Mac OS X keyboard shortcuts for Start-up
Mac OS X keyboard shortcuts for start-up
| AT START-UP PRESS: | |
| Keystroke | Description |
| Press X during start-up | Force Mac OS X start-up |
| Press Option-Command-Shift-Delete during start-up | Bypass primary start-up volume and seek a different start-up volume (such as a CD or external disk) |
| Press C during start-up | Start up from a CD that has a system folder |
| Press N during start-up | Attempt to start up from a compatible network server (NetBoot) |
| Press T during start-up | Start up in FireWire Target Disk mode |
| Press Shift during start-up | Start up in Safe Boot mode and temporarily disable login items and non-essential kernel extension files (Mac OS X 10.2 and later) |
| Press Command-V during start-up | Start up in Verbose mode. |
| Press Command-S during start-up | Start up in Single-User mode |