You have rekindled my faith in humanity! SOOOOO glad there still exist people who THINK!!.... keep up the good work!... Thank you for sharing. U made the world a better place.... ;-)
You're the man. Stock imac late 2009 could not recognize my multiboot usb for linux distro and only could recognized windows efi inside that usb. Using refined, I was able to boot into multiboot linux grub and install manjaro. Went full blown and erased sierra for manjaro 20 xfce. All thanks to your video!!!!
Tera Fun Wohoo! Thanks! I also think that for older Macs this method allows to give a second life to those devices P.S: If you are interested in installing the latest version of Mac OS (Catalina) on your 2009 imac check out the "dosdude" patch. This one allows to easily patch OS for older devices. But hey - Linux is great too ;)
Nomadic Dmitry thanks for the tips about Catalina lastest patch, though I will stay with linux because of its “free out of the box.” Again, thanks bro!!!
Thanks bro, its really helpful great video. can you explain step by step how to install windows and linux on mac after refind installed? on default ssd
Искал нормальный способ как напрямую установить вин10 единственной осью на макбук на интеле (ибо родной винт всего 128 гигов), твоё видео решило проблему за считанные минуты. Легко загрузился со своей стандартной установочной флэшки, снёс все разделы, создал дефолтные виндовые, потом бригадиром стянул дрова, установил. Красота, спасибо :)
will this work for triple boot? i am using catalina, linux mint, windows 10 on macbook. between linux mint & windows 10, the grub 2 bootloader does not work or popup....the developers say, it is hidden... how to make it unhidden and functional.....Or, if I install rEFInd, will this solve the problem? ..... if yes, then on which OS must I install rEFInd to function triple boot OS properly... would appreciate your quick reply... thanks..
I have same problems ….booting in Recovery , but when I try to get in the Volume where I put the files I get the error no such a file or directory ….. i am using MacBook Air 2012 with Opencore Monterey
Great Video!!!! I am going to play with this to overcome my fears of setting it up. I have never used Terminal! If I am successful, how would I uninstall rEFInd just in case. Any other tips you can share would be greatly appreciated. Keep up the great work and I am subscribing to you channel now!
I have same problems ….booting in Recovery , but when I try to get in the Volume where I put the files I get the error no such a file or directory ….. i am using MacBook Air 2012 with Opencore and Monterey
@@Oeschioeschi To be honest, I don't because Macbook 2012 doesn't support Mojave oficially as I understand. Plus Mojave is also unsupported enterely. Have you considered installing Linux there and wiping everything?
Thanks so much! Works great! Only problem I had is if I have an external moniter plugged into my MacBook rEFInd is only on the built-in display. However, same problem with the default boot menu as well.
Thanks for the video, that was great. I installed rEFINd without problems on my old Mac Book 10.15(Catalina) and the latest version of Ubuntu on a flash drive of 64Go. But unfortunately I cannot have wifi on my Ubuntu. I definetely don't know how to solve the problem. Any suggestions ?
After I install rEFInd it's not working and it's not listed like yours at 8:30, any ideas? Also after I install it in recovery mode and restart it just keeps going back into recovery mode, I have to select the startup disk manually to get back into OS X. I just have linux on a usb I want to run but need rEFInd because I use a RX 580 in my mac pro so I don't have a boot screen. Thanks
After installing refind.. if I try to install Linux on an external usb drive, do I need to update refind boot loader config so its able to pick it up when plugged in?
Is there a way to edit the startup screen and modify the icons. Don't think i need the extra windows and apple options for restoration and recovery options. Can these be removed but be available if needed?
I installed catalina on an imac 2007 with the dosdude patch, next to the old el capitan installation on the same dirve. rEFInd only lists the El Capitan installation for some reason, but lets me boot into Catalina by using the fallback bootloader. Can I somehow add it? I'd like to try to install Windows and linux beside it but want to fix this first to make sure I can still boot into Catalina still.
Hello Dimitry, very good your video, I wanted to ask you, it turns out that I made a disk partition on my macbook, and through duaboot with rEFIt, I could use osX and elementary (linux), it turns out that at the beginning when I started to boot , I saw both partitions, mac and elementary, now there is little reason it only shows elementary and I cannot enter the apple operating system, do you know how I can access, remove rEFIt from linux or find the osx partition again ???? ?? Thanks a lot!!!
Hey Walter! So, it boots straight into the Linux, right? Here are the things that you should try: 1) Boot into the recovery mode and repeat the installation of rEFInd. This will bring back the rEFInd menu so you could boot any OS that you like. 2) If after booting into Mac you want to remove the rEFInd then you can go to System Preferences -> Startup Disk and select your Mac disk. Later you can mount the EFI folder and remove rEFInd from the disk. However, how are you going to boot into Linux then? 3) ALSO you can try antiX Bootable Linux distro. I am discussing it here: th-cam.com/video/C1b1aJh_LSQ/w-d-xo.html It allows to easily detect any bootloaders and boot a necessary OS. If you cannot boot your Mac or Linux later on - try that. I hope I understood your problem correctly. My suggestion for the future is to install Linux on a separate (USB) drive. This way you can use it without re-partitioning the drive and the fear of corrupting something.
I'm not very sure about it. I have a early 2008 iMac and I'm trying to install Windows 10. Can I use that to boot my win 10 installer flash drive? Because when I try to boot my flash drive, everything just freezes. I'm going to do that and I will come back to say if that worked to me.
i followedyhour tutorial but when restarting, it took me to the white refind bootup screen, but thats about it, just a bank white page with refind .logo. is there a fix?
Could you explain the problem a bit more descriptive. After installing the bootloader and reboot there is nothing except logo? 1) What is the computer that you use? 2) What OS is installed on it? 3) What are you trying to boot? 4) Have you tried installing the bootloader again?
