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  2. iBoot - Wikipedia

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    iBoot is the stage 2 bootloader for iPhones, iPads, Apple silicon-based Macs, and the T2 chip in Intel-based Macs with such a chip. [3] [4] Compared with its predecessor, iBoot improves authentication performed in the boot chain. [2] For Intel-based Macs with a T2 chip, the boot process starts by running code on the T2 chip from the boot ROM.

  3. 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 ]

  4. BootX (Apple) - Wikipedia

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    Such functions include Verbose Mode, achieved by holding down the Command and V key at startup, which replaces the default Apple logo with text-based information on the boot process and Single User Mode, achieved by holding down the Command and S, which, depending on the operating system, may boot into a more basic command-line or text-based ...

  5. Boot Camp (software) - Wikipedia

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    Boot Camp Assistant is a multi boot utility included with Apple Inc.'s macOS (previously Mac OS X / OS X) that assists users in installing Microsoft Windows operating systems on Intel-based Macintosh computers.

  6. Power-on self-test - Wikipedia

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    The Mac transition to Apple silicon marked a radical change in the POST process in Macs. Unlike most Intel-based Macs that use EFI-based firmware, these Apple silicon -based Macs uses a boot ROM that loads the Low-Level Bootloader (LLB), similar to that of the firmware found in the iPhone and iPad .

  7. Target Disk Mode - Wikipedia

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    Target Disk Mode (sometimes referred to as TDM or Target Mode) is a boot mode unique to Macintosh computers. When a Mac that supports Target Disk Mode [1] is started with the 'T' key held down, its operating system does not boot. Instead, the Mac's firmware enables its drives to behave as a SCSI, FireWire, Thunderbolt, or USB-C external mass ...

  8. NetBoot - Wikipedia

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    The technology was announced as a part of the original version of Mac OS X Server at Macworld Expo on 5 January 1999. [1] NetBoot has continued to be a core systems management technology for Apple, [2] and has been adapted to support modern Mac Intel machines. NetBoot, USB, and FireWire are some of the external volume options for operating ...

  9. Apple–Intel architecture - Wikipedia

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    The AppleIntel architecture, or Mactel, is an unofficial name used for Macintosh personal computers developed and manufactured by Apple Inc. that use Intel x86 processors, [not verified in body] rather than the PowerPC and Motorola 68000 ("68k") series processors used in their predecessors or the ARM-based Apple silicon SoCs used in their successors. [1]