How to reboot into recovery mode in Catalina with command line?

Asked Dec 12 '20 at 10:24

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I am trying to boot into recovery mode from the command line. The following commands (from Can I initiate a MacOS restart to Recovery mode solely from the command line?) didn't work for me:

edited Dec 12 '20 at 16:52

nohillside

asked Dec 12 '20 at 10:24

PHPoenX

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Does this answer your question? Can I initiate a MacOS restart to Recovery mode solely from the command line? – X_841 Dec 12 '20 at 10:57
@X_841 no, this commands dont work for me – PHPoenX Dec 12 '20 at 11:10
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you don't mention the keyword sudo in your question. Did you do that? – X_841 Dec 12 '20 at 11:14
@X_841 yes, of course. I ran commands under sudo – PHPoenX Dec 12 '20 at 11:17
Then I can't help you, sry. – X_841 Dec 12 '20 at 11:18
What do you mean by "didn't work"? Does setting the value gives an error, does the system reboot normally if you trigger a reboot afterwards, or something else? – nohillside Dec 12 '20 at 16:53
@nohillside system reboots as usuall – PHPoenX Dec 12 '20 at 18:11
On an Intel based Mac, I use the following compound command on a single line in Terminal, while running macOS Catalina normally, to boot to macOS Recovery and it works for me without issue: sudo nvram "recovery-boot-mode=unused"; sleep 2; sudo reboot – user3439894 Dec 12 '20 at 18:13

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