@@NomadicDmitry hello. thers nothing much to explain ecause when i reboot, the only that shows up on my screen is a white background with the refind logo in the center. 1. late 2014 mac mini 2. i currently have macos cataliina, windows 10 (debloated version, if that matters) and finally, kde manjaro. 3. i wanted to triple boot with ease. also, the only way for me to get in is to hold on to opotion so that all 3 OS disc shows up so i can choose. i had also installed these other OS without depending on boootcamp. i only used bootcamp to install drivers from windows 10. 4. yes,so many times even starting everything from scratch. its frustrating.
I think you need to clarify which disk you are mounting at 7:25. Is this the EFI partition of the main macOS boot drive? It may not be disk0s1, depends on how people have their computer set up.
Thank you for clarification. This is a EFI partition and that's usually a default one on Mac machines. But totally makes sense to check this before mounting using "diskutil list" command
I can not get windows to boot off of the windows options loader, only the efi loader and when I install windows the boot camp does not install properly and the sound module does not work, so I went to parallels mac. I have triple booted in the past with older versions of mac. I am using a 2012 MBP with two SSD and can dedicate mac and LM 19.3 dual boot but I wish to triple boot with Windows 10 and not use parallels.
every time i choose to boot from usb on mac pro to install windows 7 or 10 it freezes on black screen then turned off after a while . could you help please? ( the ssd is empty no OS & can't enter recovery mode )
@@NomadicDmitry thanks for replying; can't boot from CD (when I press & hold option key CD doesn't appear), the usb & CD boots normally on other computers
@@menajhon3566 Ok. I saw that as well in some cases. Typically it's when the booting is not possible/limited from those CDs. Have you tried booting that CD on another computer? Might be a dumb question, but better to make sure. I would start with getting a different image of Windows 7/10. Also, it might make sense to try x86 version instead of 64 bit one. Just to make sure.
Hi Dmitry I'm trying to enable nvme boot on my mac pro 3.1 and want to avoid rom injection as can be dangerous and brick the machine I read that it would be possible with rEFInd + but can't find anything on it. Would you be so kind to make a video on how to do that? Your videos are the best I've found regarding rEFInd on mac but kind of don't want to be messing around with settings I don't fully understand so any help would be mostly appreciated. Thank you so much for your content and quality on the tutorials.
Loved the tutorial and followed every step meticulously. Sadly, my MacPro2,1 is stubborn and completely ignores this installation like it never existed.
I have a feeling that it doesn't play well with older hardware (probably the hardware before 2012-2013). I have a feeling that instead of rEFInd you could try rEFIt (refit.sourceforge.net/). This was a bootloader that rEFInd is based on. Backup your data before doing so, though. Please let me know if that works.
is there any way to install rEFInd on an old mac os leopard with a non working cdrom and a safari/firefox that cannot browse because they are old versions?
Yes, if it's an Intel Mac. There is even a package to install that here: refit.sourceforge.net/ Keep in mind that this is the older project, but works well (did it a few days ago). So, it should work - but please backup your data before doing that. Enjoy!
@@NomadicDmitry Well, it is a little complicated (for me) because i cannot get to that page frm my mac because browsers are out of date and i am not sure how to do it from my ubuntu computer (to burn the iso and install it ). any ideas? thanks in advance
@@zobolus All you need to do is to download that package from anywhere and install on that Mac OR to usb flash drive to load. You can also burn an ISO image from here and burn to a CD/DVD on your Ubuntu machine - then press "Option" during loading and select your CD with that bootloader: sourceforge.net/projects/refit/files/rEFIt/0.14/rEFIt-0.14.cdr.gz/download?use_mirror=newcontinuum&use_mirror=
So, rEFInd never appears? What operating system are you using on your Mac (OS X version), though? The only case when it doesn't load most likely installing it without booting into Recovery mode. Could you repeat the installation?
@@chewbaccasaurusrex692 im on catalina aswell. After i installed in recovery mode i clicked restart and now my mac is stuck on a white screen:( update: i fixed it i just restarted the mac a 2nd time and rEFInd boot menu appeared) @Chewbacca SaurusRex it might automatically start your orginal os beacuse its the only os/option it detects
John Longdickyson i tried putting a bootable disc on a usb drive in before startup it didn’t seem to show the menu either. I also have a weird thing where now when I fullscreen a window in Mac OS it randomly shutters. So I might just do a clean install and try again.
That's strange, could you clarify: 1) What computer do you have? 2) Have you performed it from the Recovery mode or from your Mac OS system itself? 3) What Mac OS version do you have? 4) Have you tried one more time? 5) What was the terminal output? Did it completed?
@@NomadicDmitry This also didn't work on my computer. After following the instructions it still brings me to the normal reboot menu. 1) Macbook Pro (16-inch 2019) 2) I installed refind in recovery mode. 3) macOS Catalina 10.15.5 4) I tried twice, the second time I received the same message you had 'existing refind.conf'. 5) The terminal completed.
For those that have a T2 chip on their MacBook. In order to boot an external source or third party boot manager, you need to additionally go into recovery mode, click utilities, and update the Startup Security Settings. Set Secure Boot to No Security and External Boot to allow booting from external media.
@@nenillonenin4754 No idea, it worked for me on my iMac 2008 just fine. Can't believe that 2009 was much different. Either way - this machine is so old, that I would consider it useless.
XIAYUL 下雨叔叔 Thanks! Yes. 1) System settings -> Startup disk -> Select "Mac" disk there 2) Remove the EFI EFInd folder from the EFI partition (mount it first, like shown in the tutorial) rEFInd is also almost always removed after upgrading the OS. MacOS doesn't like alternative bootloaders :)
i talked too soon, im having issued trying to boot BlissOS on my mac, it tries to boot but just satys on a black screen with some letters, and after a while it goes to sleep :C
I'm having an issue where after installing Ubuntu I can't get refind to reboot into Linux. It will load into what I think is GRUB, but I can't get into Ubuntu at all to make any of the suggested changes to remove GRUB
So, does rEFInd load at all? Can you boot into Mac at least? I am bit confused here. You are able to see rEFInd, but when selecting Ubuntu - it doesn't load?
