Start up your Mac in Windows or macOS with Boot Camp

After you use Boot Camp Assistant to install Windows on your Intel-based Mac, you can set the default operating system to either macOS or Windows. The default operating system is the one you want to use when you turn on or restart your Mac.

Set the default operating system

In Windows on your Mac, click in the right side of the taskbar, click the Boot Camp icon , then choose Boot Camp Control Panel.

If a User Account Control dialog appears, click Yes.

Select the startup disk that has the default operating system you want to use.

If you want to start up using the default operating system now, click Restart. Otherwise, click OK.

You can’t change your startup volume to an external drive while you’re using Windows.

To learn how to change the default operating system using macOS, see Get started with Boot Camp.

Restart in macOS

In Windows on your Mac, do one of the following:

Restart using Startup Manager: Restart your Mac, then immediately press and hold the Option key. When the Startup Manager window appears, release the Option key, select your macOS startup disk, then press Return.

If you’re using a Mac notebook computer with an external keyboard, make sure you press and hold the Option key on the built-in keyboard.

Restart using Boot Camp Control Panel: Click in the right side of the taskbar, click the Boot Camp icon , then choose Restart in macOS.

This also sets the default operating system to macOS.

For more information about restarting in macOS, see the Apple Support article Restart your Mac in macOS or Windows.

How to create a bootable installer for macOS

You can use an external drive or secondary volume as a startup disk from which to install the Mac operating system.

These advanced steps are primarily for system administrators and others who are familiar with the command line. You don’t need a bootable installer to upgrade macOS or reinstall macOS, but it can be useful when you want to install on multiple computers without downloading the installer each time.

What you need to create a bootable installer

• A USB flash drive or other secondary volume formatted as Mac OS Extended, with at least 14GB of available storage
• A downloaded installer for macOS Big Sur, Catalina, Mojave, High Sierra, or El Capitan

Download macOS

• Download: macOS Big Sur, macOS Catalina, macOS Mojave, or macOS High Sierra
  These download to your Applications folder as an app named Install macOS [ version name ]. If the installer opens after downloading, quit it without continuing installation. To get the correct installer, download from a Mac that is using macOS Sierra 10.12.5 or later, or El Capitan 10.11.6. Enterprise administrators, please download from Apple, not a locally hosted software-update server.
• Download: OS X El Capitan
  This downloads as a disk image named InstallMacOSX.dmg. On a Mac that is compatible with El Capitan, open the disk image and run the installer within, named InstallMacOSX.pkg. It installs an app named Install OS X El Capitan into your Applications folder. You will create the bootable installer from this app, not from the disk image or .pkg installer.

Use the ‘createinstallmedia’ command in Terminal

1. Connect the USB flash drive or other volume that you’re using for the bootable installer.
2. Open Terminal, which is in the Utilities folder of your Applications folder.
3. Type or paste one of the following commands in Terminal. These assume that the installer is in your Applications folder, and MyVolume is the name of the USB flash drive or other volume you’re using. If it has a different name, replace MyVolume in these commands with the name of your volume.

Big Sur:*

Catalina:*

Mojave:*

High Sierra:*

El Capitan:

* If your Mac is using macOS Sierra or earlier, include the —applicationpath argument and installer path, similar to the way this is done in the command for El Capitan.

After typing the command:

1. Press Return to enter the command.
2. When prompted, type your administrator password and press Return again. Terminal doesn’t show any characters as you type your password.
3. When prompted, type Y to confirm that you want to erase the volume, then press Return. Terminal shows the progress as the volume is erased.
4. After the volume is erased, you may see an alert that Terminal would like to access files on a removable volume. Click OK to allow the copy to proceed.
5. When Terminal says that it’s done, the volume will have the same name as the installer you downloaded, such as Install macOS Big Sur. You can now quit Terminal and eject the volume.
   

Смена загрузочного диска Mac

Компьютер Mac можно настроить на загрузку с CD или DVD, с сетевого тома, другого диска или из другой операционной системы. Для этого Вам нужно сменить загрузочный диск.

Важно! Чтобы изменить загрузочный том на Mac с процессором Apple T2, может потребоваться настроить дополнительные параметры безопасности. См. раздел Что такое Утилита безопасной загрузки?.

Смена загрузочного диска на один раз

Когда Ваш компьютер Mac или компьютер Mac с процессором Apple выключен, выполните следующие действия.

На Вашем Mac. Во время загрузки Mac нажмите и удерживайте клавишу Option.

На Mac с процессором Apple. Нажмите и удерживайте кнопку питания, пока не появится надпись «Загрузка параметров запуска».

На Mac mini дождитесь, пока системный индикатор состояния не загорится оранжевым цветом.

Увидев доступные загрузочные диски, выберите один из них, затем нажмите стрелку вверх (на Mac) или кнопку «Продолжить» (на Mac с процессором Apple).

При следующей перезагрузке компьютера он загрузится с диска, выбранного в качестве загрузочного диска в Системных настройках.

