Apple Boot Screen?

[3ng1and]

Is there any way to enable the apple boot screen? every time I start my laptop (OS X 10.4.5) it always shows the progress mode.

 

Thanks

[snfgnc]

Start Mac OS X, open terminal and type:

sudo -s (enter and type your password)

cd /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/

nano com.apple.Boot.plist

 

Then where you see "timeout", delete "8". Now add:

<key>Quiet Boot</key>

<string>Yes</string>

 

At the end you should see this:

 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple$

<plist version="1.0">

<dict>

<key>Kernel</key>

<string>mach_kernel</string>

<key>Kernel Flags</key>

<string></string>

<key>Boot Graphics</key>

<string>Yes</string>

<key>Timeout</key>

<string></string>

<key>Quiet Boot</key>

<string>Yes</string>

</dict>

</plist>

 

Now press ctrl+o, press enter and close terminal. Restart your PC et voilà! You will have your apple boot smile.gif

If you will have to acces to Darwin BootLoader, press F8 at boot. Bye

[belgrano]

Or, if you have

<key>Kernel Flags</key>
<string>-v</string>

in the com.apple.Boot.plist, there's no need to add a QuietBoot key. Just delete that "-v" and save the plist.