![]() It can kill your OS which may required re-format the hard drive to make a fresh OS installation. However, if you want to play around with some advance stuff (e.g. install Clover, rEFInd, or other boot loader), most likely you will need to access this EFI partiton. In fact, that EFI partiton can be shown in MacOS (e.g. ![]() in terminal), just not natively show in disk utility. One of a free simple Mac GUI software call Clover Configuratior can provide easy access of all the EFI partiton.I can replicate this.īy running some simple command in terminal, you can mount that EFI partiton, and access it via Finder like any other partition. Issue: After upgrading from macOS 10.12 to 10.13, attempting to Restart in OS X from the Windows Boot Camp menu fails with message "Could not locate the OS X boot volume." Apple has acknowledged the issue and has posted a KB article which I've linked at the bottom of this post. Steps to recreate the issue on a mid-2013 MBA running macOS 10.13 with primary macOS volume formatted as APFS and Bootcamp partition running Windows 10 formatted as NTFS:ġ. Boot into Windows in the Mac's Bootcamp partition.Ģ. From the Windows Bootcamp utility menu, choose "Restart in OS X."Ĥ. The system fails to restart from Windows and a dialog box appears with the message, "Could not locate the OS X boot volume."ġ. #Boot camp mac os sierra windows 10Īpply all Windows 10 updates, including updates to Apple's Windows utilities. Attempt to boot into macOS by holding down the X key during startup. As the Mac is starting up, press the Option key to boot to the Mac Startup Manager.ģ. Use the left or right arrow keys to select the desired OS and press return to boot into the selected OS. * Note that VO is not available at the Startup Manager screen. More info available in the following Apple KB article titled, "How to switch between Windows and macOS in macOS High Sierra." ** There are a number of active threads discussing this issue and associated workarounds in the public Apple Support Forums. The situation is even worst then you describe. I recently purchased a brand new MacBook Pro 15. you can not set up bootcamp from fresh if you have high Sierra. on top of that apple support does not let you to bring it to a store. macOS Sierra (version 10.12) 4 is the thirteenth major release of macOS (formerly known as OS X and Mac OS X ), Apple Inc. Instead they try to waste your time with a multiple layer of technicians on the phone each claiming they are more capable then the previous of who already wasted 2 hours of your life trying some bizarre thing. 's desktop and server operating system for Macintosh computers. The name 'macOS' stems from the intention to uniform the operating system's name with that of iOS, watchOS and tvOS. ![]() Let your Mac wait for 90 Minutes to settle" before your try again setting up "Bootcamp and disc partition. They also enjoy asking the same question even when you give them the your previous case numbers. All they need to do is to read the case to see that those questions like "Have you used a back up when your set up this Mac ? Answer NO. but instead of reading they enjoy getting in to your nerves. They can not understand the fact that Apple does not pay for our time as Clients. There is something different with the way High Sierra organizes the File System and Bootcamp can not digest it. When I choose to delete the formatted disk it starts the installation, breaks up after a few % and says can't fulfill the next installation step.I describe it this easy but those highly paid genius engineers in Apple neither admit nor share it.I am out over 3K for a brand new MacBook Pro + AppleCare which I can not use for my business because I can not install Bootcamp. The selected disk is of the gpt partition style" or no volume at this drive to install Windows. The final result is always the same when I try to install Windows, I'm always stuck at the step where I have to choose the installation disk, it always says "windows cannot be installed on this disk. Windows 10 should be installed at the main drive but if its easier to install Windows on my HDD (which I'm only using for storage) I'll take that.īut I guess I tried that as well with the same result.Ĭlean install without Bootcamp using unetbootin SSD + HDD (SSD main Drive running osx + hdd storage switched with cd drive) I'm struggling for two days now trying to install Windows 10 on my Macbook Pro Can anybody help me out? I tried several methods, and none is working for me.
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