Смена загрузочного диска при каждом запуске

На Mac выберите пункт меню «Apple»

> «Системные настройки», затем нажмите «Загрузочный том».

Если слева внизу отображается запертый замок , нажмите его, чтобы разблокировать панель настроек.

Нажмите значок тома, который Вы хотите использовать, и нажмите «Перезагрузить».

ПРЕДУПРЕЖДЕНИЕ. При выборе сетевого загрузочного тома убедитесь, что Вы выбираете сетевой загрузочный том, а не сетевой установочный образ. При выборе сетевого загрузочного образа системное программное обеспечение будет установлено заново, что может привести к потере данных на диске. Обычный значок сетевого диска имеет вид шара с папкой. Значок сетевой установки имеет вид шара с зеленой стрелкой, указывающей вниз.

Question: Q: MacBook Pro Boot Camp Windows 10 bluetooth mouse and keyboard problem

I have just installed the Boot Camp with the latest Windows 10 to my MacBook Pro 13″ 2017 macOS 10.14.2. The installation went fine but the Might Mouse and Apple keyboard not working on Windows.

The first time I logged in to the Windows, I checked the Device Manager, both mouse and keyboard were installed under the Bluetooth, all the bluetooth devices reported fine, the mouse and keyboard were paired under the Bluetooth configuration but nothing of them worked.

I cannot remove / unpaired them somehow, I try to turn off the Bluetooth but once it is turned off, I cannot turn it back on again.

I then logged on back to macOS, the mouse and keyboard worked fine, I unpaired them from Mac and booted to Windows, paired them on Windows, it worked. I then booted back to the Mac side and paired them, it also worked on Mac but once I booted to Windows, it stopped working again.

Tried reset SMC, reinstalling both Windows and macOS or tried to manually install the Windows driver from Boot Camp support software did not help (the Broadcom driver was installed but Windows could not start the device, they only work with the Windows default drivers) did not help.

MacBook Pro with Touch Bar

Posted on Jan 16, 2019 1:55 PM

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Do you have a Broadcom Network adapter in Windows Device Manager?

Jan 16, 2019 5:40 PM

No, I tried to update the driver for the Bluetooth Device and Bluetooth Radio (RFCOMM Protocol TDI) with the Boot Camp driver by selecting the driver in the Drivers > Broadcom folder but it was unsuccessful, after installing the driver, it said the device cannot be powered up. For the «Broadcom Network adapter», I will check it tonight, thanks for response.

Jan 16, 2019 6:22 PM

W10 is installing what it considers the better driver, even though the Apple-provided driver has more features.

Jan 16, 2019 6:34 PM

I have just checked the Device Manager, the Broadcom Network adapter is there:

Jan 17, 2019 12:35 AM

Right-click on the 802.11ac Broadcom adapter and under Properties check and post the Driver versions.

Jan 17, 2019 1:25 AM

Thanks for help, here it is:

Jan 17, 2019 1:33 AM

Can you check if

• BT/WiFi collaboration is enabled (or automatic)
• Windows is not allowed to turn off devices to save power

Jan 17, 2019 1:35 AM

I do not see «BT/WiFi collaboration» in the settings but it seems that I found a workaround.

As I use macOS most of the time, every time I switch to Windows by «restarting», rather than «cold start», if I cold start (shutting down first) the Mac to Windows, I can use my bluetooth mouse and keyboard without issue; if I restart my Mac to Windows, they will not be functioning on Windows.

On the Mac side, no matter how I restart my Mac from Windows or Mac, the bluetooth mouse and keyboard are working fine. I will use to this workaround at the moment, not sure if this issue is by design or something to do with the driver update

Jan 17, 2019 3:02 AM

Can you click on Power Management post the available settings?

Jan 17, 2019 3:39 AM

This is the one:

Jan 17, 2019 4:25 AM

Disable (uncheck) the first box and test.

Jan 17, 2019 4:28 AM

I did that at the very beginning as I found some people suggested in different forum, it doesn’t work anyway. I think that this power option thing was fixed in the previous Windows update, so I enabled it back as it makes no difference in my issue.

Jan 17, 2019 4:41 AM

Jan 18, 2019 3:01 PM

Unfortunately lots of people on this forum have reported that Bluetooth devices don’t work in Windows 10 under Boot Camp. It used to work, but I think (I could be wrong here) there was an EFI update or something when Mojave came out that killed Bluetooth in Windows. Thankfully there’s a fix I just discovered today and it only costs $20:

-Go to your local Best Buy and get a USB-Bluetooth dongle. The one I found is from Insignia and it supports Bluetooth 4.0. I plugged it in, Windows installed it, rebooted and now I can pair my Magic Trackpad 2 without a hitch. It’s USB-A so you’ll need a hub or adapter for use in modern Macbook Pros.

Only downside is your devices will only be tethered to Windows. You won’t be able to go back and forth between Windows and macOS without disconnecting/repairing. I have both Magic Trackpads 1&2 so that isn’t an issue for me — I can use one for Windows and another for Mac, but it could be a problem for other people. But at least it works.