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n00b question (using 13" MacBook black) about boot sequence
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Ok,
as an old Windows user (Don't even have a "normal" PC anymore) I am used to see the bootup sequence etc.
Is there a way to follow what happens when the laptop boots up (like ram check etc.) ? Is there a Bios ? also : How can I change the boot sequence ..
Why ? I am just curious 
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Moderator  Join Date: Apr 2005
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You can't see a 'bios' screen but you can see OS X loading things and booting up by holding command (apple key) + v after the chime.
You don't need to/can't change the boot order either, you just hold down the C key after the chime if you want to boot from a disc.
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Ditto what seanc said, the apple key and the letter "v" (stands for verbose) gives you screen full of UNIX info for the curious. There is no bios in the PeeCee sense, but the UNIX stream shows you what the Mac is doing. Holding down the option key allows you to choose what disk you want to boot from, holding the "c" key makes the Mac start from a CD or DVD.
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Thanks
And another PC is transformed to Mac (will even buy big Apple with more oompf)
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K .. Apple V did not work, not when I press it while switching on, atfer the chime, before, keep pressing etc.
Maybe it does not work on intel MacBooks ?
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hmmm....I am too poor to have an intel Mac of any kind, so I don't know. Any rich folk out there?!
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Ok, I am probably too stupid .. When I pressed the ON key, I hold the Command key (left beside spacebar) and v at the same time .. nothing happens .. or is it uppercase ?!?
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Hmmm....It sounds like you are doing the right thing. The "option" key is indeed the key next to the space bar: the Apple key, the four-leaf clover looking thingy key. And the letter "v". Not capitalized (pressing the Shift key will put you into Safe Boot). Right after you hear the startup chime.
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Ah well ... not so important .. for some reason it does not work ... but anyway .. thanks 
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The instructions on that support page are not very good. Try holding command + v right after powering the machine on and hold them together until verbose mode begins.
Steve
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command-v should work. if you want something that resembles a DOS prompt hold command-s for single user mode; if that works, then command-v should too. (To get out of single user mode, type exit and press return.) If they both do not work, is there any chance you configured a firmware password?
Here's a page with more startup modifers. It needs to be updated for Mactels, but most of it should apply.
(Last edited by Big Mac; Dec 27, 2006 at 04:51 PM.
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