# Stuck in safe mode

**URL:** <https://discourse.ioquake.org/t/stuck-in-safe-mode/1787>\
**Category:** support\
**Created:** [October 23, 2022, 9:52pm UTC](https://discourse.ioquake.org/t/stuck-in-safe-mode/1787 "2022-10-23T21:52:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![juiceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ee7513/32.png) [@juiceman](https://discourse.ioquake.org/u/juiceman)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2022, 9:52pm UTC](https://discourse.ioquake.org/t/stuck-in-safe-mode/1787/1 "2022-10-23T21:52:50Z")

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Hi all, love ioquake3, thank you!

The app crashed on me (Mac) and somehow when i reopened it, it put me into safe mode, aka a small little window and not full screen. I for the life of me cannot figure out how to get it out of safe mode and back to normal full screen.

Anyone have a quick tip?

Thanks in advance,

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**Author:** ![juiceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ee7513/32.png) [@juiceman](https://discourse.ioquake.org/u/juiceman)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2022, 9:59pm UTC](https://discourse.ioquake.org/t/stuck-in-safe-mode/1787/2 "2022-10-23T21:59:48Z")

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sorry to clarify, it is launching in “safe video settings” - how do I stop that?

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**Author:** ![zturtleman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.ioquake.org/zturtleman/32/718_2.png) [@zturtleman](https://discourse.ioquake.org/u/zturtleman)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2022, 10:15pm UTC](https://discourse.ioquake.org/t/stuck-in-safe-mode/1787/3 "2022-10-23T22:15:49Z")

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Safe mode is a one time config change. You can change the settings back using the menu or open the in-game console with shift+esc and paste

```nohighlight
r_mode -1; r_customwidth 1920; r_customheight 1080; r_fullscreen 1; vid_restart;

```

and press return.

The original Quake 3 menu doesn’t support switching to modern widescreen resolutions. I don’t know if the recent ioq3 macOS build has the ioq3 menu changes. The video settings are in Quake 3 → Setup → System menu.

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**Author:** ![juiceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ee7513/32.png) [@juiceman](https://discourse.ioquake.org/u/juiceman)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2022, 10:26pm UTC](https://discourse.ioquake.org/t/stuck-in-safe-mode/1787/4 "2022-10-23T22:26:02Z")

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thank you! resolved!