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  2. Safe mode - Wikipedia

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    Safe mode is a diagnostic mode of a computer operating system (OS). It can also refer to a mode of operation by application software . Safe mode is intended to help fix most, if not all, problems within an operating system.

  3. Restart the computer and close programs on Mac - AOL Help

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    Note: Wait for 20 seconds, and then turn on the computer. 2. On the keyboard, hold down the Command and Option keys, and then tap the esc key. In the Force Quit Applications window, click any program other than Finder to highlight it, and then click Force Quit. 3.

  4. SystemRescue - Wikipedia

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    SystemRescue (Previously known as "SystemRescueCD") [4] is a Linux distribution for x86-64 and IA-32 computers. [5] The primary purpose of SystemRescue is to repair unbootable or otherwise damaged computer systems after a system crash. SystemRescue is not intended to be used as a permanent operating system.

  5. Reset (computing) - Wikipedia

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    Many computers, especially older models, have user accessible "reset" buttons that assert the reset line to facilitate a system reboot in a way that cannot be trapped (i.e. prevented) by the operating system, or holding a combination of buttons on some mobile devices.

  6. List of POSIX commands - Wikipedia

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    Execute commands at a later time Version 7 AT&T UNIX awk: Text processing Mandatory Pattern scanning and processing language Version 7 AT&T UNIX basename: Filesystem Mandatory Return non-directory portion of a pathname; see also dirname Version 7 AT&T UNIX batch: Process management Mandatory Schedule commands to be executed in a batch queue bc ...

  7. Macintosh startup - Wikipedia

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    A Happy Mac is the normal bootup (startup) icon of an Apple Macintosh computer running older versions of the Mac operating system. It was designed by Susan Kare in the 1980s, drawing inspiration from the design of the Compact Macintosh series and from the Batman character Two-Face . [ 10 ]

  8. System Integrity Protection - Wikipedia

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    Apple says that System Integrity Protection is a necessary step to ensure a high level of security. In one of the WWDC developer sessions, Apple engineer Pierre-Olivier Martel described unrestricted root access as one of the remaining weaknesses of the system, saying that "[any] piece of malware is one password or vulnerability away from taking full control of the device".

  9. Hackintosh - Wikipedia

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    The bootloader behaves like the Linux kernel: one can use an mboot [clarification needed]-compatible (a patched syslinux was used for the hack) bootloader that tells boot-dfe about the .img file (the ramdisk or initrd, as it's known by Linux users), and boot-dfe will then use the kexts (or mkext) from it. This new boot-dfe has been tested with ...