Intel Mac Startup Key Combinations

Browsing through my bookmarks from last week, I found this list of startup key combinations for the Intel Macs. Most of these are the same as their PPC brethren, and I don't know if the "D" one to boot into the Apple Hardware Test is new or not.

In any event, I thought it useful enough to share with readers. I especially like being able to differentiate between netbooting (N) and netbooting with the default selected image (Option - N). Very useful in the lab environments that I control.

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Source: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303124

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Browsing through my bookmarks from last week, I found this list of startup key combinations for the Intel Macs. Most of these are the same...

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iFelix

The D Hardware Test is new (well it didn't work on my G4 PowerBook) and isn't on this Apple PPC List.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=75459

January 23 2006 at 10:34 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Chris Meisenzahl

Great info, thanks for posting.

January 23 2006 at 9:21 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

drebes

I would like to know how to password protect the EFI settings of Intel based Macs as it's possible with Openfirmware. I searched for any info on the http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106482 knowledge base article but it says nothing. I then provided feedback saying it should at least mention how to do it in Intel-based Macs.

January 23 2006 at 9:18 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply