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however I've never seen "Safe Boot" in my login screen and the shift key during start up is what I used. Thanks Animal, that's what I thought and thats what I've been doing.
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To leave Safe Mode, restart the computer normally, without holding any keys during startup.
#Osx safe mode mac os x#
During startup in Mac OS X v10.2 through v10.3.9, you will see "Safe Boot" on the Mac OS X startup screen.
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Most people know about using the keyboard to boot to Safe Mode, by pressing the Shift key down after hearing the boot chimes, and holding it until you see the grey Apple icon with the spinning indicator below it. In addition, booting to Safe Mode also runs some cleaning and maintenance routines on your system, which can help iron out problems. Often when troubleshooting systems, you might wish to boot into Safe Mode to run in a minimized boot environment to test if a third-party extension or add-on is causing problems with your machine.