rEFIt is a boot menu and maintenance toolkit forEFI-basedmachines like theIntel Macs.You can use it to boot multiple operating systems easily,including triple-boot setups with Boot Camp.It also provides an easy way to enter and explorethe EFI pre-boot environment.
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News
This release adds a configuration option for the default boot choice, fixes the Linux/GRUB detection issue, and fixes Snow Leopard 64-bit issues. The current release is 0.14. It is available in various forms. Both disk image distributions include the Installer package and can be burned as a bootable CD as well.
2013-03-29: As you may have noticed, rEFIt is no longer activelymaintained. Please check outrEFInd,a fork that is maintaned and under active development.
2010-03-12: The site has a newtroubleshooting section.Some common problems are also listed below.
2010-03-07: Version 0.14 was released. This release adds a configurationoption for the default boot choice, fixes the Linux/GRUB detection issue, andfixes Snow Leopard 64-bit issues.
Download
The current release is 0.14.It is available in various forms.Both disk image distributions include the Installer package andcan be burned as a bootable CD as well.All three binary distributions can be used to install rEFIton a USB memory stick or other disk drives.
Dual Boot Mac Linux Mint
- rEFIt 0.14 (6.5M Mac disk image)
- rEFIt 0.14 (6.5M ISO disk image)
- rEFIt 0.14 (3.2M .tar.gz)
- rEFIt 0.14 source code (253K .tar.gz)
You can browse the source code online through theViewVC interfaceto the Subversion repository at SourceForge.
Troubleshooting
Dual Boot Mac Linux 2019
See the troubleshooting section for a full list.Here are a few common problems:
- I just installed rEFIt, but the menu doesn’t show up.
- It takes two reboots after using the package installer.More...
- I can’t boot Windows/Linux from a USB hard disk.
- This is not well-supported by Apple’s firmware.More...
- I can’t boot Windows/Linux from the second internal hard disk.
- This is not explicitly supported by rEFIt at this time.More...
Resources
This project is hosted by SourceForge.You can use the trackers to submitbug reports,feature requests,and patches.The latest development source code is available from theSubversion repository.Other resources are listed on theproject summary page.
To discuss rEFIt with other people, check out theOnMac Forumsor theDual Boot forum at InsanelyMac.