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Start your PC in safe mode in Windows 10. Press the Windows logo key + R. Type msconfig in the Open box and then select OK. Select the Boot tab.
To restart your Mac in Safe Mode, begin with your Mac switched off or restart it. 1) As soon as your Mac switches on and lights up, press and hold the Shift key. 2) Release the Shift key as soon as the login window appears. That’s it, your Mac has now been booted in safe mode. On the upper-right corner of your screen you’ll see the words “Safe Boot” displayed on the login window when your Mac is in safe mode. How to Exit Safe Mode. To leave safe mode, do the following: 1. Restart your Mac without pressing keys on startup. Select “Apple menu Shut Down.” This will return you to your desktop in normal mode. Mac's Safe boot option: Apple has offered a Safe Boot (sometimes called Safe Mode) option ever since Jaguar (OS X 10.2.x). Safe Boot can be a key troubleshooting step when your having problems with your Mac, either problems with starting your Mac up, or with issues you come across while you use your Mac, such as having apps not start or apps that seem to cause your Mac to freeze, crash,. To load your Mac in Safe Mode, press and hold the Shift key while it boots. You can stop holding the Shift key when you see an Apple logo and progress bar. To leave Safe Mode, just reboot your Mac without holding the Shift key. Troubleshoot from the Command Line with Single-User Mode.
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How To: Running iTunes In Safe Mode
Are you experiencing problems with iTunes?
Perhaps when syncing an iPod you get the ‘spinning wait wheel’ and iTunes becomes unresponsive resulting in you having to ‘force quit’ the program.
The way to address some of these issues is to hold down the Command + Option keys when launching iTunes.
Mac Pro Safe Mode
This will load iTunes in ‘safe mode’ allowing you to have a poke around and see what the possible problems is.
Please note the ‘safe mode’ function will not fix a problem you may be experiencing.
It will just allow the program to go back to bare operating basics so you can for example turn off sync functions which are a common cause of iTunes problems.