Questions tagged [dual-boot]
Refers to booting more than one operating system on one computer and not using virtualization or containers.
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How to remove Ubuntu from a 2017 iMac (7,1) and reinstall macOS?
I have a 2017 iMac (7,1) that was wiped and had Ubuntu installed. I am trying to reinstall macOS but cannot get a USB flash drive installer to boot.
I have created a High Sierra USB flash drive ...
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How do I install Windows with no macOS partition?
I am trying to install Windows 11 on my 2018 Mac Mini. I have wiped the macOS partition, but not before I used Boot Camp Assistant to snag the Windows support files and drivers. I have them copied on ...
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Halfway to disaster? How to Protect iCloud Drive contents after deleting files from local copy with multiple OS installs
How can I protect iCloud Drive contents when deleting files from a mac with multiple OS installs, i.e. from a offline local copy?
I have multiple macOS installs on my Mac. I think, some time ago, ...
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Why an I unable to dual boot a MacBook Air M3?
I am trying to install Ubuntu on an external drive which I did using my old Intel Mac but the drive is not showing as an boot option in GRUB boot loader.
I tried to install rEFInd but it says unknown ...
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Macbook Pro: internal display black, everything else works
I have a Macbook Pro Retina 13" Late 2012, with macOS Mojave / Ubuntu 24.04 dual boot installed. A few days ago, while using Ubuntu, suddenly, the screen was striped black and white. I forced ...
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How to dual boot ARM Windows on an Apple Silicon Mac?
I was looking online, and it appears that Microsoft has released an ARM64 version of Windows, and I am wondering if it is possible to dual boot my MacBook Pro M3 into it.
I do know that you can dual ...
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How to install Debian Linux on a MacBook Pro 13" Mid 2012 for testing (dual boot)? How to back up for case of destroying OS X system?
My MacBook Pro 13" (Mid 2012) is struggling hard with what I'd like it to do (many many open Browser-Tabs, Microsoft Office, Signal Messenger and some more open applications) and I want to test, ...
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How to install one MacOS per disk on Mac mini late 2014? i.e one macOS in the SSD and another macOS in the hard drive?
What I am trying to achieve:
I have a Mac mini late 2014. From the moment I bought it, inside the Mac mini:
there was a 1TB spinning drive, it is a bigger one.
there is a 121Gb SSD, which is smaller ...
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corrupted disk1s2, deleted partition entirely, now unable to replace GUID
A brief disclaimer: I have very little experience with computers at this level, and this is my first time posting on forums, please forgive me for any imprecise, incorrect, or unclear terminology, as ...
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Problem with dual booting Linux from second SSD (where optical drive was ) on MacBookPro 13 mid-2012
On MacBookPro, Mid-2012 13", A1278 details https://everymac.com/systems/apple/macbook_pro/specs/macbook-pro-core-i5-2.5-13-mid-2012-unibody-usb3-specs.html
Main SSD(upgraded from HDD few years ...
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How to boot Luks encrypted Linux from second SSD (before optical drive) on MacBookPro 13 mid-2012 [duplicate]
On MacBookPro, Mid-2012 13", A1278 details https://everymac.com/systems/apple/macbook_pro/specs/macbook-pro-core-i5-2.5-13-mid-2012-unibody-usb3-specs.html
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Macintosh HD APFS Partition Unrecognized (Showing FFFFFFFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFFFFFFFFFF) – Partition Table Corruption? [duplicate]
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I had a triple boot setup on my MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015) running macOS, Windows (via Boot Camp), and Kali Linux. Everything was working fine until Windows stopped ...
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How to make MacBook EFI boot order permanent?
I have an old MacBook Air 2015. I recently installed Linux Ubuntu 2024 on it on a new ext4 partition. I can dual boot between macOS 12 and Ubuntu whenever I want by holding option key on startup.
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How can I dual booting two copies of macOS on the same machine with Apple Silicon/APFS?
As a preface, I want to mention that I'm aware that dual booting beta/bleeding edge versions of macOS alongside the stable public release can yield a situation where firmware is updated on Apple ...
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Deleted ubuntu folder on EFI, still appears on startup
Recently I deleted my ubuntu partition on dual boot, resizing my Macintosh HD partition correctly. Moreover, I also deleted the ubuntu folder on EFI folder after I mounted disk0s1, but the problem is ...
