Questions about booting, the process of starting a computer and putting it into a state of readiness for operation.
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Understanding how safe boot fixed a boot problem
Background
My friend asked me to look at her early 2011 Mac Mini with OS X 10.8.3. She said that:
she installed software updates
she couldn't remember which updates were installed
when the Mac ...
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How to enter boot menu without command key?
My Macbook air has a keyboard issue, the z key does not work except upon startup where it becomes stuck for several seconds.
This interferes with opening the boot menu on startup, because it detects ...
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Mac Pro: Kernel panic during HDD boot and DVD boot
I have a 2007 Mac Pro (OS X Tiger 10.4.11) that cannot boot up anymore since a few days. I see the grey screen with the apple logo and the rotating circle. After a minute or so I get a kernel panic. ...
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What is the simplest way to dual-boot linux?
I am looking for the most straightforward way (both in initial setup and in maintenance) to set up a second partition on an OS X machine for (either) Debian or Ubuntu. I won't be running any other ...
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Macbook Air not waking up from Suspend/Sleep with rEFInd boot manager installed
Having installed both rEFInd 0.6.10 (updated to 0.6.11) via its install.sh and Ubuntu 13.04 on another partition I can now choose on a MacBook Air to boot either MacOS or Linux.
When running MacOS ...
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Intel bootloader for Tiger
I'm trying to boot my 2007 MBP into Tiger 10.4.11 from a backup of a PowerBook G3. The partition doesn't show up in the Startup Disk preferences, but bless will work with it. On closer inspection, ...
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Target disk mode boot flag?
I recently made a Hackingtosh, and I really need to interface with it using Target Disk mode. Is there a boot flag to be able to enable this?
It's running Lion.
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Boot into Safari-only mode in Mountain Lion?
In Lion, you used to be able to boot into a Safari-only mode. Where did that go in Mountain Lion?
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Macbookpro can't recognize bootable usb at boot time?
I have an old macbookpro:
Model Name: MacBook Pro
Model Identifier: MacBookPro6,2
Processor Name: Intel Core i5
Processor Speed: 2.53 GHz
Boot ROM Version: MBP61.0057.B0F
I created a ...
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Macbook pro boot with kernel panic - can't perform kext scan
I was trying to swap command and option key for my external keyboard following the instruction in
http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20110529094802391.
When I'm done with change and I ...
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Is it safe to reformat drive during Recovery Mode install?
I've inherited an almost brand new 13" Macbook Pro Retina. I'd like wipe the hard drive clean and start with a fresh install of Mountain Lion. I've done this a million times before... but never while ...
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Installing Leopard on a PowerBook G4 12"
So I stupidly bought a USB on eBay with leopard on it to install on my PowerBook G4. Finding out afterward that I can't boot to a usb on this 12" 1.5Ghz 512MB with combo drive PowerBook G4.
So I ...
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Can I “restore” an iso image to my hdd to be bootable?
I removed my superdrive a while back but now I want to install a linux partition on my macbook. I installed rEFInd as my boot manager but now I need to boot into the arch linux iso. Normally I would ...
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restore Mac OS Mountain Lion to factory settings without discs or time machine backups
I installed XCode 3 on Mac OS Mountain Lion 10.8 and now I am getting the Apple BSODs.
Can I do a system restore without having the discs as I seem to have nothing to use, also I have no Time Machine ...
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Macbook Pro not Starting
I have a MacBook Pro and from the last week I have been unable to turn the machine on properly. First it displays the Apple logo and shows this message
I've done a lot of research and tried things ...
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Macbook Pro Early 2011 15 inch, Mountain Lion Booting issue
My Macbook Pro is not booting normally. I tried many options but no success. If I try to recovery mode or try to boot from USB, a blue screen appears. So I can't do fresh install. I checked hardware ...
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MacBook Pro Sluggish boot
My MacBookPro has been extremely slow at the startup. Is there something similar to Window's System Registry that I can see all the boot files and uncheck what I don't need?
