How to Boot a Mac Into Safe Mode

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How to Boot a Mac Into Safe Mode

Schwierigkeitsgrad

Very easy

Schritte

6

Zeitaufwand

5 Minuten

Einleitung

Is your Mac experiencing issues booting, slowing down, or any number of other issues? Using Safe Mode is agreat way to isolate the problem. It minimizes number of tasks and programs that run as your Mac starts up. If it runs properly in Safe Mode, chances are you can rule out hardware as an underlying cause.

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    • Shut down your Mac.

    • If you cannot boot your Mac to shut it down properly, press and hold the power button for 15 seconds. Your display, keyboard backlight and any fans should be off.

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    • Once the computer is completely shut down, press the power button, then immediately press and hold the Shift Key.

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    • The Apple logo and progress bar appear, just as they do in normal boot mode.

    • You may get a brief flash where the Apple logo turns red, or another color. This is normal.

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    • The macOS login screen will appear, as normal, but Safe Boot should appear in the upper right corner of the screen.

    • If FileVault is enabled you may need to log in twice. The first log in is to unlock your disk. The second log in will be for your user account and is where the Safe Boot text will appear.

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    • Apple Silicon Macs use a slightly different process for accessing Safe Mode.

    • As with Intel based Macs, power your Mac off.

    • Press and hold the Power button on your Mac until you see the "Loading startup options" text on screen.

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    • Once startup Options loads, you will see any valid startup disks connected to your Mac and the Options menu.

    • To access Safe Mode, select the disk you wish to boot from.

    • Press and hold the Shift key, the Continue button under your startup drive should change to "Continue in Safe Mode." Click it to initialize Safe Boot.

    • Everything after this point mimics the Intel method. You'll need to wait for the device to boot and login.

Abschluss

Now that your machine is in Safe Mode, attempt to recreate your issue without fear of interference from other apps.

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Alisha C

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