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johnbro23
Jun 3, 2006, 02:22 PM
When I boot my computer (either restarting or just booting from being off) it always starts up in Windows, unless I hold down the option key and choose Mac. I only go into Windows once in a while, and would like to just press the power button to get into Mac OSX. Now, I have to press the power button, hold the option button for 5 seconds then choose Mac.

Any ideas?


Steve1496
Jun 3, 2006, 02:22 PM
In Windows:
Start>Control Panel>Startup Disk>Mac OS X

Steve
johnbro23
Jun 3, 2006, 02:34 PM
I went into Mac System Prefs, even though I thought I'd been there before, but I just clicked on "Mac OSX" and tested it out and it worked. Both with a restart and shut down. I'm feelin pretty dumb haha.
7on
Jun 4, 2006, 09:09 AM
Yeah, I believe Bootcamp changes the default boot partition for the windows install to work. Though I wished the Driver CD would change it back.
thewhitehart
Jun 5, 2006, 04:59 AM
Yeah, I believe Bootcamp changes the default boot partition for the windows install to work. Though I wished the Driver CD would change it back.

I'm surprised Apple has allowed this. Not the best way to get those 'new because-of-boot-camp switchers' used to using OS X. But then again, we are running windows on a mac. :p
MacQuest
Jun 5, 2006, 05:10 AM
I'm surprised Apple has allowed this. Not the best way to get those 'new because-of-boot-camp switchers' used to using OS X. But then again, we are running windows on a mac. :p

I'm sure it will be fixed. It totally doesn't make sense to have winBlows be the default OS. :mad: :rolleyes: