Startup key combinations for Power Mac (Power PC Based Macintosh)

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What are all the Startup key combinations for Power Mac?

These combinations work with Intel-based Mac computers. That is not the answer we want, we are asking about Power Macs (PowerPC Based Macintosh.)

This question was asked before in the v10.7 Lion (Intel) community, and hopefully we may have better luck posting here in the Power Mac community.

PowerMac, Startup key combinations

Posted on Jun 10, 2017 5:12 PM

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A few of the older bits may be found scattered across the web.

Once prevalent now like shed leaves, some sites are gone...

• Magical Macintosh Key Sequences: (boot)

This is available in PDF also, according to the link here:

A variety of keyboard shortcuts and commands can be used during a Mac

system startup to access various features, systems administration utilities ...

And another more common short-list that started out in 2004; with 2015 update.

From the older dual-boot 9/X Apple with keyboard and its shortcuts: changes.

• Mac OS X - Keyboard Shortcuts:

• Apple Macintosh Boot Key Combos:

{Another problem exists where a newer aluminum Apple USB

keyboard won't work with certain older PPC Mac models; &

the same sort of thing happened earlier with G5 Mac USBs.}

Other sources may be lucked into if you search diligently.

Some longer standing sites have seen recent updates so

their content has later hardware versions of startup keys.

While some keyboard shortcuts and start sequences were rolled

into the later hardware build version Mac OS X, some were re-

assigned to perform other tasks, or simply no longer in reference.

And then, there are more of the same with a list of 'ALL' shortcuts.

Dan Rodney's List of Mac Keyboard Shortcuts & Keystrokes:

{Sorry that my older bookmarks lists have yield more failed links than

I realize - because I've not used my old PM pre-OS X PPC for awhile.}

Good luck & happy trails! 🙂

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