Roj wrote:
Reboot three times to get to "safe mode"? :-o
This is either a joke or somebody at Apple has seen Wizard of Oz a few times too many.
Umm no, the three reboots with buttons held down were to clear the messed up PRAM..
A bit like if you have a modern PC and you set your CPU's clockspeed too high in the BIOS setup. It won't boot and will need a reset to factory values. :-)
You can boot a Mac to "safe mode" any time by holding down shift while booting..