1) Just change the Startup Volume in System Settings on Mac OS - it usually disabled the menu right away on next restart 2) You can also mount the EFI folder and remove the rEFInd from there - but considering the small size of rEFInd I don't even see the reason to bother. Just do the step 1 and you are done.
@@NomadicDmitry I currently have boot options for Mac High Sierra and Windows 10. If I add another SSD for Mojave, will rEFInd see it as a boot option once installed in my Mac?
well it doesn’t work tho, it said it successfully installed, but when I reboot, it is just the normal reboot process. Maybe it’s just my MacBook? (I’m using 2019 MacBook Pro 16 inch)
Please see the pinned comment for this video. There are some additional instructions. It turns out it's harder to activate it on modern Macs, but still possible. ARM Macs are coming soon though and this whole dual boot opportunity will be a history...
@@NomadicDmitry Can it hardbrick my mobo (EFI32, EFIV1.2 Mac Pro 1,1, ROM MP11.005C.B08). I do it all the time on pc but never so far on mac. It executes the script to bless bootloader (writing refind as default one) instead boot.efi from coreservices and efi partition and then efi firmware communicates with services and efi file, right? Wrong bootloader may cause only unbootable disk and it can be fixed by removing refind file or probably reblessing from recovery somehow, right? it DOES NOT actually write ("flash") anything to firmware nor the nvram (althrough core services does store sth in nvram every boot). Can I boot with it El Capitan instead of Piker Alpha boot.efi or chainload Piker Alpha boot.efi? Btw I was actually tried to write in assembler service to show battery level on Elitebook 8560w but failed regarding guide of RehabMan.
Hm, that's interesting. What Mac do you have? - Is it the latest version of Kali? - Is this a x64 bit version? - Have you tried attaching external keyboard and mouse? - If nothing above works, does any other linux distro boots?
I searched the Internet and that seems to be a known problem with certain Macbooks indeed forums.kali.org/showthread.php?43910-Issues-with-Keyboard-and-Mouse-for-Dual-Boot-Kali-Linux-on-Macbook I suggest find an external keyboard and see how it works.
if anyone knows I installed Kali with a dual boot on MacOS Catalina on MacBook Mid 2015 with dual graphics intel and radeon, Kali booted with high resolution 2880 x 1800 When I tried to change it to 800 x 600 and after restart kali i get display glitch with artifacts and different color mix, maybe someone have a like this experience and know how to fix it please let me know thanks.
@@NomadicDmitry Kali Booting normally to login window after i enter user and pass Display resolution goes crazy lot of different color and no visibility to change some settings or go to terminal, my setup was from EFI usb drive
@@joshweinstein5843 Great, 10.14.6 is exactly the one I've used in that guide. I think it should work. Either way, if it doesn't there *should* be no damage, you could boot normally using Option key. I suggest you try it out and see for yourself. BUT as always - backup your data before doing it, just in case.
@@joshweinstein5843 What do you mean? You pressed Option key afther installing rEFInd? Because after you install it -you won't need to press it anymore, this boot menu will appear by default
Спасибо! 2 недели колупался, и наконец получилось поставить Винду. Но, с флешки установить все-равно не получилось. В итоге установил на винт, через ноут (пк) - снял винт и переставил его в Мак про 4.1 .
Ого-го! Рад, что получилось. Целая стратегия вышла :) Но вообще, конечно, Маки на Интел уже уходящие динозавры. Жаль, что больше нормально и не загрузишь ничего кроме МакОС.
Sure, that's possible. Although my recommendation would be booting Kali from a separate USB hard-drive/flash drive. Otherwise you need to re-partition your Mac drive using a utility such as GParted (Linux). Once you have it installed (or running from a flash/hdd drive) install the rEFInd and pick whatever option you like.
@@NomadicDmitry it is strange because soon after i install i can see a ESP folder on Volumes, but after i reboot the refilnd logo appears bot no options just white screen with the logo, then i go to recovery mode again and in Volumes there is no ESP folder
@@techbytefrontier Can you at least boot to Mac using the option key during the boot process? Very strange. 5 years is not that old, my Mac is Macbook 2014 which is 7 years old almost and it works there. What OS? Mojave, Catalina or... gosh, Bug Sur? :)
@@NomadicDmitry Bug Sur, sourceforge.net/p/refind/discussion/general/thread/bcf53133ab/?limit=25 is exactly this issue.. the guy actually solved but i could not understand how
Спасибо за комент. Читали прикрепленный комментарий (на англ)? Человек объясняет как сделать на современных Маках. Дайте пожалуйста знать если заработает таким образом
@@NomadicDmitry я выключил систему безопасности загрузки внешних носителей и загрузчиков и он загрузился. а в чем состоит "небезопасность отключения данной функции" если включен filevault?
@@AnubisAAA О, отлично! Небезопасность (как я понимаю) в том, что Apple стали по максимуму запрещать загрузку неподписанных систем (всех кроме Мак ОС, естественно) и таким образом они на аппаратному уровне запрещают любую интервенцию в систему, ведь даже FileVault в теории сломать можно. С другой стороны - это уже маразм и это право пользователя грузить любые системы, которые он хочет. Потому риск хоть и есть - допустим если флешку кто-то воткнет и сотрет ваш жесткий диск, но это уже ерунда какая-то)
Thank you guys for watching! How do you like this tutorial? Is there anything that you would like to discuss? Let me know in the comment section here. 0:15 - Discussing the boot options 1:57 - Where to get the rEFInd binary from 3:15 - Loading the Mac with a rEFInd flash drive 4:17 - Actions to install the boot loader 6:40 - Configuring the boot loader menu 11:15 - Conclusions Note: On rEFInd boot menu instead of rebooting you could also press the Esc key to reload the menu options. Easy and no need to reboot in that case! Note #2: You don't necessarily need a flash drive! In my case I've used it because my system hard drive is encrypted. If your drive is not encrypted you can just browse it in the file system itself
There is no way. rEFInd will not work. UPDATE: I might be wrong, rEFInd itself should work on M1 Mac to boot at least M1 versions of Mac OS or Linux But it will not work with x86 versions of Linux and Windows (obviously).
