWire Target Disk mode.<\/li>\n<li>Press Shift during startup Start up in Safe Boot mode and temporarily disable login items.<\/li>\n<li>Press Command-V during startup Start up in Verbose mode.<\/li>\n<li>Press Command-S during startup Start up in Single-User mode.<\/li>\n<li>Press Option-N during startup Start from a NetBoot server using the default boot image.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I do not own a Mac (yet) but I do administrate some at work and have used this list a number of times. Macs dont have a bios per se but they do have keyboard shortcuts that can kick off various functions during boot. Ive used the T one to boot from an ipod once &#8230; <a title=\"Max OS X Startup Key Sequences\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/everythingtech.tv\/max-os-x-startup-key-sequences\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Max OS X Startup Key Sequences\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8dRrM-p","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everythingtech.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/everythingtech.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/everythingtech.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everythingtech.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everythingtech.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/everythingtech.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63,"href":"https:\/\/everythingtech.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25\/revisions\/63"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everythingtech.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everythingtech.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everythingtech.tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}