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Am I supposed to press the D key before or after I enter my password once turning it on?

MacBook, macOS 10.15

Posted on Jul 2, 2020 3:14 PM

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Posted on Jul 2, 2020 3:54 PM

You must shut down and press D immediately after pressing power button to start up again. Keep it pressed until diagnostics menu appears

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202731

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Jul 2, 2020 3:54 PM in response to tahli147

You must shut down and press D immediately after pressing power button to start up again. Keep it pressed until diagnostics menu appears

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202731

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Jul 2, 2020 4:18 PM in response to LD150

Having said that my 2012 MBP on Catalina goes into Internet Recovery using that method so expect differences if your MacBook is an older one.

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