【 START MacOS in Safe Mode 】▷ Step by Step Guide ▷ 2022

Tired of having problems with your Mac? Problems that can be solved just by simply booting it in safe mode. In this article, we will not only explain how to boot and start Mac in safe mode step by step.

You will also learn what it is, what it is for and what functions are not available when we make a secure boot. The truth, is that using this tool helps you analyze the problems that the Mac presents in the foreground.

It’s a pleasure, because opens up a panorama for solving setbacksIn addition, it does not allow the overheating of the Software, so it is a preventive measure.

What is safe mode and what is it for in MacOS?

Safe mode is a way to start the MacOS, to prevent your Mac from overheating or software components from self-opening. The intent is to protect and diagnose equipment.

This tool is also called “secure boot” and when we access its use several things happen:

• Among the many functions it performs, establishes the veracity of the boot disk by attempting to repair directory problems if requiredit may eventually load some requested kernel branches.
• Overrides the naturalness of elements that make up the login boot so that it does not open automatically, lightening the software, allowing a review of the sources that you have installed a point before the machine presented problems.
• Finally discards cache, kernel, and other log files saved on Mac. All this allows you to identify in safe mode if the problem can be fixed from there, the diagnosis will help you to know more about your problem, to be able to identify the cause and thus solve it.

Steps to Boot into Safe Mode on Apple’s MacOS Operating System

The steps are easy to followyou just have to be a little rigorous to do the procedure well, remember that safe mode is a scanning tool to identify certain problems on the Mac, so it will also isolate important functions.

Many of these problems come from unwanted active files or programs.Being in safe mode, the Mac does not suspend files or programs so it does not let them work and so you will have full control.

• Take into account that if the Mac is turned on you must restart it, to do this go to the Apple menu and click on “Restart”. You will not have enough by restarting it only once, the correct procedure is to restart it 2 times to ensure and confirm the procedure. If your Mac is turned off instead, turn it on and let it start booting up.

• Go to the keyboard and visualize the key “Shift”, wait until the machine starts to boot and press the shift key without releasing it (it is very important that you do not release it). The other possibility is to use an adjacent keyboard via Bluetooth, the pressure must be right after hearing the boot sound or wait for Apple logo appears. It is important that you wait with the button “Shift” held down about two minutes it takes for the computer to respondwhen the login screen appears you will continue to the next step.

• At this point you have already hold the shift key without releasing it for two minutes or less, your machine is in safe mode so you can release the key. As the user is blocked you only have to , here the procedure is how you normally do it, select your account and enter the password to enter. Take into account that if on your Mac you have enabled the “FileVault”, before anything you need to login to unlock the startup disk because this will not allow your Mac to work properly.
• When you’re ready, it’s diagnosis time. Evaluate if when you log in you had problems with startup or with any general functionsOtherwise, it is most likely that some of the files or programs that you have in your MacOs are damaged to the point of causing a serious problem. The moment of truth is, if the problem reaches such a point that it exceeds safe mode, you have a software or hardware problem.

• Take the opportunity and disable all startup programs and files you can, the ones you think are causing problems or the ones that take the longest to respond. This way when you turn on your Mac in natural mode it will boot much faster. Being in this mode you have control removing applications such as antivirus packages or programs that are difficult to run will not be a problem. All you need is to gather your courage and delete what no longer serves you or never served you.
• Finally exit safe mode by restarting your Macgo to the Apple menu and click “Restart”, Follow the steps that the machine will indicate and in no time at all you will have your MacOs in normal mode again.

What features are not available in Mac safe mode?

This mode works by restricting some functions that cause problems for the machine when logging in. Many of these are natural features of a Mac that you’d think shouldn’t cause problems.

• While in this mode the use of the video viewer is not available and neither is the dvd player to watch movies.
• All video Apps are closedincluding a very popular one like iMoviethe captured video.
• It interferes with things that one downloads from the web, including music and files that include some type of audio, so the safe mode does not allow playback of audio input or output devices.
• Likewise limits the use of connectors to other devices such as USB, FireWare and Thunderboltthe intention is to avoid hyper-heating and the Mac having to charge new devices.
• Don’t expect a Wifi connection while in a safe mode, it is highly unlikely that this will be available. However, there are MacOs that do have connection possibilities, but this depends on the one you have.
• Accessibility as a feature of a Mac will be affected by safe mode so most likely you can’t use some of them like for example “VoiceOver”.
• One of the most frequent to use as file or program sharing is completely disabled.
• There are tools that go further, the next level is a post safe mode also known as OS X Leopard who completely disables the graphical abilities that a Mac possesses. So a menu bar is in a solid color even though we have configured it with a translucent abilityin a personalized way.
• And finally in this particular tool, we find that the screen will flicker and look distorted while logging in so you should not be afraid. Remember that the latter only happens in a safe mode; in normal mode it is a system problem.

My Mac won’t start in safe mode, how to fix it?

There are options that can take you to a safe mode, these are alternatives, it is preferable to use the traditional way if it does not work for you, you can access it by connecting to a computer and send terminal commands (codes) that allow this use.

• To access you need enter the command line sent via codes, to do this open the terminal remotely or simply log in to the computer with the SSH tool.
• The terminal commands are encrypted, you can use several of them to access, one is the “sudo nvram boot-args= “-x” On the other hand, if you also want to have access in a more detailed way, you can do it using the command “sudo nvram boot-args= “-x -v”.
• Once you have finished your use of safe mode you can return to normal use by issuing the command “sudo nvram boot-args=”.

It is recommended that if you do not feel qualified to access these types of commands you should go to a specialized technician, it is always better to have a professional trust our devices, Also note that these commands are only for Macs that for some reason cannot access traditional safe mode.if you can access it naturally, do it.

Solve login problems with safe mode, don’t wait any longer and avoid super-heating in your software. Recognize your equipment problems and eliminate them, and Leave your MacOs running at its best after cleaning it with Safe Mode.