How do I use rEFInd boot manager on Mac?

Table of Contents

1. Download rEFInd.
2. Disable System Integrity Protection.
3. Install rEFInd with the automatic installer. Re-enable System Integrity Protection.
4. Install rEFInd with the manual installer. Identify System. Mount Your EFI System Partition. Move the rEFInd files. Remove Unnecessary rEFInd Files. Rename rEFInd Config File.

What is rEFInd boot manager?

rEFInd by Roderick W. Smith is a boot manager that’s made for computers based on the Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) and Unified EFI (UEFI). This makes it possible to have multiple operating systems on your computer and choose which one you’d like to use during bootup.

How install Windows rEFInd boot manager?

Installing rEFInd Manually Using Windows

1. Locate Command Prompt in the Start menu, right-click it, and select Run as Administrator.
2. Type mountvol S: /S in the Administrator Command Prompt window.
3. Change into the main rEFInd package directory, so that the refind subdirectory is visible when you type dir.

Where can I download rEFInd?

Download rEFInd from SourceForge.net.

Is rEFInd better than grub?

rEFInd has more eye candy, as you point out. rEFInd is more reliable at booting Windows with Secure Boot active. (See this bug report for information on a moderately common problem with GRUB that doesn’t affect rEFInd.) rEFInd can launch BIOS-mode boot loaders; GRUB can’t.

Is rEFInd a boot loader?

rEFInd is not a boot loader, which is a program that loads an OS kernel and hands off control to it.

How do I get rEFInd?

You can always find it at /usr/share/refind-bin-xxxx/refind (the “xxx” refers to version number, it’s version 0.11. 2 as of Fatdog64 720). This is often not the latest version, if you really need the latest version it is available from rEFInd’s download page.

Is rEFInd Boot Manager safe?

rEFInd is more reliable at booting Windows with Secure Boot active. (See this bug report for information on a moderately common problem with GRUB that doesn’t affect rEFInd.) rEFInd can launch BIOS-mode boot loaders; GRUB can’t. For most people, and particularly people with UEFI-based PCs, this isn’t a big deal.

How do I hide the boot options in rEFInd?

1 Answer. If you have the current version of rEFInd installed, then you should be able to hide the undesired menu items by highlighting the icon and pressing the – key. This assumes hidden_tags appears as a showtools option parameter in the refind.

Does rEFInd support Btrfs?

rEFInd ships with UEFI drivers that implement read-only support for ReiserFS, Ext2, Ext4, Btrfs, ISO-9660 and HFS+. Additionally rEFInd can access any file system that UEFI itself can, that includes FAT (as mandated by the UEFI specification), HFS+ on Macs and ISO-9660 on some systems.

How to install and uninstall rEFInd boot manager?

Getting rEFInd—Links to download rEFInd Installing and Uninstalling rEFInd—Instructions for installing rEFInd, using Linux, OS X, and Windows Keeping rEFInd Booting—Instructions for keeping rEFInd in charge of the boot process or recovering when another OS takes control

Can a refind boot manager be used on an older Mac?

You will notfind rEFInd useful on older BIOS-based computers or on systems with other types of firmware, such as older PowerPC-based Macs. Prior to mid-2011, few computers outside of Intel-based Macs used EFI; but starting in 2011, computer manufacturers began adopting UEFI in droves, so most computers bought since then use EFI.

Where can I install rEFInd on my Mac?

You can install rEFInd either on Mac machine’s EFI partition (the very first partition) or anywhere on Mac OS X’s partition. You can also install it on USB Stick/Hard Drive’s EFI or other partitions.

Where to find recovery system Mac OS X Lion?

The Mac system should show the Apple icon whereas the Recovery system should show the unknown_os icon. The Recovery boot.efi mounts a hidden “BaseSystem.dmg” that contains the whole Recovery system including Install Mac OS X Lion.app, Safari, and 8 utilities like Terminal and Disk Utility.