No Apple boot screen on new iMac - Just black with white writing on boot
Hi All,
I have just purchased a new 3.06Ghz iMac and whenever I turn it on, or shut down, I do not get the Apple boot screen, I just get a black screen with a long list of white writing on it. This appears for about 5 seconds and then the usual desktop loads.
Is there a way that I can get the usual apple boot screen to return? I have not done anything to the machine as it is brand new out of the box and it has been doing this since first boot.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Luca
It was just a simple case of removing the verbose boot settings which I found a script for after searching on Google.
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