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Recovery

  • This is the default app on the Options mode once the password for the drive is already entered
  • Options namings
  • Options
  • Recovery mode
  • The UI is a prompt to choose:
  • Restore from Time Machine
  • Reinstall macOS
  • Safari
  • Disk Utility

Other Startup Modes

  • Recovery Startup Mode
  • Press & Hold Option key and select "Options" (on Intel Macs: Command-r Boot)
  • Default app unlogged: "Recovery Assistant.app"
  • Default app logged user: "Recovery.app"
  • 1TR (One True Recovery)
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  • Apple Diagnostics
  • Command-d Boot
  • Look for hardware issues
  • Resert NVRAM
  • Option Comand-p-r
  • Safe
  • Shift Boot
  • Startup Manager
  • Option Boot
  • Allows choosing the startup disk or volumes
  • Target Disk
  • Command-t Boot
  • Turn your macbook into a hard drive
  • This way you can connect it into another computer just like an external drive
  • Useful to copy data from a malfunctioning mac
  • Verbose
  • Command-v Boot
  • Boots normally but shows the startup logs