If not, i recommend you to follow this guide instead which focuses on niresh distro. This page documents my process for configuring a tripleboot macbook pro with os x 10. Triple boot on macbookpro retina posted on june 10, 2014. Triple boot macbook pro macos, windows 10, linux rob pickering.
I have set up my macbook pro retina using this config and its pretty sweet. Macbook pro with retina display mid 2015 low end mac. My recipe is if you do not give up and are very persistent. Enter the following commands to move the ubuntu efi boot files to the new efi partition and restore the windows boot folder names.
Tutorial how to triple boot osx, linux apple community. If you cannot go to boot camp 5, then you need windows 7 x86 or 32bit version 2 uefi system. This was created using a 2008 macbook running max os x 10. Swipe to close if youre a mac user, you may have already. Support for display and keyboard brightness control buttons all important hardware works wifi, nic, audio, nvidia proprietary driver they all work with my old ubuntu uses. My current configuration is mountain lion, win7 x64, ubuntu 12, a shared data partition and, of course, the osx recovery partition. This means that your mac computer will automatically boot. Remember you need to create 3 partitions aside from your existing ones here one for windows, one for linux, one for swap. Boot camp makes it easy to install windows on intel macs, and ubuntu now makes it easy to install linux to a virtual windows drive. Windows 7 will not work with the macbook pro retina but may on other models, this is due to usb 3 incompatibility and. The installer will complain that it cannot find a file called brcmbrcmfmac43602pcie. How to triple boot a macbook pro sierra, windows 10 and. Has anyone tried linux on the 2015 retina macbook pros.
Install preparation in os x resize os x partition with disk utility. This guide explains how to install windows 10 and linux ubuntu alongside with osx and share data via a common partition. In particular with fedora, i get this when i boot it i get the same screen on both my mac and an acer aspire one. Ubuntu fails to properly shut down, and after a forced shut down it restarts on ubuntu instead of taking you to the windows installer. I removed the ssd and can boot the macbook pro using a bootable usb stick by holding down the option key at power up. You might want to check luke luos extensive 9 series on how to linux on mbp 11,3 retina. You can do this two ways the easiest way is to install windows via bootcamp and then run kali in a virtual machine.
Ive recently joined a dev team where i was given the option of a mac or thinkpad, and i chose mac as i could have ubuntumint and osx for photoshop. Macbook pro triple boot with arch linux, xp and os x. How to triple boot a macbookpro with retina display with. I tried to follow various instructions for both fedora and ubuntu. It boots into windows unless i hit f11 on bootup and choose to boot off of my linux drive. This tells me the motherboard is functioning correctly. The procedure breaks at step 6 when installing ubuntu 16. Ask different is a question and answer site for power users of apple hardware and software. Install a 3rd party boot loader like iboot or refit well use refit for this example partition your drive with disk utility.
Support for twofinger scroll and right mouse click pommed. This is how one of my laptops is setup with windows and ubuntu. As an addon, i explain how to access the raw partitions to boot the foreign os not only natively but also in a virtual machine. Triple booting os x, windows and ubuntu is completely possible and has been done before. How to create a triple boot system macos, windows, ubuntu on a macbook. I have a triple boot macbook pro late 20 with os sierra, windows 10 and. Macbook pro with retina display early 2015 low end mac. Also like the macbook air, the retina macbook pro does not have a builtin optical drive and uses ssd instead of a traditional hard drive. The easiest way is to use a program like refit which is a 3rd party boot menu manager. I have a mid 2010 mbp set up as triple boot and would like to update my linux have preunity ubuntu 10. The cheap usb to ethernet adaptor for retina users mentioned in the.
Download the ubuntu iso file and burn it to a dvd or use a usb bootable media application to write the iso on a usb flash drive. If youre ready to try linux on your mac, this guide to dualbooting. You can fix this by modifying the ubuntu boot loader command as outlined below. Having said that, i run windows 7 on my macbook pro probably 75% of the time due to the software that i need to use. The installation described here is on a 2014 27inch retina imac. How to triple boot osxwindowsubuntu on your macbook in. Having just received a copy of snow leopard i decided it was finally time to reinstall and. In the event that refind gets clobbered youll know, because a powercycle takes you to the builtin macos boot manager you should still be able to boot into windows, but youll probably lose the ability to boot into linux. Ill not dwell on how to install arch linux, or how to boot arch onto a macbook pro. I went archlinux after few days frustrated with macosx, here are some pro cons using linux. Those are kind of a big deal, but i dont need them and i really like to run linux on the exceptional mac hardware, so i take the hit. Triple boot windows, ubuntu, and mac os x ml on macbook pro 9,1. I wasnt able to get my system to boot a windows installer off of a usb drive multiple flash keys, usb dvd drive for some reason, and so bootcamp wouldnt work. Triple boot your macbook pro with ubuntu, windows xp, osx.