@@apoorvapratapkarwal9445 I would suggest using the Parallels or UTM virtualization on M1 to achieve that. Dual booting is in the bad shape on M1 as of now. You can see the videos on my channel about M1 virtualization options
Ah it wiii slowdown your pc and second of all linux and windows will boot natively on mac hardware if you install rfind all the drivers will be from efi drivers and on linux you wond be having sistemd use grub 2 in efi mode you will have grub customizer
How can u install windows from it ?? i plugged in bootable ntfs uefi usb but and clicked on the windows logo on refind .. but it says no bootable disk or hard drive detected why ?
@@ERAZER1 Hm, well one of my computers is iMac early 2008 and I was able to install Windows 10 x86 straight on the internal hard drive and erasing Mac OS there (single OS) This is quite an old computer and I have a doubt that it supports the proper EFI version, but it should support loading in BIOS emulation mode. Have you tried using BootCamp to install Windows 10 alongside Mojave?
Nomadic Dmitry how did u installed windows and removed macos completely ? can u pls tell me i was searching for this about 24 hours :( yes i tried to install it from bootcamp but it says an error occurred while formatting the disk(usb) can't fix it
You have rekindled my faith in humanity! SOOOOO glad there still exist people who THINK!!.... keep up the good work!... Thank you for sharing. U made the world a better place.... ;-)
Not sure if you are still reading comments, but abs legend! Wish all tutorials were this clear ❤
Thank you! Yes, absolutely I am reading all the comments 👍
You're the man. Stock imac late 2009 could not recognize my multiboot usb for linux distro and only could recognized windows efi inside that usb. Using refined, I was able to boot into multiboot linux grub and install manjaro. Went full blown and erased sierra for manjaro 20 xfce. All thanks to your video!!!!
Tera Fun Wohoo! Thanks! I also think that for older Macs this method allows to give a second life to those devices
P.S: If you are interested in installing the latest version of Mac OS (Catalina) on your 2009 imac check out the "dosdude" patch. This one allows to easily patch OS for older devices.
But hey - Linux is great too ;)
Nomadic Dmitry thanks for the tips about Catalina lastest patch, though I will stay with linux because of its “free out of the box.” Again, thanks bro!!!
Excellent tutorial! A very great solution to the dilemma when trying to boot Linux on a Mac
Thank you! Unfortunately, it doesn't work with Apple Silicon Macs
Hey YOU! I am telling you! THIS IS AMAZING! SUPER HELPFUL! THANK YOU!
Nice work, thanks. I just managed to get rEFInd to fix my dual boot problem. Both macos and Linux mint 20 now working.
Perfect man! I hope that Linux works fine on your machine and all hardware operates as expected.
Excellent video Dmitry. Thanks
This video is still helping me. Thanks
You are very welcome!
Absolutely great video! Thanks for sharing.
This was excellent and solved an issue I was having. Thanks for making / sharing.
You are very welcome!
Thank you for sharing! Worked like a charm
Very thankful to you dude🙏🙏 ..amazing solution with simple explanation 😊
You are very welcome!
Thanks bro, its really helpful great video. can you explain step by step how to install windows and linux on mac after refind installed? on default ssd
Искал нормальный способ как напрямую установить вин10 единственной осью на макбук на интеле (ибо родной винт всего 128 гигов), твоё видео решило проблему за считанные минуты. Легко загрузился со своей стандартной установочной флэшки, снёс все разделы, создал дефолтные виндовые, потом бригадиром стянул дрова, установил. Красота, спасибо :)
how to hide unneccesary icon on the boot manager from macbook...
ther is No Insert ket...and the delete key does not work
pls help..thanks
will this work for triple boot?
i am using catalina, linux mint, windows 10 on macbook. between linux mint & windows 10, the grub 2 bootloader does not work or popup....the developers say, it is hidden... how to make it unhidden and functional.....Or,
if I install rEFInd, will this solve the problem? ..... if yes, then on which OS must I install rEFInd to function triple boot OS properly...
would appreciate your quick reply... thanks..
Hello. I tried all of your steps exactly the way you described but I cannot get Refind to load. I am on a 2019 Macbook Pro using Monterey v12.2.1.
Hello, could you try the steps described in a pinned comment? The latest Intel MacBooks are having some specifics comparing to previous models.
I have same problems ….booting in Recovery , but when I try to get in the Volume where I put the files I get the error no such a file or directory ….. i am using MacBook Air 2012 with Opencore Monterey
I have a 2015 Pro, for some reason the REFIND menu doesn’t show but terminal always says refind is already installed
Hm, this is strange. What OS though? Catalina? Big Sur?
Me too
Does this work on Apple Silicon?
Not exactly. There is a new app for that specific case, that you could try! github.com/dakanji/RefindPlus
Good luck ;)
Great Video!!!! I am going to play with this to overcome my fears of setting it up. I have never used Terminal! If I am successful, how would I uninstall rEFInd just in case. Any other tips you can share would be greatly appreciated. Keep up the great work and I am subscribing to you channel now!
Hi, great video! Quick question: do you know if bluetooth connection works once the refind windows pops up (when you choose an OS)?
Not sure about that. Do you need it for keyboard and mouse?
@@NomadicDmitry Yes, exactly!
Can you tell me how to make refind detect linux on a nvme drive on a pcie card on a mac pro ?
Sorry, not sure about the exact specifics here for the Mac Pro. Is it some recent model?
Just what I needed, thank you
You are welcome!
No hay manera, no me aparece el usb en terminal pero en utilidad de discos sí, he probado varios usb y me pasa lo mismo con todos
Is it possible to have a boot option for Mac High Sierra and Mac Mojave?
I have same problems ….booting in Recovery , but when I try to get in the Volume where I put the files I get the error no such a file or directory ….. i am using MacBook Air 2012 with Opencore and Monterey
Do you have an idea Dimitri ?
@@Oeschioeschi To be honest, I don't because Macbook 2012 doesn't support Mojave oficially as I understand. Plus Mojave is also unsupported enterely.
