I've got 2 of my Macs on 10.10 a 2012 Air, 2014 Mac Mini. Yet they boot different colours. One with a black screen white Apple, and the other with a white background and a black Apple. Why is this?
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What decides the boot screen colour?
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It seems to be determined at a hardware/firmware level. Modern Macs all use the black screen (including my 2014 MacBook Air), older ones use the gray screen.
I'm not sure exactly when the cut-off is, but it seems to be different for various product lines. MacBook Pro with Retina display (2012) uses the black screen, for example.
I'm not sure exactly when the cut-off is, but it seems to be different for various product lines. MacBook Pro with Retina display (2012) uses the black screen, for example.