Mac Startup Disk Missing Windows Boot Camp
- Dec 24, 2019 Hi, when apple upgraded HFS+ to APFS, macOS startup disk was not showing on windows 10 bootcamp Control Panel. This last until recently when a bootcamp Control Panel on windows 10 pops up an update. I have applied this update on iMac and MBP. MacOS startup disk is now showing on 'windows.
- Aug 24, 2015 A startup disk is a partition of a drive or a volume that contains a usable operating system. Your startup disk doesn’t have to contain macOS. For example, your Mac can boot directly into Windows if you’re using Boot Camp. It can also boot into Ubuntu or any other operating system supported by your Mac’s hardware.
- Jun 05, 2019 Problem: Boot Camp Control panel on Windows 10 doesn’t display macOS drive/partition which you could select to boot into. Cause: The Boot Camp utility is not able to read APFS drive/partitions. The most recent Boot Camp version is currently available only for iMacPro1,1. Solution: Basically you need to update to Boot Camp 6.1 or later.
- Boot Camp Control Panel Missing After I installed Windows 10 here in my mac, I wasn't able to finish the download for the drivers for the boot camp because my mac restarted. I cannot go back to mac because of the missing boot camp manager.
- Aug 29, 2017 If you have an old Mac computer model and you tried to create a Windows 7 or later installer disc and you realised that you can't because the 'Create a Windows 7 install 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. 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.
Boot Camp Control Panel User Guide
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 FireWire or USB drive while you’re using Windows.
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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 portable Mac 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 Switch between Windows and macOS.