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title: Apple Startup Hotkeys
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language: en
created: 2017-03-20 00:23:42 +0100
updated: 2017-03-20 00:23:42 +0100
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tags:
  - know-how
  - hardware
  - apple
  - mac
  - macbook
  - hotkeys
---
Some hotkeys to hold when powering on the Mac:

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