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EDITOR NOTES
See What's New for information regarding compatibility on unibody MacBooks.
DESCRIPTION

BootChamp is a small utility for quickly booting into Windows.

How is this different than selecting your Windows volume from within Startup Disk in System Preferences?

Well, using Startup Disk actually changes your startup disk permanently so that each time you restart, it boots into whatever you have selected. What this program is doing is the same thing that happens when you hold down Option at startup and select Windows. However, the app only requires a single click and your admin password, and then it restarts your computer into Windows without further input from you. It will not actually change your startup disk.

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WHAT'S NEW
Version 1.1:
  • Requires 10.6 or greater. Built as a 32/64-bit binary.
  • Important: BootChamp's ability to temporarily set the startup disk does not work with the unibody family of MacBooks, which includes the Air and Pro (and possibly newer Mac Pros). As far as I'm aware, this is an Apple bug. Previous versions of BootChamp would restart but would not boot into Windows. This new version adds a workaround preference "Next restart only" which is enabled by default. In order for the app to work on these newer computers, you must disable this preference. Unfortunatey, this workaround will set the start disk for all future restarts, so you must change it back when restarting back into Mac OS X.
  • Added a preference "Launch at startup" enabled by default.
  • If BootChamp finds more than one potentially bootable drive, it will list them in the menu to choose from. When a bootable drive is mounted or unmounted, BootChamp will update appropriately.
  • Grand Central Dispatch is used when scanning drives to improve responsiveness of the application.
  • Added Italian localization
  • Added support for Paragon NTFS drivers
REQUIREMENTS
Mac OS X 10.6 or later.

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Developer:Kevin Wojniak
Downloads:9,224
  - Version d/l:1,626
Utilities:System
License:Free
Date:10 Jan 2010
Platform:Intel
RATING
*****

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Jan 30 2010

GOLDYN CHYLD  When I click "Restart into Windows" it will always ask me for my password. How to disable that? I really don't feel like entering my password every time - I would just like to click the "Restart into Windows" and that's it!  
(Version 1.1)

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Jan 29 2010

HOONU  Great little app. The only issue I have is that it say "Updating" when I try to use it. If I restart it, it works fine. This appeared after the latest build. I have 1 external FAT32 HDD if that helps. Thanks again.  
(Version 1.1)

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Jan 17 2010

GOLDYN CHYLD  Will this work well with Windows 7 on my early-2008 MBP with Snow Leopard 10.6.2?  
(Version 1.1)

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Jan 11 2010

SPIKE-JAMES  It works but sometimes it freezes my Macbook Pro and OSX10.6.2  
(Version 1.1)

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Jan 11 2010
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DREMWKR  Wow!, Apple should have done this with Bootcamp.

This works, and its free!  
(Version 1.1)

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Jan 10 2010

BUSHWHACK  For anyone who this doesn't work for, (I have a unibody MacBookPro) the following code saved as an application in Applescript and opened using Quicksilver or Launchbar will work to boot your system into Windows on the next boot only as well.

Very nice code to use considering I have the firmware password set for security purposes and you have to hold the option key down during boot.

do shell script "bless -mount /Volumes/WINDOWS/ -legacy -setBoot -nextonly" with administrator privileges

do shell script "shutdown -r now" with administrator privileges

I got that from:http://www.macinstruct.com/node/129

But I don't know if maybe the developer could integrate that into their program to make it work system wide.   
(Version 1.1)

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Jan 10 2010

KWOJNIAK  Yes, that is what the application is doing essentially (more directly though). Does the app not work for you, but that script does? If so, sometime is wrong since I am doing the same exact thing. Also, what generation MBP do you have? I've gotten reports that some work, others don't, and all I can guess is the bug (in the firmware?) has been fixed with the latest Macs. Let me know, thanks.  
(Version 1.1)

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Jan 10 2010

BUSHWHACK  I can test this and let you know if this works on the latest generation of Unibody MacBook Pros from mid-2009. This script works for me but I haven't tested the application yet. Just was letting people know that if this didn't work that there was an alternative. But I shall try yours and report back as well!  
(Version 1.1)

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Jan 10 2010

KWOJNIAK  Thanks, that would be good. If my app doesn't work, there's a 99% chance the script won't work either as it's doing the same thing.  
(Version 1.1)

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Dec 31 2009

COOLEX  I find this app very usefull, i dont mind the password thin.

Its not that i want to boot in to windows more than once a day, if that!

But i found one app i had to uninstall to make it work, Paragon NTFS for Mac, it does not recognize the volume after i installed it.

But when i uninstalled it, it worked great.

Thanx for this free and great app.  
(Version 1.0.2)

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Aug 6 2009

THE DID  It doesn't work with the MacPro Late 2009 Too...  
(Version 1.0.2)

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Mar 29 2009

MACSOLU  The developer has acknowledged that this app currently does NOT work with the new UniBody MacBooks & MacBook Pros. Hopefully a fix will arrive soon...  
(Version 1.0.2)

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Dec 25 2008
*****

MACHSPEED5  great little app! many thanks for providing a quick and automated boot into windows!  
(Version 1.0.2)

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