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apple_startup_keys.html
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
<meta http-equiv="Content-Style-Type" content="text/css">
<title></title>
<meta name="Generator" content="Cocoa HTML Writer">
<meta name="CocoaVersion" content="1265.2">
<style type="text/css">
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</style>
</head>
<body>
<table width="778.0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="t1">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="middle" class="td1">
<p class="p1"><b>Keystroke</b></p>
</td>
<td valign="middle" class="td2">
<p class="p1"><b>Description</b></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="middle" class="td3">
<p class="p1">Press C during startup</p>
</td>
<td valign="middle" class="td4">
<p class="p1">Start up from a bootable <b>C</b>D, DVD, or USB thumb drive (such as OS X install media).</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="middle" class="td5">
<p class="p1">Press D during startup</p>
</td>
<td valign="middle" class="td6">
<p class="p1">Start up in <a href="http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1509"><span class="s1">Apple Hardware Test</span></a> (AHT).</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="middle" class="td3">
<p class="p1">Press Option-Command-P-R until you hear startup sound a second time.</p>
</td>
<td valign="middle" class="td4">
<p class="p2"><a href="http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1379">Reset NVRAM</a></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="middle" class="td5">
<p class="p1">Press Option during startup</p>
</td>
<td valign="middle" class="td6">
<p class="p1">Start up in <a href="http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1310"><span class="s1">Startup Manager</span></a>, where you can select an OS X volume or network volume to start from.  </p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="middle" class="td3">
<p class="p1">Press Eject, F12, or hold the mouse or trackpad button</p>
</td>
<td valign="middle" class="td4">
<p class="p1">Ejects any removable media, such as an optical disc.</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="middle" class="td5">
<p class="p1">Press N during startup</p>
</td>
<td valign="middle" class="td6">
<p class="p1">Attempt to start up from a compatible network server (<b>N</b>etBoot).</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="middle" class="td3">
<p class="p1">Press T during startup</p>
</td>
<td valign="middle" class="td4">
<p class="p2"><span class="s2">Start up in <a href="http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1661"><b>T</b>arget Disk Mode</a>.</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="middle" class="td5">
<p class="p1">Press Shift during startup</p>
</td>
<td valign="middle" class="td6">
<p class="p1">Start up in <a href="http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1564"><span class="s1">Safe Boot</span></a> mode and temporarily disable login items.</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="middle" class="td3">
<p class="p1">Press Command-V during startup</p>
</td>
<td valign="middle" class="td4">
<p class="p1">Start up in <a href="http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1492"><span class="s1"><b>V</b>erbose</span></a> mode.</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="middle" class="td5">
<p class="p1">Press Command-S during startup</p>
</td>
<td valign="middle" class="td6">
<p class="p1">Start up in <a href="http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1492"><span class="s1"><b>S</b>ingle-User</span></a> mode.</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="middle" class="td3">
<p class="p1">Press Option-N during startup</p>
</td>
<td valign="middle" class="td4">
<p class="p1">Start from a <b>N</b>etBoot server using the default boot image.</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="middle" class="td3">
<p class="p1">Press Command-R during startup</p>
</td>
<td valign="middle" class="td4">
<p class="p3">Start from the OS X <a href="http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4718"><span class="s1"><b>R</b>ecovery System</span></a><span class="s3">1</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</body>
</html>
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