

Press and hold the Power button until the display shows Loading Startup Options, then release it. Select the disk you want to boot from, then click Continue underneath it. Wait until all bootable disks have loaded into the list. This takes you to the Startup Options screen. Startup Manager, to select which volume from which to boot Select the disk which you wish to boot from in Safe Mode, then press and hold the Shift key and click Continue in Safe Mode underneath it. Safe Mode, to flush user caches and disable third-party extensions This only becomes available after a Mac has had a macOS update: see this article for further details. This is invaluable if regular Recovery Mode is unavailable for any reason. Press the Power button twice in rapid succession, and on the second of those presses hold the button until the display shows Loading Startup Options, then release it. Online help is available when you open Safari.įallback Recovery Mode, identical to regular Recovery Mode except that Startup Security Utility isn’t available.Utilities menu – Startup Security Utility, Terminal, Share Disk.Apple menu – Startup Disk, Restart, Shut Down.main window – Restore from Time Machine Backup, Reinstall macOS, Safari, Disk Utility.

Select the Options icon, then click Continue underneath it. Recovery Mode, to check startup disk, reinstall macOS, restore from a backup, change security settings Once the Startup Options screen appears, press and hold the Command and D keys until your Mac restarts and the Diagnostics Loader menu appears in the main menu bar. Some, such as Safe Mode, may not be as convenient to access, but follow a logical sequence. Instead of having to memorise all the startup key combinations used by Intel Macs, different modes and features are accessed in a structured and logical order. Apple has completely redesigned and reorganised startup modes in M1 Apple Silicon Macs.
