Anyway to bypass safe boot

My keyboard is messed up and some letters are always caped so I can't enter my password correctly is there anyway to bypass safe boot so I can get to my desktop without my password?

MacBook, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8)

Posted on Jun 9, 2013 2:54 PM

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Jun 9, 2013 3:16 PM in response to scoteburk

You could enable FileVault, which will encrypt the system and turn off the option for Safe Mode, or optionally you can try booting to the OS X Recovery HD partition and activate a firmware password, which will prevent any alternate boot conditions like Safe Mode. To do this, perform the following steps:


1. Reboot with the Command-R keys held down

2. At the OS X Tools window, choose "Firmware Password" from the Utilities menu.

3. Use this utility to set a firmware password.


When finished restart, and then system should not load into Safe Mode.


However, despite these options, you would be best off getting the keyboard fixed. 😉

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