From OSX to Windows Bootcamp

Conrad11 · 3 Jan 2010 at 11:35

Is there a quick and easy way to have the computer restart and boot into my Windows Bootcamp partition?

Like on windows, to boot back into OSX, I simply right click the taskbar and click restart in OSX.....is there something like that for OSX? Maybe a dashboard widget or something like that?

(I'm aware you can select the startup disk in system preferences, but was hoping for something quicker)

Cybertronic · 3 Jan 2010 at 13:16

There's Flipside however, the last time I tried it, it did not work on unibody MacBook Pros (confirmed by the developer of Flipside). The application may have been updated since so it's worth a try

Conrad11 · 3 Jan 2010 at 14:51

Flipside wasn't really what I wanted. However I did manage to create a little application hack via automator to restart into bootcamp.

Cybertronic · 3 Jan 2010 at 16:08

Flipside does exactly what you wanted in your OP :confused:

Conrad11 · 3 Jan 2010 at 17:33

You have to select the disk that you want to boot each time. I want to press one button to automatically boot into Windows (in this case in my dock).

Cybertronic · 3 Jan 2010 at 17:39

I wouldn't want to have anything like that since in my case, it would be asking for trouble :eek:

Vonhelmet · 4 Jan 2010 at 13:27

I have an Applescript that does this. I can send it to you if you'd like. You'll need to edit it to put in your disk names and your password.

CrispyXUK · 4 Jan 2010 at 15:52

Hold alt at boot?

Conrad11 · 5 Jan 2010 at 19:15

vonhelmet said:
I have an Applescript that does this. I can send it to you if you'd like. You'll need to edit it to put in your disk names and your password.

Does it show anything on the UI?

Thanks.

UKTopGun · 18 Jan 2010 at 00:37

vonhelmet said:
I have an Applescript that does this. I can send it to you if you'd like. You'll need to edit it to put in your disk names and your password.

Slightly old thread but would you be able to send that to me please mate?

Always pressing restart with the intent of going into windows, look away for a few seconds then end up booting straight back into OSX

Vonhelmet · 18 Jan 2010 at 13:12

Conrad11 said:
Does it show anything on the UI?

Thanks.

It shows the disk names, but not the passwords. The password is just inside the script. If you set the permissions to... uh... 711 I think... then only you would be able to read the script but all users on the machine would be able to execute it.

UKTopGun said:
Slightly old thread but would you be able to send that to me please mate?

Always pressing restart with the intent of going into windows, look away for a few seconds then end up booting straight back into OSX

Tell you what, I'll post it on here tonight.

Vonhelmet · 18 Jan 2010 at 21:16

Create a script with the following code. You'll need to set the partition names in the second line and put your password in a couple of times in the last couple of lines. Save it in the scripts folder in your home area, then open the preferences in Applescript Editor and tick the box for "Show Script menu in menu bar". Then you just need to click the script menu and click the name of your script and you'll get a little box that pops up with the names of your disks. Click the relevant button to reboot into whichever OS you're after.

Code:

display dialog "Select a startup disk" buttons ¬
	{"[B]MAC_PARTITION_NAME[/B]", "[B]BOOTCAMP_PARTITION_NAME[/B]", "Cancel"}
set choice to the button returned of the result as text
if choice = "Cancel" then
	quit
else
	if choice = "BOOTCAMP" then
		set legacy to "-legacy"
	end if
	set bootVol to choice
	do shell script "bless -mount \"/Volumes/" & bootVol & "\" " & legacy & " -setBoot -nextonly" password "[B]PASSWORD[/B]" with administrator privileges
	do shell script "shutdown -r now" password "[B]PASSWORD[/B]" with administrator privileges
end if