Wrenbird Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 How do I change the timeouts for system services to load on startup? (Not the timeout in com.apple.boot.plist) Any help would be appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Invisible Ink Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 If you mean timeout while booting (you have no time to enter darwin loader option), once logged in as root find your com.apple.Boot.plist in /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/ directory. Open it with plist editor if you have installed. Then add to the Root a new sibling, string type. The Sibling must have the name "Timeout" and its value is the amount of second Darwin loader has to wait before loading the default chioce. If you have not the property list editor, you can modify the com.apple.Boot.plist with TextEdit(or) application. Here I post my com.apple.Boot.plist Simply add the lines <key>Timeout</key> <string>1</string> at the right position. Hope it helps. bye Ink ___com.apple.Boot.plist___ <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd"> <plist version="1.0"> <dict> <key>Boot Graphics</key> <string>Yes</string> <key>Kernel</key> <string>mach_kernel</string> <key>Kernel Flags</key> <string></string> <key>Timeout</key> <string>1</string> </dict> </plist> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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