On Windows I noticed there was an icon in the bottom right (next to the clock) that I could right click and then restart in Mac OS X. Is there a similar thing for OS X that I can just click in the menu bar and restart in Windows?
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Boot Camp menu bar icon - restart in Windows
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I have made a small application which can be placed into the dock. All it does is open the startup disk preference pane, from which you can choose windows and press restart, but it does save you a few clicks and saves you from having to hold alt at startup. If anyone wants it just email me at:
<address removed>
and I will send it to you.
I have made a small application which can be placed into the dock. All it does is open the startup disk preference pane, from which you can choose windows and press restart, but it does save you a few clicks and saves you from having to hold alt at startup. If anyone wants it just email me at:
<address removed>
and I will send it to you.
I had a look at QuickBoot a few months ago. It was good, but I didn't like having a space taken up in the dock just for booting into Windows. I prefer having it up in the menu bar so it mirrors the functionality of the Boot Camp task bar icon in Windows. It is easier to set up than my solution though.
BootChamp is the way to go. When you want to switch to Windows, it asks you you password and voilà.
F*cking awesome appp, but dun f*cking work for UMBPs
Tell me about it. I wrote the app originally for myself and it doesn't even work anymore on my unibody MBP.
Hey Kainjow, is there any way around this you think? I remember reading that you were talking with an apple engineer to see if it's possible to get bootchamp to work on the new unibody macbooks and macbook pros. Any luck?
Haven't had any luck with it, although I haven't looked into it much since then. I just kind of gave up on it. If there's a new OS update or a firmware update, I'll definitely look into it again. The only possible workaround I know of would be to just change the app and make it set the startup disk to Windows permanently (instead of just for the next restart).
F*cking awesome appp, but dun f*cking work for UMBPs
Since this thread came up as the #2 hit on Google when I was searching for this, I figured it was worth an update. I've got a unibody MB (purchased new 2 months ago) and running 10.5.7 BootChamp works just fine. I don't know if it was working previously with 10.5.6 because I only just now found the app, but if you haven't been able to get BootChamp to work, I suggest installing 10.5.7 and trying it again.
G1mpster, I confirm your findings on my 2.66GHz uMBP running 10.5.7. BootChamp works perfectly.
!!Native as of 10.6.7
In Snow Leopard at the very least you can choose your startup disk from within the System menu.
Go to System Preferences > Startup Disk. Highlight Windows on BOOTCAMP (or something close to that naming) and click restart. That will make Windows your default boot volume.
For a less permanent way to do it, click the button that says 'Target Disk Mode..." and restart. You can then choose to boot into Windows.
In Snow Leopard at the very least you can choose your startup disk from within the System menu.
Go to System Preferences > Startup Disk. Highlight Windows on BOOTCAMP (or something close to that naming) and click restart. That will make Windows your default boot volume.
For a less permanent way to do it, click the button that says 'Target Disk Mode..." and restart. You can then choose to boot into Windows.