

Keyboard or language problemsĪt the top right of each screen in Recovery mode is a keyboard menu where you can select your preferred layout.Īpple silicon Macs also let you pair or repair Bluetooth input devices, including keyboard, mouse and trackpad. There is no internet or remote recovery, though. These may seem difficult at first, but are really far simpler. If that doesn’t happen, try Fallback recovery as detailed below. This simply involves pressing and holding the Power button until the display shows that options are being loaded. This is notoriously slow, as it first has to download a disk image of the recovery system before running it.Īpple silicon Macs rely on the Power button to enter Recovery and other startup modes. If normal Recovery fails, you can try its internet or remote version, by starting up with the Command-Option-R keys held. If you’re using a wireless keyboard and can’t seem to get your Mac to start up in any of these modes, either use a USB wired keyboard or connect that wireless keyboard to your Mac using its charging lead, which turns it into a USB keyboard. Intel Macs can only enter Recovery and other startup modes when a functional keyboard is connected. But when Recovery mode itself proves a problem, what can we do? Can’t enter Recovery mode We normally try to start a Mac up in Recovery mode when there’s a problem.
