Mac OS Boot shortcuts

These must be pressed immediately at startup, before the Apple Logo appears.

  • Option - Open Boot, displaying all bootable sources

  • Command R - boots into Recovery Partition

  • Command Option R - Boot from Internet Recovery

  • SHIFT - Safe Boot Mode

  • Command Option P R - Reset Parameter Ram

  • T - Target Disk Mode

  • D - Hardware Test

  • C - Boot from CD/DVD drive

  • N - Net Boot

  • Mouse key - Ejects media in CD/DVD drive