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OSX

Introduction

References

Boot commands

  • Option-Command-P-R until you hear two beeps - Reset NVRAM
  • 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.
  • Press N during startup - Attempt to start up from a compatible network server (NetBoot).
  • Press Command-V during startup - Start up in Verbose mode.
  • Press Command-S during startup - Start up in Single-User mode.
  • Press Option-N during startup - Start from a NetBoot server using the default boot image.
  • Command+R - recovery from HDD
  • Option+Command+R -
  • Shift+Option+Command+R - network recovery mode