Connect your bootable usb drive into the macbook pro and reboot you should see the usb stick as an option in the refind boot menu, so boot from that. If youre a mac user, you may have already used apples boot camp to get windows on your system for those musthave programs. Can anyone help me restore the original boot order on my mac, using commandline. How to install linux on a macintosh and dual boot with. Triple booting a macbook pro with lion, windows 7, and. However in the end i was not able to install neither. This is a very easy method and doesnt require creating. Heres how to tripleboot your mac with os x, windows 7 and the shiny new ubuntu 10. Can i install linux and windows on a mac to triple boot the hardware. I recently used refit to get a win 7 partition up and running on my 2010 macbook pro that doesnt have an optical drive replaced with ssd. Messages 120 motherboard macbook pro retina, 15inch, late 20 cpu 2. How to triple boot osxwindowsubuntu on your macbook in 20 minutes 1080p. Installing ubuntu on a retina macbook pro the easy way. Triple boot windows, ubuntu, and mac os x ml on macbook pro 9,1 ask question.
Triple boot windows 10ubuntuyosemite thread starter. Triple boot windows, ubuntu, and mac os x ml on macbook. However, windows sees all macs with the possibility of mac pro 20 late is an exception. Both of the boot managers available to use can handle the dualbooting process. The 2014 macbook pro im using now has everything working on ubuntu 2014 lts except suspend and the thunder bolt ports for video. Firmware updates for macbooks that dont dual boot osx train of thought ataul october 19, 20 at 1. I wanted to install ubuntu on my macbook pro retina early 20, so i could run some specific software i. The late 2011 model macbook pro i had before upgrading to the retina refused to boot from a usb stick. Rw of hfsplus is experimental on ubuntu as far as i know and ymmv i have been succesfully doing this on my g4 and now on an intel macbook pro, with some problems but no data loss so far. How to triple boot a macbookpro with retina display with osx. Retina macbook pro remains the thinnest macbook pro at 0. How to install and dual boot linux and macos lifewire. Install apples bootcamp and use it to install windows 10.
The first way is to install linux as a sole boot based operating system. Itll take a few minutes for the ubuntu bootable media to boot, but you should eventually be presented with the option to try ubuntu or install it on your computer. If youre interested in triple booting your macbook pro, and windows is going to be one of the operating systems youre going to boot, then take my word for it, this is the only way you want to accomplish this feat. I just passed the entire day trying to install kali 2. How to install and dual boot linux and macos getting linux running on your mac. As of right now, you cannot install linux on the internal ssd of a newer macbook pro or mac pro. How to triple boot a macbookpro with retina display with osx, windows 7 and linux. This guide is about my experience running arch on a macbook pro and how you may improve the experience for that particular scenario. Restart and choose to boot to linux, this time just select the boot entry and it should work. Just leave your windows and ubuntu install alone and install macos on its own drive. I suspect that if you gone or want to go this way you probably already installed arch in the past and know the basics.
Notebooks and blackouts, charles w moore, book value, 2008. Triple booting a 2015 macbook pro its easy generalpurposebuilt. During installation the trackpad does not work, so if you choose graphical install youll need a usb mouse. This tutorial has been tested on a late 20 macbook pro retina 15. Joined jun 4, 2015 messages 114 motherboard macbook pro retina, 15inch, late 20 cpu 2. Tutorial how to triple boot osx, linux and windows 8. The ultimate linux newbie guide cannot be held responsible for any damage caused as a result of following this tutorial. The macbook pro is a popular platform for running linux. I recently decided to run kali linux on my macbook. You will need to partition your mac drive again and install linux settings. Ubuntu linux and boot camp make it easy to create a triple boot mac, alan zisman, mac2windows, 2008. Triple boot apple mac easily, with os x, fedora linux and windows 10.
In the ubuntu installer, select the try ubuntu option and it will take you to the ubuntu desktop at a resolution of 2880x1800 you may need a magnifying glass handy to read the text. In previous post i have shown you how to install ubuntu linuxmint on macbook pro. Triple boot apple mac easily, with os x, fedora linux and. In any case, due to the retina display, fonts will be very small during installation, so get a magnifying glass before you start. It seems to work a lot better on older machines than on the 2016 models with windows 10 the drivers dont quite seem right yet. This video is a tutorial on how to triple boot your apple mac with os x linux and windows. This guide explains how to install windows 10 and linux ubuntu alongside with osx and.
Installing a tripleboot environment on a macbook pro is not as straightforward as one might think or read on the internet. With most systems, you can hit a key on boot to choose a boot device. You should now have a working triple boot macbook pro. Using refind you can select the appropriate os and it should boot cleanly on your hardware. Triple boot apple mac easily, with os x, fedora linux and windows. Installing a tripleboot environment on a macbook pro is not as. You can still follow this guide to learn to triple boot. How to tripleboot your mac with windows and linux, no boot. To get this triple boot working, you need to have access to an existing mac or hackintosh. If you are also an android lover you might wonder whether you can install remixos on macbook pro.
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