Technical information

Special key combinations
If difficulties with your trackpad or computer don’t allow you to use standard methods of quitting a
program or restarting your computer, you can try using these special key combinations.
To do this … … press this key combination
Force a program to quit x-Option-Esc
Force the computer to restart x-Control–Power key
Here are other key combinations you may find useful to use while starting up your computer.
To do the following at startup… … press this key or key combination
Start up the computer from a CD-ROM disc C key and the Power key
Bypass the internal hard disk and start up the x-Option-Shift-Delete and the Power key
computer from a System Folder on another drive
Turn off system extensions Shift key and the Power key
Start the Extensions Manager Space bar and the Power key
Special Keys
on Your
Keyboard
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