The option key. On my system the external disk was one or two right arrows.
Although, the start up disk did not show up in system preferences the start up
disk worked this time, but often the start up disk will not work if it isn`t in
system preferences. There is a accessible little program
Hi all,
A friend gave me a Macbook that doesn't really work so I can see if I can get
it running. I want to boot it with a Mavericks USB drive I made, but it won't
boot, so I can't select the startup disk in System Preferences. When I hold the
option key at startup, is there a
Did you try pressing cmd on start up and them go left arrow only once then
press return?
Sent from my Mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind
built-in!
Sincerely,
The Constantly Barefooted Ray, still a very happy Mac and Iphone 5 user!
On Mar 10, 2014, at 6:04 PM, Alex
Command? I thought it was option? Either way, I'll try left arrow once and see
if that does it. Thanks!
On Mar 10, 2014, at 7:07 PM, Ray Foret Jr rforet7...@comcast.net wrote:
Did you try pressing cmd on start up and them go left arrow only once then
press return?
Sent from my Mac, the
Hold down the option key and press the left arrow. That should boot to the
recovery partition. If you are trying to boot off of another drive, the right
arrow key should select that target.
If the Mac uses a firewire or thunderbolt port, you can connect it to your
functioning Mac and
