Use these steps to start up your Mac in single-user mode or verbose mode:
One has successfully entered single-user mode or verbose mode when seeing white text appear on the screen.
If one can't enter single-user mode or verbose mode
If ones Mac doesn't progress beyond verbose mode, and doesn't show any messages, press the power button until the computer shuts down.
To leave single-user mode or verbose mode
To exit single-user mode type reboot then press Return. When in single-user mode, the keyboard layout is US English.
Verbose mode causes text to display during startup and shutdown. The next time one restarts the Mac, Verbose mode is no longer enabled.
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