How to Boot/Start Mac in Recovery Mode?
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Date: 2022-03-21
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I bought a mac pro over a year ago. Since then i haven't been able to use Alt to boot from usb ever. The command never registers. I can't tell you how frustrating it is. If there was just a bios there i could use it to boot other media, but no, it has to be subsumed into a -slick solution- that hardly ever works. And when it doesn't work, i might reset the power to save time if i wanna try again. Well, that might corrupt some filesystems on some of the ssd's that's plugged in. If those file systems gets corrupted from a power loss, i have to uplug everything, slide the mac pro out of it's rack, open it up, disconnect every hard drive inside, and keep rebooting the system while connecting every hard drive individually between boots and checking file systems on the disks. Because if i don't do this when there's the slightest corruption in some ssd file system, the computer won't start. An I'm not talking about the boot drive FS. Just some random video storage drive.
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I bought a mac pro over a year ago. Since then i haven't been able to use Alt to boot from usb ever. The command never registers. I can't tell you how frustrating it is. If there was just a bios there i could use it to boot other media, but no, it has to be subsumed into a -slick solution- that hardly ever works. And when it doesn't work, i might reset the power to save time if i wanna try again. Well, that might corrupt some filesystems on some of the ssd's that's plugged in. If those file systems gets corrupted from a power loss, i have to uplug everything, slide the mac pro out of it's rack, open it up, disconnect every hard drive inside, and keep rebooting the system while connecting every hard drive individually between boots and checking file systems on the disks. Because if i don't do this when there's the slightest corruption in some ssd file system, the computer won't start. An I'm not talking about the boot drive FS. Just some random video storage drive.
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Will
Nothing works. I have Catalina on a Macbook Pro (late 2009, 13-) and I want to switch to ANY 32-bit compatible earlier OS. I Also want to be able to dual boot Windows 7 instead of Windows 10 (which I won't even bother installing). I have tried all boot key combinations to get into recovery mode. I have tried making multiple bootable flash drives GPT and Extended Journaled. They are readable and mountable in Catalina, but the MAC will not boot from any of them. When I try to run say the Mojave Installer app directly from the OS it says that it is incomparable app (probably 32-bit). My music keyboard drivers and software require Windows 32 and might be compatible with Mac 32-bit, but NOT 64-bit.
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Nothing works. I have Catalina on a Macbook Pro (late 2009, 13-) and I want to switch to ANY 32-bit compatible earlier OS. I Also want to be able to dual boot Windows 7 instead of Windows 10 (which I won't even bother installing). I have tried all boot key combinations to get into recovery mode. I have tried making multiple bootable flash drives GPT and Extended Journaled. They are readable and mountable in Catalina, but the MAC will not boot from any of them. When I try to run say the Mojave Installer app directly from the OS it says that it is incomparable app (probably 32-bit). My music keyboard drivers and software require Windows 32 and might be compatible with Mac 32-bit, but NOT 64-bit.
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Terry
Just a little heads up for anyone trying to boot their iMac with a bluetooth keyboard and having difficulties entering Recovery Mode. What my issue ending up being and it makes sense now based on the sequence of event, unmount and disconnect any and all external USB drives. I have three 1 TB SSD drive hanging off my iMac. The boot sequence will mount the drives prior to the keyboard connection that will cause the Command R to never be seen early enough in the boot sequence to take effect. Hope this helps someone.
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Just a little heads up for anyone trying to boot their iMac with a bluetooth keyboard and having difficulties entering Recovery Mode. What my issue ending up being and it makes sense now based on the sequence of event, unmount and disconnect any and all external USB drives. I have three 1 TB SSD drive hanging off my iMac. The boot sequence will mount the drives prior to the keyboard connection that will cause the Command R to never be seen early enough in the boot sequence to take effect. Hope this helps someone.
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Kashif
In this situation what I did was first I arranged an external hard disk with USB connector and a Windows PC or laptop and transmac software in Windows PC then I connected the external hard disc to my Windows PC and open transmac software then I formatted the external hard disk in MAC file system and then I restore this external hard disk with Mac OS DMG file then I connected the external hard disk to the Macbook and restarted the Macbook then and Mac installed the operating system. Try this.
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In this situation what I did was first I arranged an external hard disk with USB connector and a Windows PC or laptop and transmac software in Windows PC then I connected the external hard disc to my Windows PC and open transmac software then I formatted the external hard disk in MAC file system and then I restore this external hard disk with Mac OS DMG file then I connected the external hard disk to the Macbook and restarted the Macbook then and Mac installed the operating system. Try this.
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Scenic
I did like you said, five times and all I get is my log in screen. Instead of telling us we did not do it right, why don't you tell us how to do it right way on all Macs. I does not work with a bluetooth keyboard. I do not have any external hard drives connected. This guy is telling you guys all wrong. You have to shut down then hold Command and r down before you hit the power button. He says as you restart hit the command and R.
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I did like you said, five times and all I get is my log in screen. Instead of telling us we did not do it right, why don't you tell us how to do it right way on all Macs. I does not work with a bluetooth keyboard. I do not have any external hard drives connected. This guy is telling you guys all wrong. You have to shut down then hold Command and r down before you hit the power button. He says as you restart hit the command and R.
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India
Hi, great video! I need to disable System Integrity Protection in El Capitan 10.11.16. Starting the macbook in recovery mode doesnt give me the option to use terminal, it only shows the world icon spinning waiting for internet connection. Do you know another option to enter terminal in recovery mode? Thanks!
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Hi, great video! I need to disable System Integrity Protection in El Capitan 10.11.16. Starting the macbook in recovery mode doesnt give me the option to use terminal, it only shows the world icon spinning waiting for internet connection. Do you know another option to enter terminal in recovery mode? Thanks!
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itsnicoletiana
i can't even get to my desktop. im only able to enter disk utility mode from start up. ive tried everything in utility mode and still, no hope, stuck on white loading screen. i dont have a back up file, i dont have an external hard drive and i dont gave the funds to get the computer serviced -
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i can't even get to my desktop. im only able to enter disk utility mode from start up. ive tried everything in utility mode and still, no hope, stuck on white loading screen. i dont have a back up file, i dont have an external hard drive and i dont gave the funds to get the computer serviced -
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SMA
What you say seems easy but it isnt :)) for example i ve got an error that is asking me the pasword and when i insert the password it say no administrator on this mac !!!! and i cant enable boot from external device like the usb drive ......
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What you say seems easy but it isnt :)) for example i ve got an error that is asking me the pasword and when i insert the password it say no administrator on this mac !!!! and i cant enable boot from external device like the usb drive ......
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Matthew
Hey I need your help, I put kali Linux on my MacBook Pro 2009-2010, but now I want to reinstall the Mac OS but I cant seem to find where to delete the current os and reinstall the Mac OS
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Hey I need your help, I put kali Linux on my MacBook Pro 2009-2010, but now I want to reinstall the Mac OS but I cant seem to find where to delete the current os and reinstall the Mac OS
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Nexus2U
Hi! You mention in the video that you have placed the terminal code below the video but its not there, can you please send it here in the comments? Thanks in advance! :)
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Hi! You mention in the video that you have placed the terminal code below the video but its not there, can you please send it here in the comments? Thanks in advance! :)
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