However, for me, a big benefit of creating a dual-boot system is that I can have two different Mac OS X systems, with two different versions of Final Cut Pro X, installed. NOTE: While dual-boot systems allow you to choose which operating system you will run, you can’t switch between operating systems without restarting your computer. The most common reason to do this is to have both Mac OS X and Windows available on the same system. While accurate for earlier operating systems, here’s a more recent version that also includes a note on APFS.ĭual-boot systems are a way of configuring the boot drive so that you have the option to start-up your computer (“boot”) into different operating systems.

GRUB menu will have options for Fedora and OS X the OS X entries are known to be non-functional.NOTE: This article was first published in 2013.

Making a choice here should result in the system booting the chosen operating system.

Rebooting while holding the Option key, there should be Mac and Fedora options in the boot manager.

Fedora installer should boot normally, and complete installation without errors.

Click Reclaim space button to accept changes and return to the main menu.

Locate and select the hfs+ 'Untitled' volume created earlier in macOS Disk Utility, click the Delete button (not Delete all).

Click Done, when the Installation Options appears, choose Reclaim Space.

Select 'Automatic configure partitioning'.

Advance to Destination Installation spoke.

Reboot holding down the ⌥ Opt (or right Alt) key, and choose the 'Fedora Media' option in the boot manager.

Download development versions from github, and official versions from.

Use Fedora Media Writer for macOS to create Fedora installation media.Leave the Name 'Untitled' and Format 'Mac OS Extended' unchanged.

Use the interface to establish the desired size for the new partition.

Based on version of macOS, you may need to confirm that you want to add partition, not volume.

Click on the + button to add a partition.

Click on the Partition button in the toolbar.

Based on version of macOS, you may need to click on 'view' and then select 'show all devices'.

Click on the drive icon, rather than the Mac volume this makes the Partition button in the toolbar active.

Use Disk Utility to re-partition the drive.

Start Disk Utility (/Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility).

This excludes Macs already using 'Boot Camp' to support dual-booting with Windows.

Start with an 'out of the box' Mac with a single volume.Only Intel x86_64 Macs are capable of running Fedora at this time. Fedora does not support the Apple Silicon M-based Mac computers.

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