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The Compendium

The complete guide to quadruple-booting your Mac

20 chapters · about 75 minutes of reading

Everything we know about getting macOS, Windows, Linux and chromeOS onto one Mac, from choosing a model to the last boot-loader fix. Read it in order the first time; each chapter builds on the one before.

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01Introduction5 min · 4 sections 02Use-Case Scenarios1 min · 4 sections 03List of Mac Models11 min · 5 sections 04Planned Improvements1 min · 10 sections

The install, step by step

05Prepare Mac for Quad-booting3 min · 1 sections 06Install rEFInd4 min · 3 sections 07Install Windows4 min · 4 sections 08Reblessing rEFInd2 min · 1 sections 09Installing Linux11 min · 9 sections 10Optional Step C: If Windows Boots into Grub1 min 11Optional Step D: If Ubuntu won’t Boot Automatically2 min 12Installing chromeOS Flex6 min · 2 sections 13Installing Brunch/chromeOS16 min · 3 sections

Troubleshooting & extras

14Quick Recap of Possible Boot Loader Issues1 min 15Theming rEFInd2 min · 1 sections 16Virtualizing Windows & Linux4 min · 2 sections 17Miscellaneous1 min · 1 sections 18Full Disk Backup & Recovery2 min · 3 sections

Credits

19Major Contributors1 min · 4 sections 20Affiliates1 min · 4 sections