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silentbob007

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Jul 31, 2010
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Little Rock, AR
I decided to set up a bootcamp partition so that I could run some PC games. I have everything installed, Windows 7 activated, etc.

However, I have a 2011 iMac that came with a wireless keyboard ... holding down alt/option does not bring up the drive select screen when rebooting (assuming because BT drivers aren't running).

I know in Windows, I can tell the computer to reboot into Mac OS. Is there a similar option on the Mac side? Is there any way to boot to Windows without plugging in a wired keyboard for a single keypress?

Thanks for any replies. Still getting the hang of working with OSX.
 
Hold option key during boot, or while in Mac OS select boot disk in system Preferences, Startup Disk
 
I created a little Automator app that (at 10x speed) goes into the system preferences, clicks startup disk, selects bootcamp, and clicks restart. Then I just use the windows option you know about to get back. No more using the keyboard.
 
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