Shortcuts for BootCamp

[alevasseur14]

I'm running 10.6 as well as Windows 7 on my 13" MBP. Instead of restarting and holding the option key, I've gotten into the habit of going into System Preferences, then Startup Disk and selecting Windows. That way I can go do something else while the computer is booting up without having to watch for the key. Well, there's that reason and the fact that when I have this thing in the dock, I can't figure out which key the Option key is mapped to on a Windows keyboard...

TLDR: Is there a way to make a shortcut I can put on the desktop to restart in Windows? I know about Automater but I've never used it and have ZERO coding experience. AT, what's the best way to do this? 😕

 

[ChAoTiCpInOy]

I think there's an application you can download that runs in the menu bar that you can use to select which startup disk to use.

 

[Patranus]

Just create a terminal script with

sudo systemsetup -setstartupdisk <disk mount point>/System/Library/CoreServices

You can probably do it in automator to just write a shell script.

(Off the top of my head but should be something like that)

 

[alevasseur14]

Thanks for the tips guys! I was able to get exactly what I needed through Automator. It took a few tries but everything works great now!

Thanks again!

 

[Seeruk]

Or install rEFIt - gives you boot choice on boot along with a load of options as to whether you want a countdown till it boots into a default or not, and other good stuff

Really works great!