December 2003
Beginner to intermediate
776 pages
45h 2m
English
Content preview from Mac OS X: The Missing Manual, Panther Edition
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Appendix F. The Master Mac OS X Secret Keystroke List
Here it is, by popular, frustrated demand: The master list of every secret (or not-so-secret) keystroke in Mac OS X, including all of the keys you can press during startup. Clip and post to your monitor (unless, of course, you got this book from the library).
Startup Keystrokes
| Keys to Hold Down | Effect |
|---|---|
| C | Starts up from a CD |
| D | Starts up from the first partition |
| N | Starts up from network server |
| R | Resets the PowerBook screen |
| T | Puts the Mac into FireWire Target Disk mode |
| X | Starts up in Mac OS X (if 9 is on the same disk) |
| Option | Shows icons of all startup disks, so you can choose one for starting up. |
Shift-Option- -Delete | Starts up from external drive (or CD) |
| Option--P-R | Zaps the parameter RAM (PRAM). (Hold down until second chime.) |
| Option--O-F | Brings up Open Firmware screen. |
|
-V | Shows Unix console messages during startup, logout, and shutdown |
|
-S | Starts up in single user (Unix command-line) mode |
| Mouse down | Ejects a stuck CD or DVD |
| Shift | Just after powering up: Turns off ... |
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