Right time to press alt on wireless keyboard ?

hi all,
since long time it makes me crazy to use "alt" and to "zap pram" beside other with the bluetooth-keyboard ..
my solution is to connect a usb-keyboard, but i hope there is a solution to do this also with wireless.
if someone has an idea, i'm thankfull.

Apple instructions indicate that for a wireless keyboard, wait for the start chime and press and hold the alt key until the apple logo with spining pinwheel.  That has always worked for me.   If you press and hold the key to early, it's usually ignored.
Regards,
Captfred

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