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2. Macintosh startup - Wikipedia

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   The Mac OS X startup screen from versions 10.2 to 10.9, displaying a dark-gray Apple logo on a lighter gray-white background as well as a loading throbber. In 2002, with the release of version 10.2, the Happy Mac symbol was retired and replaced with the Apple logo. Also, in addition to the blinking system folder icon, a prohibition icon was ...

3. Apple Partition Map - Wikipedia

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   The separate boot partition Apple_Boot is mandatory. Apple_Rhapsody_UFS: Unix File System: Mac OS X Server: This partition contains a Unix File System (UFS) used by the Apple Rhapsody operating system (a development name marking the transition from OPENSTEP to Mac OS X) and is also used by Mac OS X Server 1.0 through 1.2 v3. Apple_Scratch: empty

4. BIOS - Wikipedia

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   The BIOS uses the boot devices set in Nonvolatile BIOS memory , or, in the earliest PCs, DIP switches. The BIOS checks each device in order to see if it is bootable by attempting to load the first sector (boot sector). If the sector cannot be read, the BIOS proceeds to the next device.

5. 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 ...

6. EFI system partition - Wikipedia

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   On Apple Mac computers using Intel x86-64 processor architecture, the EFI system partition is initially left blank and unused for booting into macOS. [13] [14]However, the EFI system partition is used as a staging area for firmware updates [15] and for the Microsoft Windows bootloader for Mac computers configured to boot into a Windows partition using Boot Camp.

7. Booting - Wikipedia

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   Typically, the system firmware (UEFI or BIOS) will allow the user to configure a boot order. If the boot order is set to "first, the DVD drive; second, the hard disk drive", then the firmware will try to boot from the DVD drive, and if this fails (e.g. because there is no DVD in the drive), it will try to boot from the local hard disk drive.

8. Disk Utility - Wikipedia

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   Secure deletion of free space or disk using a "zero out" data, a 7-pass DOD 5220-22 M standard, or a 35-pass Gutmann algorithm; Adding or changing partition table between Apple Partition Map, GUID Partition Table, and master boot record (MBR) Restoring volumes from Apple Software Restore (ASR) images; Checking the S.M.A.R.T. status of a hard disk

9. BIOS boot partition - Wikipedia

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   The BIOS boot partition is a partition on a data storage device that GNU GRUB uses on legacy BIOS-based personal computers in order to boot an operating system, when the actual boot device contains a GUID Partition Table (GPT). Such a layout is sometimes referred to as BIOS/GPT boot.