Forget about installing Linux or earlier versions of Windows on the new MacBook Air and Mac mini

As with the rest of Apple computers that add the new T2 chip inside, the possibility of install a version of Linux or a version later than Windows 10 using BootCamp in them it becomes an impossible task.

Many will think that installing Windows on a Mac is "a sin" but it was a possibility that was opened at the time that Apple computers began to use Intel processors. Right now with the incorporation of T2 chips and its Secure Boot, you cannot install anything that is not certified and signed by Apple.

To install Windows you have to disable system security

Esto es algo de lo que ya hemos hablado anteriormente en soy de Mac, pero repetimos que la única forma de instalar Windows en estos nuevos Mac con el T2 es con una versión de Windows 10, y desactivando la seguridad del sistema para que el disco pueda leer los certificados de Microsoft Windows que tiene asignados en su interior. En este caso servirá para que Windows pueda arrancar, pero In the case of wanting to use Linux, things are not looking good at all and you cannot directly.

The security of the T2 chip is interesting for users but it makes reading the disk a totally impossible task for other systems, which paves the way for not allowing other systems to be installed on our MacBook Air or Mac mini. This also happens in the not so new iMac Pro launched by Apple, which also mount this T2 chip inside.


A comment, leave yours

Leave a Comment

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked with *

*

*

  1. Responsible for the data: Miguel Ángel Gatón
  2. Purpose of the data: Control SPAM, comment management.
  3. Legitimation: Your consent
  4. Communication of the data: The data will not be communicated to third parties except by legal obligation.
  5. Data storage: Database hosted by Occentus Networks (EU)
  6. Rights: At any time you can limit, recover and delete your information.

  1.   Madrid Web Design said

    I have actually installed Centos 7 on the new MacBook Pro and it goes a long way with how fast it is. I have installed n softwares to program and we are going better impossible, the truth is worth it and I prefer to have Centos 7 or Debian 9 on a mac before OS, well I bought it specifically to program pages and web applications see in https://desarrollowebmadrid.com/