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Re: Please help PC guy with friend's Imac.

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From Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
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Subject Re: Please help PC guy with friend's Imac.
Date 3 Apr 2016 20:51:06 GMT
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On 2016-04-03, dg <david.goodnow@gmail.com> wrote:
> I second this:
>>>>I seee some possibilities
> - FireWire Target Disk mode to get access to files on the 15" iMac
> from the 20"<<< This is by far the easiest solution.

Yep.

> Since the place is being cleared out Sunday morning and this is
> Saturday night . . .  take these Macs to your place, along with every
> Apple accessory AND ESPECIALLY A REAL APPLE USB KEYBOARD with
> you--other USB keyboards do not send the special boot commands to
> PowerMacs reliably, you are going to need an APPLE keyboard!  For this
> Firewire boot option, you hold down the Option key + "T" key.  You
> will notice that Windows keyboards do not have an "Option" key!

No, the Option key is not required - just hold down the T key while
booting. Most any USB keyboard will work:

<https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201462>

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Please help PC guy with friend's Imac. micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2016-04-01 22:06 -0400
  Re: Please help PC guy with friend's Imac. Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-04-02 03:27 +0000
    Re: Please help PC guy with friend's Imac. Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2016-04-01 21:25 -0700
      Re: Please help PC guy with friend's Imac. Micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2016-04-02 01:05 -0400
        Re: Please help PC guy with friend's Imac. Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2016-04-02 17:46 +1200
          Re: Please help PC guy with friend's Imac. micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2016-04-02 14:42 -0400
            Re: Please help PC guy with friend's Imac. Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2016-04-03 10:19 +1200
              Re: Please help PC guy with friend's Imac. "Happy.Hobo" <Happy.Hobo@Spam.Invalid> - 2016-04-03 16:36 -0500
                Re: Please help PC guy with friend's Imac. Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2016-04-04 13:13 +1200
                Re: Please help PC guy with friend's Imac. Kadin2048 <Kadin@address.invalid> - 2016-04-04 01:22 +0000
          Re: Please help PC guy with friend's Imac. "Happy.Hobo" <Happy.Hobo@Spam.Invalid> - 2016-04-03 16:34 -0500
        Re: Please help PC guy with friend's Imac. Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-04-02 07:41 +0000
      Re: Please help PC guy with friend's Imac. Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-04-02 07:39 +0000
    Re: Please help PC guy with friend's Imac. Micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2016-04-02 00:56 -0400
    Re: Please help PC guy with friend's Imac. "Happy.Hobo" <Happy.Hobo@Spam.Invalid> - 2016-04-03 16:33 -0500
  Re: Please help PC guy with friend's Imac. Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2016-04-02 15:49 +1200
  Re: Please help PC guy with friend's Imac. Micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2016-04-02 00:50 -0400
    Re: Please help PC guy with friend's Imac. dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2016-04-02 18:36 +1300
      Re: Please help PC guy with friend's Imac. micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2016-04-02 14:23 -0400
      Re: Please help PC guy with friend's Imac. micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2016-04-02 16:53 -0400
    Re: Please help PC guy with friend's Imac. Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2016-04-02 17:45 +1200
      Re: Please help PC guy with friend's Imac. micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2016-04-02 14:31 -0400
        Re: Please help PC guy with friend's Imac. Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2016-04-03 09:58 +1200
  Re: Please help PC guy with friend's Imac. Andreas Rutishauser <andreas@macandreas.ch> - 2016-04-02 08:12 +0100
  Re: Please help PC guy with friend's Imac. dg <david.goodnow@gmail.com> - 2016-04-02 20:47 -0700
    Re: Please help PC guy with friend's Imac. dg <david.goodnow@gmail.com> - 2016-04-02 20:52 -0700
    Re: Please help PC guy with friend's Imac. Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-04-03 20:51 +0000

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