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papiplano Author

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another way to get into Mac recovery

I need to go into recovery mode to clean up the disk but my keyboard doesn't work. nor will my back up wireless keyboard. I have no wired keyboard. what are my options?

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Aug 8, 2020 12:03 PM

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Grant Bennet-Alder

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Posted on Aug 8, 2020 12:25 PM

You can use almost any USB wired keyboard, even one for a PC.

All the alphabetics and numerics are the same, and most of the control keys are the same as well. For Command substitute Windoze key.

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