Did you disable the opsion to boot from external disks? You need to go into the recovery and enable this to get this to work.
Matthew -----Original Message----- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of The wolf Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2021 12:12 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com; Herbie Allen <herbie.al...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: boot options at start up not working that works but the holding the option key at boot up is not why is this? according to apple it should On 8/10/2021 8:41 PM, Herbie Allen wrote: > Try holding down Command R for 10 seconds when booting up and that should > bring up the recovery menu. > > >> On Aug 10, 2021, at 21:57, The wolf <hank.smith...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hello I am trying to get to the boot options when starting up the mac so I >> can select what os I want to boot to >> >> when the chime sounds I hold down the option key >> >> the os that it is set to load to boots up it does not give me the option on >> what os to boot to >> >> it should give me >> >> mac boot camp or recovery >> >> can any one help me trouble shoot this? >> >> Hank >> >> >> -- >> The following information is important for all members of the Mac >> Visionaries list. >> >> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if >> you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or >> moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >> >> Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: >> mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at >> caraqu...@caraquinn.com >> >> The archives for this list can be searched at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ >> --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/20026fb5-1bed-26f3-b0fe-1078dc1b2fd3%40gmail.com. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/5fa79a6b-adde-23a4-65e9-05303bc8e397%40gmail.com. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/06de01d78ee7%2419b34e90%244d19ebb0%24%40gmail.com.