MP 1,1-5,1 How does one boot into Safe Mode with RefindPlus or OpenCore?

[eicca]

I'm currently using MyBootMgr RefindPlus to chainload OpenCore and enable AMD hardware acceleration on my 10.14.6 install.

Lately things have been running a little slow so I want to boot into Safe Mode to clear out caches and junk.

Thing is, holding Shift while booting doesn't work anymore, whether I press it before the boot picker appears or after picking my boot drive.

How can I get my machine into Safe Mode with the boot picker?

 

[Macschrauber]

You can add -x to the boot-args

 

[eicca]

You can add -x to the boot-args

So uhhhh… what does that mean?

I barely made it through the tutorial to get MyBootMgr set up so my fluency in technological things is very limited.

 

[Dayo]

How to get boot options in RefindPlus is written at the bottom of the main screen. Select the target item, Mac OS in your case, press "F2", and the boot options will be displayed for selection. Alternatively, go into OpenCore, select the target Mac OS item, and press "Shift + Enter" to boot into safe mode.

Search for "safe mode" in the documentation/manuals for OpenCore or RefindPlus (Relies on rEFInd's manual) for more.

 

[eicca]

F2 did the trick, thank you. Google has gotten so smart it thought I meant anything but what I was actually searching for so I could not for the life of me find the documentation.

 

[Dayo]

BTW, you asked the same question a few months ago and got the answer!

https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/31205144

 

[eicca]

BTW, you asked the same question a few months ago and got the answer!

https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/31205144

Oh geez. Look at that. Well both my brain and the Googles failed miserably today.

Maybe this time I’ll remember.

 

[Dayo]

Maybe this time I’ll remember.

Cool. Just remember to look at the top of the screen for the name of what's running and at the bottom for use hints!