I'm running Mac OS X ...
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Fix slow startup after utility disk repair on a SSD
I have a 250Gb Samsung SSD 840 series with Trim support enabled installed on a mid-2009 13" Macbook pro running Snow Leopard (10.6.8, 2.26GHz, 8Gb of RAM) and I experience extremely slow startup after ...
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How do I get into boot options with a non-mac keyboard?
I boot my mac mini, hold down alt on my non-mac keyboard, but it does not go to boot options.
How do I get to boot options with a non-mac keyboard then?
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iPhone 4 Restore loop 6.1.2
OK so the other day I tried to restore my iPhone while it was jail broken on ios 6.1.2. Well it was a terrible idea.... NEVER DO IT. any way i have worked on trying to restore it back to normal but it ...
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Dmesg shows no timestamp
The sudo dmesg command works fine, but shows no timestamp. Is there any way to get it to show the timestamps as well?
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Slipstream updates into an OS X install disc?
Is there a way to slipstream (like in Windows) all updates into the install disc for Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard?
I found a previous answer here, but the provided link doesn't seem to work any more...
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How can I tell OSX NOT to mount some of the drives in my computer?
I have a Mac with a Windows drive that I occasionally boot to. Most of the time, I'm using the Mac, and the Windows disk always mounts and shows up on the desktop. I would like to keep it from showing ...
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MacBook Pro only stays on for less than a minute
This morning when I woke up my computer it turned off itself. Now it won't stay on for more than a couple minutes. The computer will boot up normally, but soon it turns off again. When it turns off, I ...
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Upgrading new Mac Mini to have SSD. Do I have to buy Lion, or can I just re-download from App Store?
EDIT: The accepted answer below works, but I can also confirm that just booting the stock machine and visiting the App Store, you can just re-download it and make a boot USB drive before swapping out ...
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FreeBSD Install DVD corrupted my Mac OS X harddisk
Recently, I have tried a FreeBSD 7.4 i386 Install DVD, just to see some screens of FreeBSD on my Mac mini Intel 2006. I was going to see (to remember) just several dialog screen of and perhaps I would ...
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How to 'startx' from Single User Mode?
I usually run dwm inside Xquartz on OS X Mountain Lion 10.8. But is there a way to boot into Safe Mode (or a console), then startx or xinit, skipping Aqua? I'd like to boot directly into X11.
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Resetting MBR on iMac
I installed Ubuntu on my iMac (partially successfully) I had rEFIT installed but it did not recognize the Ubuntu installation.
I removed the partition and rEFIT and now when I attempt to install ...
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MacBook Pro (2011) bricked after firmware 1.7 update
I allowed AppStore to apply the newest firmware update to my MacBook Pro, which seemed to work fine, until the final restart. At this point, the machine just shut down. I waited for quite a while, ...
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Macbook Leopard (10.5.8) stuck in blue screen
My Mac is stuck in bluescreen at boot time. Some times it gets to the wallpaper and other times it doesn't. I tried the various steps suggested in the other threads and elsewhere:
Reset PRAM
Run ...
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Mac Mini Server running Mountain Lion (10.8.2) is freezing during boot (last line: IPv6 packet filtering initialized)
Starting in verbose mode (Cmd+V), the last line I see on the console is:
IPv6 packet filtering initialized, default to accept, logging disabled
This happens regardless of having an ethernet cable ...
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Formatted a Bootcamped drive as a dynamic disk, now can't boot to either Mac or Windows
I was trying to create an extra partition to get a file from the Windows side of my Macbook Air to the Mac side, and I accidentally made the disk dynamic without realizing it. I am now unable to boot ...
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unable to boot my Mac book after file vault 2 activation
after activation of file vault 2 I am unable to boot my computer, the apple sign turns into a prohibitory sign with a spinning circle beneath it , that spins forever. I really need the data on this ...
