Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Jolly Roger Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware.storage,comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: Unable to hold down C key to boot an old 2008 MBP? Date: 24 Feb 2017 17:16:41 GMT Organization: People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates Lines: 24 Message-ID: References: <1n1y052.1iiqg5o1jvdu4N%nmassello@yahoo.com> X-Trace: individual.net WixalqeFd/Vx6xxcYhSjZQrGyMao4est9q8g3knIGSMhPmed+B Cancel-Lock: sha1:6q/+6nujoSr32NfmzU0b76ravMA= Mail-Copies-To: nobody User-Agent: slrn/1.0.1 (Darwin) Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.hardware.storage:1465 comp.sys.mac.system:101064 On 2017-02-24, Neill Massello wrote: > Ant wrote: > >> On a very old (early 2008; A1260) 15" MBP, holding down C key while >> powering it up does not boot up from this connected USB device. Holding >> down option key, while powering on, does show the connected bootable USB >> PNY 64 GB flash drive with its El Capitan Mac OS X on screen. I also can >> select to boot it as well. >> >> Does this old MBP model not support C key while powering on to boot? > > Contrary to Apple's support page > (), my experience is that the > C key only works for optical drives. Other types of local devices > require the Option key. That's been my experience as well. I was surprised to see Apple stating C works for anything *but* optical drives. -- E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter. I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead. JR