Appendix F. The Master Mac OS X 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.
The Master List
Startup Keystrokes
Keys to Hold Down | Effect |
---|---|
C | Start up from a CD |
D | Start up from the first partition |
N | Start up from network server |
T | Puts the Mac into FireWire Target Disk mode |
X | Starts up in Mac OS X (if 9 is on the same disk) |
Shift | Prevents startup items from opening |
Option | Shows icons of all startup disks, so you can choose one for starting up. |
-Option-Shift-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 | Show Unix console messages during startup |
-S | Start up in single user mode |
mouse down | Ejects a stuck CD or DVD |
Shift | Just after powering up: turns off kernel extensions (see ... |
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