To do this, head to the Startup Disk preference setting in Settings.Įvery time the Mac starts, you can also toggle between OS X and Windows by holding down the Option (Alt) key immediately upon startup. Once you have Windows installed, you can set the default OS that will start each time you boot your Mac. Set the Default Startup OS or Toggle Between OS X and Windows
The Mac will need to restart to complete the process and will automatically boot into Windows 10 when it's done. If you install Paragon, Mac OS X can read/write to NTFS, as well.
In Disk Management, you’ll see your external hard drive as partition or unallocated space. Open the Disk Management tool by right-clicking This PC -> Manage -> Disk Management. Connect your external hard drive to your Windows 10 PC. Follow the prompts to finish installing Windows. For simple file transfers, just use a USB flash drive, formatted as FAT32. Format external hard drive with Windows built-in tool.
