For all of the below keys, hold them as you power the computer on.
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Keys |
Action/Result |
Option |
Pick your startup device |
D |
Run Diagnostics on hardware from local machine |
Option-D |
Run Diagnostics on hardware, downloaded from internet |
Command-R |
System Restore |
Command-Option-R |
System Restore via Internet |
Command-Option-P-R |
Reset PRAM |
Command-S |
Terminal Window Scan filesystem for issues (repeat several times): fsck -fy |
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