Nowadays, the main system used by Apple computers is Mac os system, because it is different from win7 and xp systems, and we generally use win7 or xp system more, which will be very uncomfortable when we start to use it. For convenience, many friends will install dual systems on their Apple computers to facilitate daily work and study, and they can also switch systems at will. However, you may have some questions during this operation, such as which key to press to switch the Apple system? What method to use to operate?
1. Press the Option key when booting.
This method is the most commonly used method and the most commonly used method. This is actually very simple. After turning on the computer, keep pressing the Option key until the system startup selection interface appears and then let go. Then the system selection interface will appear. Press the left and right arrow keys to select the system we need to start. After selecting, just click the left mouse button or press the Enter key to confirm.
2. Settings in the system
In the system preferences of our Mac system, there is a startup disk option, which contains our bootable Disk partition options, we can set the system's default startup options. As you can see, there is a Mac system startup disk in my startup disk, and the other two yellow disks are bootable disks on my mobile hard drive. My computer also used Bootcamp to install the Windows system, but there is no Windows partition option in the startup disk options. Some friends who used Bootcamp to install the Windows system can see the Winodws startup option here. What is the reason?
We know that the NTFS writing function is not enabled by default in Apple systems , which means that files on NTFS formatted partitions can only be read, not written. Therefore, in many cases we will install the NTFS read-write plug-in Paragon NTFS to realize the read-write function of NTFS. After installing this plug-in, set the system preferences. You can see the Paragon NTFS control panel. Double-click to open the NTFS for Mac OS X control panel. You can see that we can set the BOOTCAMP partition as the default boot partition.
Similarly, under the Windows system, we can also set the Mac system to start by default. After the Windows system is installed and the driver is installed, there is a Bootcamp control panel in the menu bar in the lower right corner. Click Bootcamp, and we can see that there are An option to start in Mac OS X. If we click this to restart the Mac system, the system will default to the Mac system next time until we change the startup settings.
We all know that compared to traditional PCs, Apple computers have good compatibility and the system runs very stable, but relatively speaking, its price will be A little higher. Among them, one of the biggest advantages of Apple computers is that it can switch between dual systems, and it can also set up the default system. The editor mainly introduces two specific methods for switching systems. You can refer to this by pressing the Option key at boot and setting it up in the system. I believe it will help you.