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DESCRIPTION
rEFIt is a boot menu and maintenance toolkit for EFI-based machines like the Intel Macs. It gives you easy access to the EFI environment and serves as a hook for pre-boot applications. Beyond that, the project aims to become a common platform for extensions to the built-in boot capabilities, like legacy BIOS booting on Apple's legacy-free Intel computers.
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WHAT'S NEW
Version 0.13:
  • Support for the early-2009 Mac Pro models.
  • Detection support for NetBSD.
  • Fixes for running from a case-sensitive file system.
REQUIREMENTS
Intel-based Mac.

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Developer:Christoph Pfisterer
Downloads:11,824
  - Version d/l:1,895
Utilities:System
License:Free
Date:23 Mar 2009
Platform:Intel
RATING
*****
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rEFIt User Reviews (4 posts)Write A Review
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Aug 4 2007
*****

ISTUNTMAN  Very nice and easy to use boot manager. Must have if using Boot Camp. This app makes rebooting pleasant.  
(Version 0.10)

praisebury
+3
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Oct 21 2008
*****

MICHAEL KWASNICKI  This ist not a normal boot manager. With this tool you can also boot Linux or other OSes from external harddrives which is not supported by BootCamp. This enables the ability to not only use the internal Harddrive where you have to create partitions that limit your internal disk space. You can use dedicated external harddrives for the OSes. And that is awesome.

(just bad that Windows does not allow to be installed on an external Harddrive even it recognizes it)  
(Version 0.12)

praisebury
+2
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Oct 21 2009
*****

BEANG  hardcore users / developers NEED this. can't live without it.  
(Version 0.13)

praisebury
0
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Mar 24 2009
****.

CHRONICFATHEAD  This is an excellent boot manager. I used to miss pressing the alt key when my MBP started up, and would have to reboot again. Now I have rEFIt I don't have any problems.

It's big, clear and reasonably stable. I say reasonably, as every now and again when I boot up I don't get the choice. I haven't worked out what I've done before it happens, as it happens so infrequently.

Well worth the download!

So good, when I've had to set up dual booting for customers Mac's, I always install it.  
(Version 0.13)

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