November 2002
Beginner to intermediate
78 pages
1h 57m
English
book
Macintosh Troubleshooting Pocket Guide for Mac OS
by David Lerner, Aaron Freimark, Tekserve Corporation
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Appendix A. Command Key Combinations
Commands for Mac OS 9.x and below
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Disable extensions at startup: |
Shift while booting, keep pressing to also disable startup items |
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Open Extensions Manager at startup: |
Spacebar while booting |
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Close all open windows: |
Option while Finder loads (can fix weirdness) |
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Rebuild Desktop: |
 -option while booting (but read the question about this) |
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Zap PRAM (restore defaults)—System 6: |
-option-shift while opening Control Panel |
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Reset Applevision Display (v1.52 or later): |
-option-a-v while booting |
Commands for Mac OS 9.x and below and for Mac OS X
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Startup Manager (most recent Macs): |
Option while booting, allows you to choose which volume to boot from if you have more than one startup volume or CD |
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Boot from CD-ROM (most recent Macs): |
“c” while booting |
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FireWire Target Mode |
“t” while booting |
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Ignore internal hard disk drive: |
-option-shift-delete while booting (some Macs ignore selected startup device) |
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Zap PRAM (restore defaults)—System 7 and up: |
-option-p-r while booting |
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Force Quit current application: |
-option-escape (In OS 9 ... |
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