These key combinations apply only to Mac computers with an Intel processor, not Mac computers with Apple silicon.
To use any of these key combinations, press and hold the keys immediately after pressing the power button to turn on your Mac, or after your Mac begins to restart. Keep holding until the described behavior occurs.
I am stuck at the beginning after pressing Boot OS X install from install macOS. The Apple logo appears with a line under loading up the installer. After 2/3 of the way done the logo and line disappear and displays a circle with a slash in the middle. My specs are MSI Z270i Gaming pro carbon ac itx, intel core i5 6600k, gtx 1080. Mac OS X 10.3 (Panther) - 2Z691-4633-A - 2Z691-4586-A - 2Z691-4587-A Note: Install disc 2 was not ripped by me, and comes from a separate source. This is because my disc refused to be imaged properly.
If a key combination doesn't work at startup, one of these solutions might help:
Remember that some key combinations are disabled when your Mac is using a firmware password.
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