Have you considered installing Linux there and wiping everything?
@@NomadicDmitry I don’t have Mojave , I have Monterey. I installed Ubuntu, tried to switch in the bootmenue, but there is no ubuntu icon ….
Thanks so much! Works great! Only problem I had is if I have an external moniter plugged into my MacBook rEFInd is only on the built-in display. However, same problem with the default boot menu as well.
Glad it worked for you! I think I have the same problem and it shows only on a built in display. Well, I think it's not a big deal :)
Thanks for the video, that was great. I installed rEFINd without problems on my old Mac Book 10.15(Catalina) and the latest version of Ubuntu on a flash drive of 64Go.
But unfortunately I cannot have wifi on my Ubuntu. I definetely don't know how to solve the problem. Any suggestions ?
If you can't find drivers - buy an USB Wi-Fi device.
What Macbook version do you have? Quite likely there is a driver for that.
Thank you! That helped me a lot!!!
Glad it was useful!
After I install rEFInd it's not working and it's not listed like yours at 8:30, any ideas? Also after I install it in recovery mode and restart it just keeps going back into recovery mode, I have to select the startup disk manually to get back into OS X. I just have linux on a usb I want to run but need rEFInd because I use a RX 580 in my mac pro so I don't have a boot screen. Thanks
After installing refind.. if I try to install Linux on an external usb drive, do I need to update refind boot loader config so its able to pick it up when plugged in?
Is there a way to edit the startup screen and modify the icons. Don't think i need the extra windows and apple options for restoration and recovery options. Can these be removed but be available if needed?
Stew Smith I think there is an option for sure, haven't tried it myself though
I installed catalina on an imac 2007 with the dosdude patch, next to the old el capitan installation on the same dirve. rEFInd only lists the El Capitan installation for some reason, but lets me boot into Catalina by using the fallback bootloader. Can I somehow add it? I'd like to try to install Windows and linux beside it but want to fix this first to make sure I can still boot into Catalina still.
Hello Dimitry, very good your video, I wanted to ask you, it turns out that I made a disk partition on my macbook, and through duaboot with rEFIt, I could use osX and elementary (linux), it turns out that at the beginning when I started to boot , I saw both partitions, mac and elementary, now there is little reason it only shows elementary and I cannot enter the apple operating system, do you know how I can access, remove rEFIt from linux or find the osx partition again ???? ?? Thanks a lot!!!
Hey Walter! So, it boots straight into the Linux, right? Here are the things that you should try:
1) Boot into the recovery mode and repeat the installation of rEFInd. This will bring back the rEFInd menu so you could boot any OS that you like.
2) If after booting into Mac you want to remove the rEFInd then you can go to System Preferences -> Startup Disk and select your Mac disk. Later you can mount the EFI folder and remove rEFInd from the disk. However, how are you going to boot into Linux then?
3) ALSO you can try antiX Bootable Linux distro. I am discussing it here: th-cam.com/video/C1b1aJh_LSQ/w-d-xo.html It allows to easily detect any bootloaders and boot a necessary OS. If you cannot boot your Mac or Linux later on - try that.
I hope I understood your problem correctly. My suggestion for the future is to install Linux on a separate (USB) drive. This way you can use it without re-partitioning the drive and the fear of corrupting something.
I'm not very sure about it. I have a early 2008 iMac and I'm trying to install Windows 10. Can I use that to boot my win 10 installer flash drive? Because when I try to boot my flash drive, everything just freezes. I'm going to do that and I will come back to say if that worked to me.
Did it work?
i followedyhour tutorial but when restarting, it took me to the white refind bootup screen, but thats about it, just a bank white page with refind .logo. is there a fix?
Could you explain the problem a bit more descriptive. After installing the bootloader and reboot there is nothing except logo?
1) What is the computer that you use?
2) What OS is installed on it?
3) What are you trying to boot?
4) Have you tried installing the bootloader again?
@@NomadicDmitry hello. thers nothing much to explain ecause when i reboot, the only that shows up on my screen is a white background with the refind logo in the center.
1. late 2014 mac mini
2. i currently have macos cataliina, windows 10 (debloated version, if that matters) and finally, kde manjaro.
3. i wanted to triple boot with ease. also, the only way for me to get in is to hold on to opotion so that all 3 OS disc shows up so i can choose. i had also installed these other OS without depending on boootcamp. i only used bootcamp to install drivers from windows 10.
4. yes,so many times even starting everything from scratch. its frustrating.
I think you need to clarify which disk you are mounting at 7:25. Is this the EFI partition of the main macOS boot drive? It may not be disk0s1, depends on how people have their computer set up.
Thank you for clarification. This is a EFI partition and that's usually a default one on Mac machines. But totally makes sense to check this before mounting using "diskutil list" command
I can not get windows to boot off of the windows options loader, only the efi loader and when I install windows the boot camp does not install properly and the sound module does not work, so I went to parallels mac. I have triple booted in the past with older versions of mac. I am using a 2012 MBP with two SSD and can dedicate mac and LM 19.3 dual boot but I wish to triple boot with Windows 10 and not use parallels.
every time i choose to boot from usb on mac pro to install windows 7 or 10 it freezes on black screen then turned off after a while . could you help please? ( the ssd is empty no OS & can't enter recovery mode )
Does it boot from a CD? Have you tried that? Is that OS booting normally on other computers?
@@NomadicDmitry thanks for replying; can't boot from CD (when I press & hold option key CD doesn't appear), the usb & CD boots normally on other computers
@@menajhon3566 Ok. I saw that as well in some cases. Typically it's when the booting is not possible/limited from those CDs. Have you tried booting that CD on another computer? Might be a dumb question, but better to make sure. I would start with getting a different image of Windows 7/10. Also, it might make sense to try x86 version instead of 64 bit one. Just to make sure.
Hi Dmitry I'm trying to enable nvme boot on my mac pro 3.1 and want to avoid rom injection as can be dangerous and brick the machine I read that it would be possible with rEFInd + but can't find anything on it. Would you be so kind to make a video on how to do that? Your videos are the best I've found regarding rEFInd on mac but kind of don't want to be messing around with settings I don't fully understand so any help would be mostly appreciated. Thank you so much for your content and quality on the tutorials.
