Apple Boot Options

Holding down various keys on boot allows you to do some pretty nifty stuff with Macs:

  • Holding the ‘T’ key on boot starts up the computer in target mode – it can then be connected to another Mac and will appear as a standard FireWire drive on the Desktop.
  • Holding the ‘Option’ key on boot will bring up a menu of all the drives attached to your system, and allow you to choose which to boot from. This is handy if you have both OS 9 and OS X running on the same machine.
  • Holding the ‘C’ key on boot will boot from the CD drive. This is used for re-installing the operating system, or running tools such as TechToolPro.
  • Holding down the mouse button on boot opens the CD drive. Very handy, if you’ve ever gotten a CD stuck that the Mac won’t recognize, but still won’t eject.

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