MacBookPro Switch to External Start-Up w/0 Adm. Rights?
I have a laptop that I do not have administrative rights to from work. I have permission to use the laptop at home. I would like to boot to an external dual SATA drive using firewire. I've ordered an enclosure from OWC.
Here is my question. Can the System Prefs. for Start-Up Drive be unlocked and left unlocked by the Sys. Adm.? Will this remain unlocked after re-boot?
If not, I remember some kind of re-start key combo. that used to show bootable drives. Does anyone know the key command sequence. Would this basically allow me to boot off of an external drive without having adm. rights?
That way I could use the machine to my heart's content and install software without distrurbing the hard drive in the laptop.
Hold down the Option key while booting up. You'll see a panel of startup disk options. This will work so long as an Open Firmware/EFI password hasn't been set on the system - ask your sys. admin if this is the case.
Matt
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