Safe Boot fright

[CMT]

Today, while turning on my iMac, a strange gray progress bar appeared in the 'Apple' start screen. I assume I felt some fear.

Then, the login screen shows in red: 'Safe Boot'.

Later, the menu bar appeared to be brighter than ever. Oh my God!

Thanks to google, I found that safe boot is a mode which you can access by holding shift during startup. Probably I pressed shift accidentally, even though I do not remember.

The question is: now, that I restarted my mac and it's back to the normal, will this 'Safe Boot' bring me any consequences? How to proceed?

Thanks!

 

[wrldwzrd89]

Safe Boot is a mode you can put your Mac in to diagnose problems with it. No harm will be done if you boot into it accidentally, as you have done.

 

[celticpride678]

Nope, you should be fine.

 

[CMT]

Ok, thanks for the info!

 

[Blondie :)]

does apple have a page anywhere that lists all these nifty little modes you can boot into? I mean, it sure would beat a trip to the nearest apple store (4 hours away for me) if I can diagnose most problems with my mac right at home.

 

[wrldwzrd89]

does apple have a page anywhere that lists all these nifty little modes you can boot into? I mean, it sure would beat a trip to the nearest apple store (4 hours away for me) if I can diagnose most problems with my mac right at home.

Wow, there's a LOT of them. Some of these even I didn't know about! (Note: page not at Apple's site)