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You can hold down a key when you turn a Mac on to have it switch from the default "pretty" screen to a normal wall-of-text booting screen. The problem for the a
by pwmanagerdied 17y ago
You can hold down a key when you turn a Mac on to have it switch from the default "pretty" screen to a normal wall-of-text booting screen. The problem for the author was that he'd locked himself out of these options when enabling some security feature previously.
- jrockway 17y agoRight, but when you don't know the BIOS password on a PC, it says: "Enter supervisor password". If his Mac had said this, there would never have been any doubt in his mind as to what was going on.
- pwmanagerdied 17y agoSure, but in general it's not as bad as your post suggests.
- wvenable 17y agoPC's have "pretty" screens as well but if you ever have a problem the wall-of-text will come up instead. Much more useful.
- rdtsc 17y agoAgreed. We tried using mac minis as little servers, but they wouldn't boot if a monitor is not connected. We got around it by making a dummy DVI connector with a resistor in it. But still, it is jumping through hoops. That and the silly BIOS, it is as if Apple went out of its way to make it less user friendly...
- kapuzineralex 17y agoWait -- they do not boot without a monitor attached? Apple can't be serious about this. I just lost a little faith...
- hexley 17y agoOS X client boots fine without a monitor attached, it just don't initialise a display device. You can connect via SSH and use other services. I think if you enable VNC in Sharing, it will simulate a 1024x768 display for you to use.
- rdtsc 17y agoI don't know why I am being modded down. Apple fanboys?
- evgen 17y agoIt is probably because your claim is easily disproven. I have a headless mini in my server room right now that has no problems booting. Turn on screen sharing and you can login and use it just as if you were sitting in front of a similar box with a display and keyboard.
- rdtsc 17y agoWell, the generation we have doesn't. We just built some DVI connectors with a resistor on the back, to make it behave similar enough to a connected monitor. Mac minis are fairly different depending on the generation.