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Q: Having trouble restarting into OSX from Windows

I am running Bootcamp 5.1, WIndows 10 on a dedicated SSD in my Mac Pro tower. Apple update says everything is up to date.  I can select the OSX Yosemite 10.10.5  system disk from the Bootcamp control panel, I select and apply, but when I restart it just boots back into the windows system.  When I select "Restart in OS X" it does the same thing.  Deselecting and re-selecting the disk makes no difference.

  I can still hold down the option key to choose the startup disk, but I mainly  use a non-mac EFI video card, specifically an Nvidia GTX760.  This means no boot screen.....

This means I need to plug the monitor into the old stock video card so see the boot option screen.  (which I keep in the computer for just such occasions)

This is very inconvenient, I have to switch the monitor back after I choose the startup disk.  

The OSX disk is obviously visible since it lets me choose it from the control panel, it just won't actually start from it when selected...

any advice?  Thanks!

Mac Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10.5), 3.46 GHz 6-core Intel Xeon 16 GB Ram

Posted on Sep 20, 2015 7:35 PM

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  • by Loner T,

    Loner T Loner T Sep 20, 2015 7:44 PM in response to smorg007
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    Sep 20, 2015 7:44 PM in response to smorg007

    Were BC6 drivers installed on Windows 10 after the W10 upgrade/install was completed? If you upgraded from W7/W8+ and still have older versions, they can fail.

  • by smorg007,

    smorg007 smorg007 Sep 20, 2015 7:51 PM in response to Loner T
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    Sep 20, 2015 7:51 PM in response to Loner T

    I'm not sure where to download the BC6 software for Windows 10.  the apple software update running in windows didn't show anything available.

  • by Loner T,

    Loner T Loner T Sep 21, 2015 4:07 AM in response to smorg007
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    Sep 21, 2015 4:07 AM in response to smorg007

    Run BC Assistant and check only option 2 (Download Software...). You will need a USB2 flash drive which will be erased and formatted. Check the Bootcamp.xml file and look for a line that contains the Product Version. If it is 6.x.x, then you have BC6 drivers.

     

    Verify that your Mac Pro model is listed in Use Windows 10 on your Mac with Boot Camp - Apple Support .

  • by smorg007,

    smorg007 smorg007 Sep 21, 2015 10:38 AM in response to Loner T
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    Sep 21, 2015 10:38 AM in response to Loner T

    My computer is not listed... 2009 mac pro.....

    I tried re-installing via the bootcamp assistant, creating the USB disk etc, re-installing on the Windows disk.  It will only do version 5.1.  Nothing different after trying that.  Windows 10 is already running fine on my system. Its just this one annoyance...  I don't know if there is any way to force update the bootcamp to 6, or if it will abort running since it would be an unsupported machine.  the built-in software update will only load BC 5.1.  I can't find any place to download the BC software v.6

  • by Loner T,

    Loner T Loner T Sep 21, 2015 11:04 AM in response to smorg007
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    Sep 21, 2015 11:04 AM in response to smorg007

    You can try Brigadier (https://github.com/timsutton/brigadier) . Here is my test run.

     

    MyName-rmbp:brigadier-master MyName$ ./brigadier -h

    Usage: brigadier [options]

     

    Options:

      -h, --help            show this help message and exit

      -m MODEL, --model=MODEL

                            System model identifier to use (otherwise this

                            machine's model is used). This can be specified

                            multiple times to download multiple models in a single

                            run.

      -i, --install         After the installer is downloaded, perform the install

                            automatically. Can be used on Windows only.

      -o OUTPUT_DIR, --output-dir=OUTPUT_DIR

                            Base path where the installer files will be extracted

                            into a folder named after the product, ie.

                            'BootCamp-041-1234'. Uses the current directory if

                            this option is omitted.

      -k, --keep-files      Keep the files that were downloaded/extracted. Useful

                            only with the '--install' option on Windows.

      -p PRODUCT_ID, --product-id=PRODUCT_ID

                            Specify an exact product ID to download (ie.

                            '031-0787'), currently useful only for cases where a

                            model has multiple BootCamp ESDs available and is not

                            downloading the desired version according to the post

                            date.

    MyName-rMBP:brigadier-master MyName$ ./brigadier -m MacBook8,1 -o Bootcamp-MacBook8,1

    Output directory Bootcamp-MacBook8,1 that was specified doesn't exist!

