Bootcamp Changes in switching

This link - when are boot camp drivers going to be up… - Apple Community - replaces AppleControlPanel.exe with a newer version by extracting it from the BC drivers package meant for newer Macs.

This link - Mojave Doubt - Bootcamp - Restart in Maco… - Apple Community - produces a 'bridge' partition, which allows the switching.

What should have been done (by Apple), is that the Macs which support Mojave ( https://support.apple.com/kb/SP777?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US ) should also have been provided, via Apple Software Update (included in Windows), a new copy of AppleControlPanel.exe, if Bootcamp was also installed on the same Mac. This detection is also possible when Bootcamp tries to switch the first time to a macOS version which uses APFS.

FB6334267 has been created for Apple.

solomani wrote:

What’s that? Service request?

That is the 'new'-fangled Apple way of reporting bugs, called Feedback Assistant.

solomani wrote:

I was surprised today after upgrading to Mojave that I couldn't use the boot-camp assistant under windows to boot back to MacOS, then I found this:

http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/158645/recover-certain-files-from-time-machine-from-previous-mac

Your link is referring to Time Machine backups and restore and is unrelated to OS-switching. The method is documented in Switch between Windows and macOS with Boot Camp - Apple Support.

Anyone know if this is permanent? Will the rebooting directly from Windows to MacOS return?

On 2017 and newer Macs, AppleControlPanel.exe understands APFS in Mojave and how to switch. You have two work-arounds as shown in the following links.

• when are boot camp drivers going to be up… - Apple Community
• Mojave Doubt - Bootcamp - Restart in Maco… - Apple Community

Also, see Start up your Mac in Windows or macOS using Boot Camp - Apple Support as an additional reference.