One thing that I find annoying is the Home edition not supporting Remote Desktop which I use to access a headless Windows 10 WAMP server (a Mac mini). I must say Windows 10 is very nice and simple to use after decades of hating Windows with a passion I actually enjoy using it, albeit only on a Mac and my Mac Pro cylinder runs Steam and the likes of GTA V very well indeed. The easiest by far was a new Mac Pro cylinder which literally did everything unattended up to where the Windows welcome screen takes over. All good fun but not one Mac I used was the same procedure. This I cured by actually removing the partition Boot Camp had created using Terminal and allowing Windows to see a area of 'free space' which it then formatted correctly and went well after that. I have a Macbook Pro and installed on this is Windows via Bootcamp. Each Mac seems to have different methodologies and some such as my Mac mini 2012 failed at the last stage due to an EFI issue according to the Windows installation setup. Boot Camp is a free utility that comes with OS X, and it takes advantage of the fact that Windows PCs and Macs contain the same family of Intel processors. If you want to start up using the default operating system now, click Restart. Select the startup disk that has the default operating system you want to use. Traditionally, Apple Boot Camp has been one of the most popular ways to install Windows on a Mac but is gradually becoming more obsolete because of Apple’s decision to drop support for it from Apple Silicon Macs. If a User Account Control dialog appears, click Yes. I've added Boot Camp and Windows 10 to a whole bunch of Macs ranging in age I would add that a MacBook Pro 2010 cannot use an iso insisting on using an optical disk. In Windows on your Mac, click in the right side of the taskbar, click the Boot Camp icon, then choose Boot Camp Control Panel. Disabled in macOS Mojave or later.Įject (⏏) or F12 or mouse button or trackpad button: Eject removable media, such as an optical disc.Nice article. To use the default boot image on the server, press and hold Option-N instead.Ĭommand-S: Start up in single-user mode. N: Start up from a NetBoot server, if your Mac supports network startup volumes. Or use Option-D to start up to this utility over the internet. Option (⌥) or Alt: Start up to Startup Manager, which allows you to choose other available startup disks or volumes.ĭ: Start up to the Apple Diagnostics utility. macOS Recovery installs different versions of macOS, depending on the key combination you use. Or use Option-Command-R or Shift-Option-Command-R to start up from macOS Recovery over the internet. Then shut down or restart and try again.Ĭommand (⌘)-R: Start up from the built-in macOS Recovery system. If you're using Boot Camp to start up from Microsoft Windows, set Startup Disk preferences to start up from macOS instead. Some key combinations won't work if your Mac is using a firmware password.
If you're using a keyboard made for a PC, such as a keyboard with a Windows logo, try a keyboard made for Mac. Or use your built-in keyboard or a wired keyboard. If you're using a wireless keyboard, plug it into your Mac if possible. Some keyboards have a light that flashes briefly at startup, indicating that the keyboard is recognised and ready for use. You may need to wait a few seconds before pressing the keys to give your Mac more time to recognise the keyboard as it starts up. Then press and hold the key combination after pressing the power button to turn on your Mac. If your Mac won't shut down, press and hold the power button for up to 10 seconds until your Mac turns off. Boot camp control panel only show windows 10 drive no MacOS drive to choose to startup from, and if I tried to reboot in Mac I got this message Couldn’t locate MacOS boot volume l have iMac 2017 27 macOS Catalina. Apple has never deemed it necessary to provide a 'Switcher System Control Panel' app that always asks which OS you wish to boot. If you can't get a key combination to work when restarting your Mac, shut down your Mac first. Boot Camp has been around since Apple first switched from the PPC architecture to Intel way back in 2006 - 2007. Press and hold all keys in the given combination together, not one at a time. Guidelines for using these key combinations If you're not using a Mac with Apple silicon, you're using an Intel-based Mac. Release the power button when you see the startup options screen, which displays your startup disks and a gear icon labelled Options.įrom this window, you can start up from a different disk, start up in safe mode, use macOS Recovery and more. Turn on your Mac and continue to press and hold the power button as your Mac starts up. On a Mac with Apple siliconįind out if you have a Mac with Apple silicon Find out about the Mac features and tools you can access by holding down one or more keys during startup.