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-====== MacOS boot keys ====== += MacOS boot keys
-  * Safe mode : <​html><​kbd>​Shift</​kbd></​html>​ after startup tone and until login screen +
-  * Other boot disk (USB etc.) : <​html><​kbd>​Option/​Alt</​kbd>​ (<​kbd>​⌥</​kbd>​ on Macs, <​kbd>​Alt</​kbd>​ on Windows) </​html>​ after startup tone and until startup choice appears +
-  * Verbose : <​html><​kbd>​Command</​kbd>​ (<​kbd>​⌘</​kbd>​ or <​kbd>​Win</​kbd>​) + <​kbd>​V</​kbd></​html>​  +
-  * Hardware test : <​html><​kbd>​D</​kbd></​html>​ immediately,​ until test windows +
-  * Reset PRAM/NVRAM : Command (⌘)—Option (⌥)—P—R,​ then release the keys after you hear the startup sound for a second time +
-  * Reset SMC: press and hold the left-side Shift (⇧)—Control (⌃)—Option keys along with the Power (⎋) button, all at the same time, until the computer turns on. Now release the keys and then turn your Mac back on using the power button.+
  
-(From https://www.idownloadblog.com/2016/05/23/mac-startup-key-combinations/​ see also: https://​support.apple.com/​en-us/​HT201255)+Note that with a Windows keyboard: 
 +  * <​html><​kbd>​Command ⌘</kbd> is <​kbd>​Win ⊞</kbd></html> 
 +  * <​html><​kbd>​Option ⌥</kbd> is <​kbd>​Alt<​/kbd></html> ​
  
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 +| Safe mode                   | <​kbd>​Shift</​kbd>​ after startup tone and until login screen ​             |
 +| Other boot disk (USB etc.)  | <​kbd>​Option ⌥</​kbd>​ after startup tone and until startup choice appears |
 +| Boot Recovery partition ​    | <​kbd>​Command ⌘</​kbd>​+<​kbd>​R</​key> ​                                      |
 +| Boot Recovery from Internet | <​kbd>​Option ⌥</​kbd>​+<​kbd>​Command ⌘</​kbd>​+<​kbd>​R</​key> ​                  |
 +| Verbose ​                    | <​kbd>​Command ⌘</​kbd>​+<​kbd>​V</​kbd> ​                                      |
 +| Apple Diagnostics ​          | <​kbd>​D</​kbd>​ immediately,​ until test windows ​                           |
 +| Reset PRAM/​NVRAM ​           | <​kbd>​Option ⌥</​kbd>​+<​kbd>​Command ⌘</​kbd>​+<​kbd>​P</​kbd>​+<​kbd>​R</​kbd>,​ then release the keys after you hear the startup sound for a second time |
 +| Reset SMC                   | press and hold the <​kbd>​left Shift ⇧</​kbd>​)+<​kbd>​Control ⌃</​kbd>​+<​kbd>​Option ⌥</​kbd>​ keys along with the Power (<​kbd>​⎋</​kbd>​) button, all at the same time, until the computer turns on. Now release the keys and then turn your Mac back on using the power button. |
 +| Single-user mode            | <​kbd>​Command ⌘</​kbd>​+<​kbd>​S</​kbd>​ (only for High Sierra and before) ​    ​| ​
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 +(From https://​support.apple.com/​en-us/​HT201255 and https://​www.idownloadblog.com/​2016/​05/​23/​mac-startup-key-combinations/​)
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 +{{tag>​public mac keyboard}}
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