AppleScripts to set startup disk between Windows and Mac OS X

If you're living in a Boot Camp world and have a need for changing your startup disk from time to time, enterprising TUAW reader David B. has written a couple of AppleScript apps with your name on them. Boot (Camp) Sargent beta 0.1 is actually two scripts: the first to set your startup disk to Windows (*shudder*), while the other resets to Mac OS X. In this fast-paced, multiple OS world we live in, little apps that save a few clicks can make all the difference.

Boot (Camp) Sargent is available at the first Google Pages site that I've ever seen used to promote or offer anything like this. Extra points for the tag line, "because holding down the Option key during startup is too hard", since I've actually heard people say that on the job in the past.

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Gudehus

Where do I switch back to OS X????????
An AppleScript under Windows??
Hmmmmm
Nice Try

June 19 2006 at 5:26 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

clifyt

There have been a few times when no amount of holding Option brought up the startup menu. I don't know what was wrong, but I was glad when I looked in the Windows Control Panels and saw the same exact startup manager that was on the Mac side.

So I'm glad someone has a script to do this quick and dirty without having to go through either of the systems to do this...

June 19 2006 at 2:33 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Matt

Wow, personally I don't find it such a big deal to simply either reboot and hold "option," or to just go into system preferences and change the boot partition... he took the time to create a script for something we can already do very easily?? Weird.

June 19 2006 at 1:58 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

sergeant?

June 19 2006 at 12:25 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply