Keep holding them through the chime sound until you see the Recovery Screen below… To access Recovery Mode, turn off your Macbook, turn it on and hold the Command (⌘) and R keys. You CAN boot a 2018 to 2021 Macbook Pro from USB!īut it does take a few steps to get there.
Starting in 2018 the Macbook Pro includes a secure boot chip that prevents your Macbook from booting windows, linux, BSD, gentoo, Fedora, Atlas Supervisor, other Mac O/S/s on a usb, etc.