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| Subject | Re: Unable to hold down C key to boot an old 2008 MBP? |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.sys.mac.hardware.storage, comp.sys.mac.system |
| References | <XJudnWYNKY-UjC3FnZ2dnUU7-RXNnZ2d@earthlink.com> <240220171301094368%nospam@nospam.invalid> |
| From | Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> |
| Organization | An Ant Farm |
| Date | 2017-02-24 11:21 -0800 |
| Message-ID | <ncGdndas2pVaGi3FnZ2dnUU7-WmdnZ2d@earthlink.com> (permalink) |
Cross-posted to 2 groups.
On 2/24/2017 10:01 AM, nospam wrote:
> In article <XJudnWYNKY-UjC3FnZ2dnUU7-RXNnZ2d@earthlink.com>, Ant
> <ANTant@zimage.com> 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.
>
> the c key is for a cd or dvd.
>
> you want the option key.
Ah. I guess https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201255 is wrong then! I
was wondering why it didn't work!
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