Starting in 2018 the Macbook Pro includes a secure boot chip that prevents your Macbook from booting windows, linux, BSD, gentoo, Fedora, Atlas Supervisor, other Mac O/S/s on a usb, etc. You CAN boot a 2018 to 2021 Macbook Pro from USB! But it does take a few steps to get there. Step One Boot…
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You can select the startup disk for your Macbook! For 2018 to 2020 Macs with the Secure Boot T2 Chip, see the 2020 Macbook Pro Boot from USB instructions. A “startup disk” is a volume or partition of a drive that contains a bootable operating system. You can set your Mac to automatically use a…
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Startup key combinations for Apple Mac and Macbooks when trying to boot from a USB operating system. Press and hold the keys immediately after you turn on your Mac and hear the startup sound. Keep holding until the described behavior occurs. These combinations work with Intel-based Mac computers. Hold during startup Description Shift…
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Acer laptops including the Aspire and Travelmate series can work very well with USB operating systems but often require a quick change to the BIOS to allow them to boot from USB. To use your USB with newer models of the Acer Aspire laptops (usually running Windows 7 or 8) you will need to make…
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The Samsung laptops running Windows may have secure boot or UEFI boot enabled which prevents the system from running anything but Windows. This is an easy change to make and will not affect normal operation or Windows. Turn off the computer, unplug the USB boot drive turn on the computer, press F2 right after turning…
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The ASUS laptops including the K series, Zenbook and Zenbook Prime are great computers to use with a usb operating systems once you enable the ability to boot from USB. This procedure will apply for most Asus laptops from 2010 to current. 1) Turn off your computer, unplug the usb boot drive. 2)…
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