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  "canonicalUrl": "https://til.iainsimmons.com/posts/restarting-a-macbook-in-recovery-mode",
  "description": "today iain learned: How to restart a MacBook in recovery mode",
  "path": "/posts/restarting-a-macbook-in-recovery-mode",
  "publishedAt": "2025-10-27T00:00:00.000Z",
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  "textContent": "Why?\n\nBecause I'm going to attempt to install Omarchy on an old (Intel-based) MacBook Air.\n\nHow?\n\nPress and hold <kbd>Cmd</kbd> + <kbd>R</kbd> immediately after starting/restarting the MacBook until the loading screen (black with a white Apple logo and progress bar) is visible.",
  "title": "Restarting a MacBook in recovery mode"
}