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Lion crashes on first reboot attempt, is fine on second reboot
I'm having a weird issue with Lion on 2 different machines (2008 Mac Pro, 2011 15 inch Macbook Pro). The first machine was upgraded through several OS versions to Lion, the second came with Lion ...
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Notification area icons are sometimes invisible in Windows 7 (Boot Camp)
For some reason, sometimes my notification area icons are invisible in Windows 7 64-bit (Boot Camp, on an iMac mid-2010), as seen in this screenshot. Clicking on an invisible item does nothing. ...
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How do I unfreeze my iPod Nano 4th Gen?
tl;dr -- My iPod hangs on the boot screen (black background, silver apple logo). When I try to restore it (on both my Virtual Windows XP and on a Mac laptop), it'll restore fine, but when it reboots ...
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How to diagnose long start up
My Macbook Pro (OSX 10.8.2) is taking a long time to settle down after booting. I am guessing there are some background processes/apps that are taking a while to start and hogging resources. What is ...
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Apps that were open when I restart still open on startup even though I disabled that? [duplicate]
I'm on an iMac mid-2010 with OS X Mountain Lion.
I disabled the feature that reopens windows the next time I startup my computer after a restart, but for some reason the windows that I had open when ...
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Boot Camp startup problems when using “Startup Disk” but not when using “Option” key on startup
There are essentially two ways to start up Boot Camp (mine has Windows 7 in it). The first is to open up System Preferences, click on "Startup Disk", then choose the Windows partition and click ...
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Howto avoid autostart of iOS app?
I use an iOS app that autostarts whenever I reboot the phone. How can I disable that ?
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Can't boot MacBook Pro 13" (mid 2010)
The problem occurred after installing the update SMC 1.6 on Apple - OS X Mountain Lion:
First for a long time was a white screen and noisy cooler
After the system battery icon was crossed out and ...
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Mountain Lion no login field after booting
My 2012 MBA (no bootcamp) just shows a bare splash screen without user avatar nor password field after booting. Now I've seen this problem twice, I can type my password and then hit return on keyboard ...
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What are next steps when fsck reports “could not be repaired after 3 attempts”?
My Mac Book Pro 13.-" doesn´t get past the grey booting screen with the apple and the spinning wheel (The loading bar appears but when it´s done nothing happens)
I have 220 GB in one single ...
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How to avoid diskutil from running on next boot?
OSX keeps trying to run diskutil to check my hard drive whenever I boot the system. Problem is it hangs up and reboots during the checking.
The system was running fine before rebooting. I suspect it ...
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dev/disk0 designation switching between HDD and SSD
I have an iMac9,1. I replaced the optical drive with an SSD. I have the OS installed on the SSD and the HDD is now for files. I have noticed that sometimes after booting that the SSD will be ...
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MacBook Air - random start/wake up times
I have a 3yo MacBook Air running Lion. When I open it to start using it again it seems to sometimes have trouble 'waking up'. Sometimes this is instantaneous, sometimes I get a blank screen for 30 ...
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Computer starts up to gray screen, in recoevery mode getting "Open Error 5: Input/Output error on System/CoreServcices/ManagedClient.app/*
Computer starts up to gray screen, in recoevery mode getting "Open Error 5: Input/Output error on System/CoreServcices/ManagedClient.app/*
My computer turned to sludge, and I hit the power button and ...
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Macbook Pro Retina not recognizing USB3 drive at boot
My Macbook Pro Retina is not recognizing USB3 drives during boot when trying to access them with option or command+r held. Plugging the same drives into a USB2 hub or cable allows them to be visible ...
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Trying to install Ubuntu on a Macbook with a new hard drive and no OSX
The hard drive of my Macbook failed recently. After installing a new hard drive I would like to use Ubuntu as the operating system, not Mac OS x. I burned a Ubuntu .iso to a disc and when I power up ...
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Understanding kernel panic error log
My MacBook Pro worked all normal when all of a sudden it went black. It tried to reboot itself but immediately produced a kernel panic.
From then on I was never able to boot again. I could only enter ...