Very good question! Unfortunately, I am not sure about nvme boot and I no longer have an Intel Mac to be honest.
Awesome video, thanks a lot you have guide me
You are very welcome!
Will this work for an ibook g4 ? I been having problems booting macbuntu with live cd and usb as well.
No, it wont. Only Intel Macs.
Whyyyy the normal and refined crash to load windows 7
Is this the same step for install it on a 2019 Macbook pro 16inch?
Almost. Please read the pinned comment about specifics related to this generation.
I know this is an old video but how do you install themes
Themes? No idea
Great video, thanks.
I've heard that Ubuntu 18 and later have the needed files to boot from the default boot manager though, can anyone confirm this?
Loved the tutorial and followed every step meticulously. Sadly, my MacPro2,1 is stubborn and completely ignores this installation like it never existed.
I have a feeling that it doesn't play well with older hardware (probably the hardware before 2012-2013).
I have a feeling that instead of rEFInd you could try rEFIt (refit.sourceforge.net/). This was a bootloader that rEFInd is based on.
Backup your data before doing so, though. Please let me know if that works.
is there any way to install rEFInd on an old mac os leopard with a non working cdrom and a safari/firefox that cannot browse because they are old versions?
Yes, if it's an Intel Mac. There is even a package to install that here: refit.sourceforge.net/ Keep in mind that this is the older project, but works well (did it a few days ago). So, it should work - but please backup your data before doing that. Enjoy!
@@NomadicDmitry Well, it is a little complicated (for me) because i cannot get to that page frm my mac because browsers are out of date and i am not sure how to do it from my ubuntu computer (to burn the iso and install it ). any ideas? thanks in advance
@@zobolus All you need to do is to download that package from anywhere and install on that Mac OR to usb flash drive to load.
You can also burn an ISO image from here and burn to a CD/DVD on your Ubuntu machine - then press "Option" during loading and select your CD with that bootloader: sourceforge.net/projects/refit/files/rEFIt/0.14/rEFIt-0.14.cdr.gz/download?use_mirror=newcontinuum&use_mirror=
Не могу загрузить ничего с флешки с помощью refind на macbook pro a1211 2006 года с OSX 10.7.5
Каким только способом не писал Linux на флешку.
Hello, please help me uninstall (remove) rEFInd, as something went wrong and I wish to install it again according to your video.
Hello! You can just install it once again - it should work. No need to uninstall
I tried installing this on my 2012 MacBook Pro and it successfully installs but upon restart doesn’t pop up with it. Just loads into Mac OS instantly.
So, rEFInd never appears? What operating system are you using on your Mac (OS X version), though? The only case when it doesn't load most likely installing it without booting into Recovery mode. Could you repeat the installation?
Nomadic Dmitry I’ve attempted the installation twice both in recovery. And it’s Mac OS Catalina
Nomadic Dmitry I tried the install again still no luck sadly I’ve been trying the install in recovery mode and it still doesn’t show up on boot :(
@@chewbaccasaurusrex692 im on catalina aswell. After i installed in recovery mode i clicked restart and now my mac is stuck on a white screen:( update: i fixed it i just restarted the mac a 2nd time and rEFInd boot menu appeared) @Chewbacca SaurusRex it might automatically start your orginal os beacuse its the only os/option it detects
John Longdickyson i tried putting a bootable disc on a usb drive in before startup it didn’t seem to show the menu either. I also have a weird thing where now when I fullscreen a window in Mac OS it randomly shutters. So I might just do a clean install and try again.
I have followed your instructions, but it didn't show up the refind boot manager
That's strange, could you clarify:
1) What computer do you have?
2) Have you performed it from the Recovery mode or from your Mac OS system itself?
3) What Mac OS version do you have?
4) Have you tried one more time?
5) What was the terminal output? Did it completed?
@@NomadicDmitry This also didn't work on my computer. After following the instructions it still brings me to the normal reboot menu.
1) Macbook Pro (16-inch 2019)
2) I installed refind in recovery mode.
3) macOS Catalina 10.15.5
4) I tried twice, the second time I received the same message you had 'existing refind.conf'.
5) The terminal completed.
For those that have a T2 chip on their MacBook.
In order to boot an external source or third party boot manager, you need to additionally go into recovery mode, click utilities, and update the Startup Security Settings.
Set Secure Boot to No Security and External Boot to allow booting from external media.
Hello, in my MacBook Unibody 2009 Witch Monterrey no work.
Use rEFIt for it, not refind. refit.sourceforge.net This one is for older Macs
@@NomadicDmitryrefit no work in macosX news.
@@nenillonenin4754 No idea, it worked for me on my iMac 2008 just fine. Can't believe that 2009 was much different.
Either way - this machine is so old, that I would consider it useless.
I've installed and this is super comprehensive tutorial! So, do you know how to uninstall?
XIAYUL 下雨叔叔 Thanks! Yes.
1) System settings -> Startup disk -> Select "Mac" disk there
2) Remove the EFI
EFInd folder from the EFI partition (mount it first, like shown in the tutorial)
rEFInd is also almost always removed after upgrading the OS. MacOS doesn't like alternative bootloaders :)
Nomadic Dmitry thank you so much oh my god you’re brilliant! I also found after setting rEFInd, win10 can’t go ‘safe mode’ anymore
@@xiayulPress F12 when you boot into Win 10 for safe mode?
This will work on efi locked macbook air 2015???
What does it mean EFI locked? There is a pinned comment regarding later machines.
Great video!
That helped a lot, thanks.
i just used this to boot android (Bliss OS) on my mac from an external SSD.
i talked too soon, im having issued trying to boot BlissOS on my mac, it tries to boot but just satys on a black screen with some letters, and after a while it goes to sleep :C
Thank you so much!
Thank you very much sir. U rock!
