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Why does my iMac boot in linux some of the time instead of Mac OS?

I first encountered this problem in os 10.8 and when I installed 10.8.1 I thought it had been fixed because I booted 10 times without the problem occurring. However, it's back.

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Posted on Aug 24, 2012 5:52 PM

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Jan 9, 2013 6:24 PM in response to Fred Ochs

Ever since I stopped pushing the power buttons on the keyboard and trackpad at turn on I have not had the problem reoccurr. The devices are turned on by the computer when I power it on and apparently pushing the pwer buttons on the devices causes some sort of conflict. It's been so long since I changed the way I start up that I'd almost forgotten about the problem. Good luck.

Why does my iMac boot in linux some of the time instead of Mac OS?

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