What Is Mac Recovery Mode?
On July 1, 2011, Apple released Mac OS X 10.7 Lion to the public.
Mac Recovery Mode relies on the Recovery partition on Mac.

The Recovery partition is a magical existence.
Before you make your Mac access Recovery Mode, you oughta confirm that the machine is shut down completely.
That is, you cant successfully access Mac Recovery Mode.
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Why does this issue happen?
We have collected some solutions that are proved to be effective.
Then, we will introduce them to you.
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How to Fix Mac Wont Boot into Recovery Mode/Command R Not Working?
If your Mac computer is too old, it doesnt have the Recovery partition.
It always happens to the Mac computer that is running Snow Leopard or older.
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After that, you might go to the Mac App Store and upgrade your box to the latest macOS.
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If everything goes back to normal, it should be a keyboard problem.
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you should probably replace the faulty keyboard with a new one.
If not, Command-R will not work of course.
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If not, it’s possible for you to try the next method.
These are the methods to solve Mac Recovery Mode not working or Command R not working.
We hope they can solve the issue you are facing.

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How to Recover Data from a Mac That Cant Boot?
How to recover data from an unbootable Mac?
you might try Stellar Data Recovery for Mac, a professionalMac data recovery software.

This software has a boot edition.
The data in the USB drive will be erased during the creating process.
you’re gonna wanna back up your USB if there are important files in it.

Step 1: Create a Recovery Drive
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Connect the USB drive to your Mac.
Get a suitable edition from the MiniTool official site.
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Download the software and install it on a Mac computer that can normally work.
Register the software with the license key you got.
Click theClick herelink on the bottom-left corner of the screen to continue.

- choose the connected USB drive on the following interface and then click theCreate Recovery Drivebutton.
ClickOKon the small pop-out window when the creating process ends.
Remove the USB drive from the Mac computer.

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Step 2: Recover Data from Your Mac
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Connect the USB recovery drive to your Mac that wont boot.

Connect an external hard drive to your Mac.
Press thePowerbutton and immediately press & holdOption.
When you see the startup manager screen, you could release the key.
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Your Mac shows you the drives it can detect including the USB recovery drive.
you oughta grab the USB drive and pressReturn.
After that, your Mac will boot from this USB recovery drive.
You will see themacOS UtilitiesHere, you gotta chooseStellarDataRecoveryand clickContinue.
You will enter the software interface.
Then, you’re gonna wanna snag the data types you want to recover.
- opt for drive you want to recover data from.
Click theScanbutton to start the scanning process.
When the scanning ends, you’re able to see the scan results.
Click theRecoverbutton and save them to the connected external hard drive.
We hope these solutions are useful to you.
At the same time, you also know how to recover data from an unbootable Mac computer.
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