I'm having an issue where after installing Ubuntu I can't get refind to reboot into Linux. It will load into what I think is GRUB, but I can't get into Ubuntu at all to make any of the suggested changes to remove GRUB
So, does rEFInd load at all? Can you boot into Mac at least?
I am bit confused here. You are able to see rEFInd, but when selecting Ubuntu - it doesn't load?
Спасибо за подробную инструкцию. Получилось установить на High Sierra, Mac book 13" 2009
Супер! 2009 года и работает? Бодрячок :)
У меня 2008 iMac есть и 2006 - все работают еще, на моё удивление
@@NomadicDmitry отлично работает. Но вот пока, после установки High Sierra не могу поставить 7ку.
Works on m1 Macs?
No, it will not work on M1 Macs
USB not showing up in terminal?
It should show just fine
@@NomadicDmitry It’s not 🥲 shows up in disk utility but nothing in terminal
If you want to remove rEFInd, what is the process just in case?
1) Just change the Startup Volume in System Settings on Mac OS - it usually disabled the menu right away on next restart
2) You can also mount the EFI folder and remove the rEFInd from there - but considering the small size of rEFInd I don't even see the reason to bother. Just do the step 1 and you are done.
@@NomadicDmitry I currently have boot options for Mac High Sierra and Windows 10. If I add another SSD for Mojave, will rEFInd see it as a boot option once installed in my Mac?
well it doesn’t work tho, it said it successfully installed, but when I reboot, it is just the normal reboot process. Maybe it’s just my MacBook? (I’m using 2019 MacBook Pro 16 inch)
Please see the pinned comment for this video. There are some additional instructions.
It turns out it's harder to activate it on modern Macs, but still possible.
ARM Macs are coming soon though and this whole dual boot opportunity will be a history...
@@NomadicDmitry Can it hardbrick my mobo (EFI32, EFIV1.2 Mac Pro 1,1, ROM MP11.005C.B08). I do it all the time on pc but never so far on mac. It executes the script to bless bootloader (writing refind as default one) instead boot.efi from coreservices and efi partition and then efi firmware communicates with services and efi file, right? Wrong bootloader may cause only unbootable disk and it can be fixed by removing refind file or probably reblessing from recovery somehow, right? it DOES NOT actually write ("flash") anything to firmware nor the nvram (althrough core services does store sth in nvram every boot).
Can I boot with it El Capitan instead of Piker Alpha boot.efi or chainload Piker Alpha boot.efi?
Btw I was actually tried to write in assembler service to show battery level on Elitebook 8560w but failed regarding guide of RehabMan.
I followed this tutorial and I booted Kali Linux clicked on live and I can’t use my touchpad or keyboard it is frozen
Hm, that's interesting. What Mac do you have?
- Is it the latest version of Kali?
- Is this a x64 bit version?
- Have you tried attaching external keyboard and mouse?
- If nothing above works, does any other linux distro boots?
It is a mid 2017 MacBook Pro. I used the latest version and it i used 64 bit as my pc is 64 I do not have an external keyboard or mouse
And when I click the power button the menu for shut down and reboot comes up so the computer is not frozen
Just that the computer is not receiving any input from the touchpad and keyboard
I searched the Internet and that seems to be a known problem with certain Macbooks indeed forums.kali.org/showthread.php?43910-Issues-with-Keyboard-and-Mouse-for-Dual-Boot-Kali-Linux-on-Macbook I suggest find an external keyboard and see how it works.
Will this work on the new Mac M1 ??
No, it won't
Muchas muchas gracias, this is amazing
Thank you, glad it's helpful
if anyone knows I installed Kali with a dual boot on MacOS Catalina on MacBook Mid 2015 with dual graphics intel and radeon, Kali booted with high resolution 2880 x 1800 When I tried to change it to 800 x 600 and after restart kali i get display glitch with artifacts and different color mix, maybe someone have a like this experience and know how to fix it please let me know thanks.
Thanks for your comment. I wish I knew how to fix. So, yoy are not able to boot it normally at all or it's just glitches all over the place?
@@NomadicDmitry Kali Booting normally to login window after i enter user and pass Display resolution goes crazy lot of different color and no visibility to change some settings or go to terminal, my setup was from EFI usb drive
Are we meant to open the zip file then put the contents on the usb?
Yes, just unzip it and put the content on USB. Then load into recovery mode and install the bootloader by following the instructions. Done! ;)
@@NomadicDmitry Thanks I will try that.
@@NomadicDmitry Hello again, yes it has worked but the problem is it still cannot read my bootable sierra disk.
@@NomadicDmitry 2)
@@NomadicDmitry maybe I should try with grub?
muy bueno excelente y aun funciona
Does downloading this allow MacOS to open Tails?
I think it should work. You can also try loading it without rEFInd first ("option" key during boot). If it doesn't work try with bootloader.
Will this work on Mac Pro 5,1 with an Radeon
Rx580 GPU?
I see no reasons why it won't. It should work. What Mac OS version are you booting currently on that Mac (should be 2010, right?)
@@NomadicDmitry 10.14.6
@@NomadicDmitry Just tried the Option Key and I'm not seeing anything.
@@joshweinstein5843 Great, 10.14.6 is exactly the one I've used in that guide. I think it should work.
Either way, if it doesn't there *should* be no damage, you could boot normally using Option key. I suggest you try it out and see for yourself.
BUT as always - backup your data before doing it, just in case.
@@joshweinstein5843 What do you mean? You pressed Option key afther installing rEFInd? Because after you install it -you won't need to press it anymore, this boot menu will appear by default
Спасибо! 2 недели колупался, и наконец получилось поставить Винду. Но, с флешки установить все-равно не получилось. В итоге установил на винт, через ноут (пк) - снял винт и переставил его в Мак про 4.1 .
Ого-го! Рад, что получилось. Целая стратегия вышла :) Но вообще, конечно, Маки на Интел уже уходящие динозавры. Жаль, что больше нормально и не загрузишь ничего кроме МакОС.
