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Macos Ventura won't enter Recovery Mode after holding down Command + R

Even after trying Command + R or Command + Option + R ; I still can't get into Recovery Mode with Ventura.


What's going on? Those should be the correct keyboard commands; no?


Thank You.

Posted on Oct 24, 2022 7:28 PM

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Posted on Oct 24, 2022 10:20 PM

Thanks for clarifying! Apple silicon Macs, including your M1 iMac, no longer respond to Command-R or the usual key combinations used to summon macOS Recovery.


To start up in macOS Recovery on your Apple silicon Mac, follow these steps.


  1. Shut down your iMac.
  2. Press and hold the power button until the message "Loading startup options" appears.
  3. A boot picker menu should appear. Select Options and click Continue to continue into macOS Recovery. If you choose a startup disk instead, such as Macintosh HD, your Mac will try to boot that startup disk once, before using the default startup disk again.

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Oct 24, 2022 10:20 PM in response to raspberryaddiction

Thanks for clarifying! Apple silicon Macs, including your M1 iMac, no longer respond to Command-R or the usual key combinations used to summon macOS Recovery.


To start up in macOS Recovery on your Apple silicon Mac, follow these steps.


  1. Shut down your iMac.
  2. Press and hold the power button until the message "Loading startup options" appears.
  3. A boot picker menu should appear. Select Options and click Continue to continue into macOS Recovery. If you choose a startup disk instead, such as Macintosh HD, your Mac will try to boot that startup disk once, before using the default startup disk again.

Oct 24, 2022 7:46 PM in response to raspberryaddiction

raspberryaddiction wrote:

Even after trying Command + R or Command + Option + R ; I still can't get into Recovery Mode with Ventura.

What's going on? Those should be the correct keyboard commands; no?

Thank You.


You do not say what exact Mac is this...?


ref: Use macOS Recovery on a Mac with Apple silicon


Use macOS Recovery on an Intel-based Mac - Apple Support



Macos Ventura won't enter Recovery Mode after holding down Command + R

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