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lotte87uk

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Hiya trying to boot my 27inch 2010 iMac from a bootable usb drive but it get stuck on this can anyone help? Is it normal, how long does it take. Thanks in advance.
 

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KeesMacPro

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Nov 7, 2019
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Hi,

looks like you booted in single-user mode (by pressing cmd-s at startup).
If so, type :
exit
Press enter and the Mac should boot (but in single user mode).

For booting from an external drive , keeping pressed option at startup is all you need to get to the bootable drives.
Select a drive and press enter.
 
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