Yeah, there are a few keyboard combinations that do different things.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/102655

> On an Intel-based Mac:

> If you used Command-R to start up from the local Recovery system, you get the current version of the most recently installed macOS.

> If you used Option-Command-R to start up from Internet Recovery, you might get the latest macOS that is compatible with your Mac.

> If you used Shift-Option-Command-R to start up from Internet Recovery, you might get the macOS that came with your Mac, or the closest version still available.

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brewmarche 2 days ago | parent [-]

There is another one, you can hold Option while booting and it will show disks to boot from. But there is also a SSID dropdown to do internet recovery like Shift+Option+Command+R.

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aspenmayer 2 days ago | parent [-]

Yes, Option is boot menu iirc.

You can even boot to Linux or Windows if you have the patience to set it up. I made a hackintosh for hard drive data recovery that would dual boot Windows 10 and macOS. It’s a fun ecosystem.

	▲	brewmarche 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		Yeah I remember using BootCamp back then. FreeBSD also works quite well on the MacBook Air mid-2014, but without WiFi. Edit: I didn’t bother to look into wifibox which is a FreeBSD package that runs a Linux VM for the WiFi driver, that could work. Also didn’t bother to check the webcam. However both WiFi and webcam work under various Linux distributions, but it’s typically a third-party Broadcom driver that has to be added outside of regular package repos.