I've never owned a 1,1 or 2,1 to test.Īs it is a Mac Pro, you have the potential of a third option - you can drop in a new drive with either a full system on it, or a bootable installer. I've successfully booted 4,1 & 5,1 Macs from USB. Personally, I have never managed to boot a 2008 3,1 from USB, though others say they have succeeded. That in itself may depend on precisely which Mac Pro it is. That means your only way to boot from other than the regular boot drive is to either use the original Snow Leopard disk, or attempt to boot it from a USB key. Internet Recovery came later still, in Macs introduced in 2011. Mac OS X Lion, 10.7 was the first OS to introduce the Recovery Partition. If this doesn't resolve your issue, please look at the other answers to your question. Try to use the link below for any extra information: (Please Note: Creating a new server will not result in a fee.) Once the boot has finished loading, you should be greeted with a screen to either to choose your language of preference and continue with Mac setup or if on a macOS X Server (10.6.8), the ability to create and register a new server.

After your Mac shuts down, power on your Mac. If not, proceed to shut it down manually. That last command should automatically shutdown your Mac. Be sure to click the Enter or Return key after each command. After that, enter the commands listed below one by one. Wait until you think the commands are fully done appearing. A large number of lines of code will automatically appear on your slowly, do not do anything while this happens.

Hold the two keys down together until a black screen appears. Be sure to do this before the Apple Logo appears. When the start-up chime rings and the white screen appears, hold the Command ⌘ + S keys. However, these issues do not occur often. You may also see some effects such as loss of data or damaged OS. Please also note that this method is not encouraged by Apple, but usually works. If you cannot boot into recovery mode or internet mode, this issue may be hard to tackle.īefore we start, please be sure to back up any files on your Mac.

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