rEFIt is a boot menu and maintenance toolkit for EFI-based machines like the Intel Macs. You can use it to boot multiple operating systems easily, including triple-boot setups with Boot Camp. It also provides an easy way to enter and explore the EFI pre-boot environment.
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Macbook Air not waking up from Suspend/Sleep with rEFInd boot manager installed
Having installed both rEFInd 0.6.10 (updated to 0.6.11) via its install.sh and Ubuntu 13.04 on another partition I can now choose on a MacBook Air to boot either MacOS or Linux.
When running MacOS ...
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Do not show refit menu on boot (only with option key)
Is it possible to configure rEFIt so that the menu does not automatically show on my macbook when booting? I would like it to boot straight to OSX and only show the menu when I hold the option key, ...
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Install Windows on MacBook Pro without Optical or USB Boot
I have a Mid-2010 MacBook Pro (MacBookPro6,1) and my optical drive has died. I need to install Windows on it, and was hoping to do so via Boot Camp.
I have a Windows 7x32 .iso and have also created a ...
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Ubuntu Macbook Air no access to boot when holding OPTION
I have installed ubuntu on my Air and have it running for over 6 months now. Today I run a software update and grub wanted to update and I selected it to not change anything / update and well it did! ...
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rEFIt shows “boot legacy” after removing linux
I just removed my linux partition in disk utility under OSX (bad idea?) and now rather than just showing Mac OS, rEFIt shows Mac OS and 2 others. One is a "legacy OS" and the other is some reference ...
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Setting up rEFIt-based tripple boot system on a Mac with a pre-existing Boot Camp installation
What I have right now is an iMac running Mountain Lion with a Boot Camp partition running Windows 7. I have a vanilla Boot Camp setup with no quirky bells and whistles on the side.
What I want is to ...
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Triple Boot - MacBook Pro (9,1)
I'm copying my question from AskUbuntu (Part of stack exchange) to here, I think they'd prefer me to go here, since I seem to be getting no activity on my question:
So Ubuntu 12.10 came out today ...
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Swap Hard Disks
Is it in principle possible to swipe the hard disk out of a MacBook, swipe a new (blank) hard disk in, install the OS on the new disk, then swipe the old disk back in and find the machine operational ...
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Why is there no bootable disk found when using windows install disk?
I have created a partition of MS-DOS FAT on my Mac, then created a Windows 7 Install Disk on my Flash Drive.
When I try to boot using the Install Disk via rEFIt. It just says no bootable disk found.
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ReFit background image?
Is there a way I can set a background image in ReFit boot loader?
I'd like to use my 1280X800 desktop wallpaper, is that possible?
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How to assign different ReFit icons for multiple Mac partitions?
I have 2 different OS X partitions on my Mac. I use ReFit to boot them.
But since they're both the same OS, it shows the same icon for both of them, which isn't their disk icon that I can change.
Is ...
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rEFIt, linux and optibay
I've installed rEFIt on my mid-2010 MBP, currently running Lion. I'm going to buy an optibay, fit an SSD and install ubuntu on it. Will it be possible to get the ubuntu installation to appear in the ...
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Boot into Legacy HD option rEFIt
I just synced my rEFIt partition tool and now I get an option to boot from legacy HD when at the moment the only bootable disk is that cotaining Mac OS X. Has anyone got any idea of how I can get rid ...
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Problem booting Ubuntu from newer Macbook Pro (late 2011 model)
I'm trying to create a USB stick that is bootable on both PC and Intel Mac systems, which will contain a full installation of Ubuntu (i.e. not just a LiveCD).
I've succeeded in creating a USB that ...
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OS X Snow Leopard installer hangs
I installed Linux on my MBP. I just told it to overwrite the whole hard drive so OS X is gone.
But now I want to go back to OS X so that I can upgrade to Lion.
I start up my MBP with the ...
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How to replace a Mac hard drive with a Windows hard drive and run Windows Vista
History: My macbook hard disk failed after i dropped it and I need to replace my hard drive. I have a hard drive from a PC laptop that has Windows Vista 64-bit installed on it.
Objective: I want to ...
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Installed reFIT on Lion and now I can't login
I installed reFIT on my new MBP, and now, unfortunately, OSX can't get past the login screen. When I try logging in, it simply bounces me back to where I started, the login page.
Since I can't get in ...
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Where can I find drivers for Windows 7 on an iMac without Boot Camp Assistant?
I have OS X installed on my 27" iMac and want to dual boot with Windows 7. I installed rEFit and then installed Windows 7. Now I need the drivers that normally get installed with Boot Camp Assistant. ...
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rEFIt menu takes around 10 seconds to even show up
I'm using a macbook pro 8,1. I've installed rEFIt so that I can dual boot with Ubuntu. This is all "working" except that each time I turn on my laptop, it takes ten or fifteen seconds to even get to ...
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Macbook (2,1) boots into blue screen and hangs
Last night, I shut down my computer. When I turned it back on, I just got the rEFIt logo (I have rEFIt installed). Usually, it takes a moment to populate the menu with a list of bootable devices, but ...
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Does installing rEFIt void my warranty?
I would like to install rEFIt. Will it void my warranty, even though it can be uninstalled?
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How do I change the default boot option on rEFIt?
I have two copies of OS X (10.6 and 10.7). By default rEFIt boots 10.6. However, I want to make it boot 10.7 instead.
How do I do this?
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How do I install Windows 7 without BootCamp and keep the OS X installation intact?
Because I already used BootCamp for creating the partition I used for installing Ubuntu, now I am not able to install Windows 7 by using BootCamp.
Here is my disk partiton configuration:
refit ...
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Why doesn't Windows 7 boot with BootCamp?
I installed Windows 7 (from MSDNAA) with BootCamp on my MBP (late 2008). After using the BootCamp utility on OSX I restarted the computer and the installation of Win7 began. This first time, there ...
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Suppress load screen when using rEFIt?
I have rEFIt installed. Is there any way to choose a default OS to launch which would in turn suppress the load screen from showing up when you start up the computer?
I'm looking for a way to make ...
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How can I enable rEFIt boot volume choice after waking up from hibernation mode?
There are pretty clear answers to the question 'How to put my Mac into hibernation mode voluntary', but there is still an issue for me.
I use Bootcamp Windows and rEFIt to select which sistem to ...
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How can I boot in “Safe Mode” with rEFIt
I would like to boot safe mode but I can't because of my rEFIt.
Holding the Shift button at startup has no effect, I just get the rEFIt menu and OSX starts to boot normally.
any ideas how to do it?
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