    MyName-rMBP:brigadier-master MyName$ mkdir Bootcamp-MacBook8.1

    MyName-rMBP:brigadier-master MyName$ ./brigadier -m MacBook8,1 -o Bootcamp-MacBook8.1

    Using Mac model: MacBook8,1.

     

    Model supported in package distribution file at http://swcdn.apple.com/content/downloads/28/26/031-24514/qx7ph7k6mewtcf4eyhxmiil gc7r2ikjgud/031-24514.English.dist.

     

    Distribution 031-24514 supports the following models: MacBook8,1, MacBookAir5,1, MacBookAir5,2, MacBookAir6,1, MacBookAir6,2, MacBookAir7,1, MacBookAir7,2, MacBookPro9,1, MacBookPro9,2, MacBookPro11,1, MacBookPro11,2, MacBookPro11,3, MacBookPro11,4, MacBookPro11,5, MacBookPro12,1, MacPro6,1, Macmini6,1, Macmini6,2, Macmini7,1, iMac13,1, iMac13,2, iMac13,3, iMac14,1, iMac14,2, iMac14,3, iMac14,4, iMac15,1.

     

    Making directory Bootcamp-MacBook8.1/BootCamp-031-24514..

     

    Fetching Boot Camp product at URL http://swcdn.apple.com/content/downloads/28/26/031-24514/qx7ph7k6mewtcf4eyhxmiil gc7r2ikjgud/BootCampESD.pkg.

     

    100.0% 1633591296 / 1633586781 bytes

    Expanding flat package...

     

    Extracting Payload...

     

    Extracted to Bootcamp-MacBook8.1/BootCamp-031-24514/WindowsSupport.dmg.

     

    Done.

     

    MyName-rMBP:brigadier-master MyName$ cd Bootcamp-MacBook8.1/

    MyName-rMBP:Bootcamp-MacBook8.1 MyName$ ls -lt

    total 0

    drwxr-xr-x  3 MyName  staff  102 Aug 13 11:57 BootCamp-031-24514

    MyName-rMBP:Bootcamp-MacBook8.1 MyName$ cd BootCamp-031-24514/

    MyName-rMBP:BootCamp-031-24514 MyName$ ls -lt

    total 3188544

    -rw-r--r--  1 MyName  staff  1632530665 Aug 12 00:59 WindowsSupport.dmg

    MyName-rMBP:BootCamp-031-24514 MyName$ pwd

    /Users/MyName/Documents/brigadier-master/Bootcamp-MacBook8.1/BootCamp-031-24514

    MyName-rMBP:BootCamp-031-24514 MyName$ ls

    WindowsSupport.dmg

    MyName-rMBP:BootCamp-031-24514 MyName$ openssl md5 WindowsSupport.dmg

    MD5(WindowsSupport.dmg)= a3d3e4f4a950fe6b47c4cb55f7cd7e02

     

  • by smorg007,

    smorg007 smorg007 Sep 21, 2015 12:21 PM in response to smorg007
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    Sep 21, 2015 12:21 PM in response to smorg007

    Thanks Loner, I gave that a shot. I was able to download the latest bootcamp with the link you provided.  When I tried to install it in windows, it said this machine was not supported and would not run. (not surprising).  I've got a similar OSX/Windows10 setup on my macbook pro and it will startup fine in whatever system I choose... odd.   I dont know if it's an apple problem or a windows problem...

  • by Loner T,

    Loner T Loner T Sep 21, 2015 12:24 PM in response to smorg007
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    Sep 21, 2015 12:24 PM in response to smorg007

    Your MP is 2009, but what is your MackBook Pro?

  • by smorg007,

    smorg007 smorg007 Sep 21, 2015 1:53 PM in response to Loner T
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    Sep 21, 2015 1:53 PM in response to Loner T

    My Macbook Pro is 2013.  The Mac Pro is a 2009 4,1 updated to 5,1.  Im pretty sure the BC on the macbook is v.6.

  • by Loner T,

    Loner T Loner T Sep 21, 2015 2:13 PM in response to smorg007
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    Sep 21, 2015 2:13 PM in response to smorg007

    You MP 2009 is not supported for Windows 10. There are no drivers that will support W10. You should stay with the MP on highest supported Windows version. Please see Use Windows 8.1 on your Mac with Boot Camp - Apple Support .