Apple Startup Hotkeys

By | 19 Mar 2017

Some hotkeys to hold when powering on the Mac:

  • +V — Verbose mode
  • +S — Single-user mode
  • — Safe mode
  • — Startup manager (select boot medium)
  • C — Boot from CD-/DVD-ROM or USB
  • D — Boot to diagnostics
  • +D — Boot to diagnostics over the Internet
  • N — Netboot
  • +N — Netboot using default image
  • +R — Boot to recovery
  • ++R — Boot to recovery over the Internet
  • ++P+R — Reset NVRAM
  • T — Startup in target disk mode (to receive files from another Mac)
  • X — Force boot to MacOS

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