The best bruh!🥺
Great! thanks
You are welcome!
i need dual boot kali linux and mac
Sure, that's possible. Although my recommendation would be booting Kali from a separate USB hard-drive/flash drive. Otherwise you need to re-partition your Mac drive using a utility such as GParted (Linux).
Once you have it installed (or running from a flash/hdd drive) install the rEFInd and pick whatever option you like.
Im stuck with a white screen and reflng logo
Sorry to hear. What Mac model and rEFInd version?
@@NomadicDmitry latest reflnd version, mac with latest os too, my mac I s very old, 5 years
@@NomadicDmitry it is strange because soon after i install i can see a ESP folder on Volumes, but after i reboot the refilnd logo appears bot no options just white screen with the logo, then i go to recovery mode again and in Volumes there is no ESP folder
@@techbytefrontier Can you at least boot to Mac using the option key during the boot process? Very strange. 5 years is not that old, my Mac is Macbook 2014 which is 7 years old almost and it works there. What OS? Mojave, Catalina or... gosh, Bug Sur? :)
@@NomadicDmitry Bug Sur, sourceforge.net/p/refind/discussion/general/thread/bcf53133ab/?limit=25 is exactly this issue.. the guy actually solved but i could not understand how
К сожалению не работает. Макбук про 13, 2020 года 15.6 каталина. Не появляется рефайнд
Спасибо за комент. Читали прикрепленный комментарий (на англ)? Человек объясняет как сделать на современных Маках. Дайте пожалуйста знать если заработает таким образом
@@NomadicDmitry я выключил систему безопасности загрузки внешних носителей и загрузчиков и он загрузился. а в чем состоит "небезопасность отключения данной функции" если включен filevault?
@@AnubisAAA О, отлично! Небезопасность (как я понимаю) в том, что Apple стали по максимуму запрещать загрузку неподписанных систем (всех кроме Мак ОС, естественно) и таким образом они на аппаратному уровне запрещают любую интервенцию в систему, ведь даже FileVault в теории сломать можно. С другой стороны - это уже маразм и это право пользователя грузить любые системы, которые он хочет. Потому риск хоть и есть - допустим если флешку кто-то воткнет и сотрет ваш жесткий диск, но это уже ерунда какая-то)
does not work
windows does not start mac pro 5.1 and vega 64 nitro +
But how to install rEFInd 0.13.2?
urr but you didn't answer my question ...
Mine doesnt does that
What Mac do you have? Latest Intel?
Thank you guys for watching! How do you like this tutorial? Is there anything that you would like to discuss? Let me know in the comment section here.
0:15 - Discussing the boot options
1:57 - Where to get the rEFInd binary from
3:15 - Loading the Mac with a rEFInd flash drive
4:17 - Actions to install the boot loader
6:40 - Configuring the boot loader menu
11:15 - Conclusions
Note: On rEFInd boot menu instead of rebooting you could also press the Esc key to reload the menu options. Easy and no need to reboot in that case!
Note #2: You don't necessarily need a flash drive! In my case I've used it because my system hard drive is encrypted. If your drive is not encrypted you can just browse it in the file system itself
Ive a 2011 27" that ive put a new GPU and SSD in i cant install from a disc and i cant get into recovery..........any ideas??
The exact same question with the exact same Mac.
Very nice bideos
Thank you!
Спасибо, все работает)
Всегда пожалуйста! Круто, что на Intel макинтошах до сих пор грузится это всё
my MacBook doesn't have usb
What do you mean no USB? All Intel-based Macs have USB.
Do you mean your Mac only has USB C ports? If you use an adapter it'll work fine I just installed rEFInd using an adapter on my 2017 MacBook Pro.
can you now help me with uninstalling it 😭😭😭😭
Yes, just boot to Mac OS using the Option key, then open System Preferences. Find the Boot section and select Mac OS there. That should do it.
Could you help
This didn’t work on my Mac too
Could you clarify what's not working there? Does installation succeeds?
Thank you.
You are welcome!
God bless you
Thanks Anthony!
How to do on m1 mac
There is no way. rEFInd will not work.
UPDATE: I might be wrong, rEFInd itself should work on M1 Mac to boot at least M1 versions of Mac OS or Linux
But it will not work with x86 versions of Linux and Windows (obviously).
@@NomadicDmitry so how I can run Garuda Linux and windows 11
@@apoorvapratapkarwal9445 I would suggest using the Parallels or UTM virtualization on M1 to achieve that. Dual booting is in the bad shape on M1 as of now.
You can see the videos on my channel about M1 virtualization options
Ah it wiii slowdown your pc and second of all linux and windows will boot natively on mac hardware if you install rfind all the drivers will be from efi drivers and on linux you wond be having sistemd use grub 2 in efi mode you will have grub customizer
Привет, ты Русский? Мне нужна помощь. Я делаю как на видео, не идёт. Можно как то по ватсапу ? Я бы отблагодарил тебя . Спасибо.
Привет! Скинь вотсап, напишу туды
To completed……
In what sense?
How can u install windows from it ?? i plugged in bootable ntfs uefi usb but and clicked on the windows logo on refind .. but it says no bootable disk or hard drive detected why ?
HAMZ PLAYZ
1) What Windows version? What Mac do you have?
2) See my video "Recovering Linux installation". Try this method to see if it works for you
Nomadic Dmitry i made a windows 10 x64 usb using rufus from another laptop .. i have imac 2008 early .. installed mojave in it
@@ERAZER1 Hm, well one of my computers is iMac early 2008 and I was able to install Windows 10 x86 straight on the internal hard drive and erasing Mac OS there (single OS)
This is quite an old computer and I have a doubt that it supports the proper EFI version, but it should support loading in BIOS emulation mode.
Have you tried using BootCamp to install Windows 10 alongside Mojave?
Nomadic Dmitry how did u installed windows and removed macos completely ? can u pls tell me i was searching for this about 24 hours :(
yes i tried to install it from bootcamp but it says an error occurred while formatting the disk(usb) can't fix it
Installed refind but i only got a refind blank screen (No os's detected) on a mac w/ bootcamp and macos 11, any help?
Hey, could you tell what computer is that?