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Boot Camp Control Panel User Guide

Boot Camp is a free tool in macOS which allows you to install Windows on a partition on your Mac hard drive so you can choose whether to boot your Mac in either Windows or macOS. The advantage of this is that it dedicates all of your Mac’s resources to an application which may require a lot of RAM or processing power such as CAD software. Stockholm, Sweden. That could be an option, but the Boot Camp assistant on Catalina doesn't let you choose whether you want to let them download automatically or point to a specific folder where pre-downloaded support drivers can be found. It tries to download them automatically, fails, and then goes back. My device is iMac 27' 2017, Mac OS Catalina. I have installed Windows 10. My steps: Open Boot Camp utility and add Win 10 ISO file from Microsoft's site; After Win 10 starts run app with drivers; But after some times of starting of Win 10, Win 10 don't start. Reboot 2-3 times while Win 10 is loading and then Win 10 wants to repair.

After you use Boot Camp Assistant to install Windows on your Intel-based Mac, 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.

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Set the default operating system

  1. In Windows on your Mac, click in the right side of the taskbar, click the Boot Camp icon , then choose Boot Camp Control Panel.

  2. If a User Account Control dialog appears, click Yes.

  3. Select the startup disk that has the default operating system you want to use.

  4. If you want to start up using the default operating system now, click Restart. Otherwise, click OK.

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You can’t change your startup volume to an external drive while you’re using Windows.

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:

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  • 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 Mac notebook computer 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.

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For more information about restarting in macOS, see the Apple Support article Restart your Mac in macOS or Windows.

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