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How to start up in macOS from Windows

  1. From the notification area on the right side of the Windows taskbar, click to show hidden icons.
  2. Click the Boot Camp icon .
  3. From the menu shown, choose Restart in macOS.
    If you haven't installed the latest Boot Camp updates, you might get the message ”Could not locate the OS X boot volume.'
  1. The main problem here is that while apps sold on the Mac App Store have to be sandboxed, other Mac apps don't. However, even without sandboxing, there are features built into macOS that should.
  2. Thankfully, I had a second Mac that allowed me to create a bootable drive of macOS Catalina, and I went through the entire process again. Well, the wisdom here is that if you depend on third-party drivers for normal functioning of your Mac. Don’t go for the beta version of the operating system that is not released yet.

Explore the world of Mac. Check out MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, iMac, Mac mini, and more. Visit the Apple site to learn, buy, and get support.

Or use Startup Manager as your Mac starts up:

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  1. Restart your Mac from the Start menu in Windows.
  2. Press and hold the Option (or Alt) ⌥ key as your Mac begins to restart.
  3. Select your Mac startup volume (Macintosh HD) in the Startup Manager window, then press Return or click the up arrow:

How to start up in Windows from macOS

  • Use Startup Manager to choose your Windows (Boot Camp) volume during startup.
  • Or select your Boot Camp volume in Startup Disk preferences, then restart.

Learn more

  • If you're having difficulty using VoiceOver or another screen reader to complete these steps, please contact Apple Support.
  • Learn how to install Windows 10 on your Mac.

What is Bing?

If your browser suddenly started opening bing.com webpage instead of your preferred search engine, then your Mac is infected with a browser hijacker. Browser hijacker is a type of malware that often penetrates victims’ devices together with free programs and then integrates into the browser. Once installed, it forcibly modifies browser and system configurations to make users visit certain websites. Besides that, it is responsible for the appearance of numerous pop-up ads and unwanted redirects. If you want to remove Bing Search from Mac, then you can easily do that by following this guide. By the way, it is worth noting that manual removal may cause difficulties for inexperienced users since it intends to leave some files behind so that it can be re-launched anytime. That’s why it would be better to use an automated removal tool that will do it much faster.

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How to remove Bing Search?

To make sure that the hijacker won’t appear again, you need to delete Bing Search redirect completely. For this, you need to remove the application then check the drives for such leftovers as Bing files and registry entries.

Norton is a powerful tool that is able to keep your Mac clean. It would automatically search out and delete all elements related to Bing. It is not only the easiest way to eliminate Bing but also the safest and most assuring one.

Steps of Bing Search redirect manual removal

Uninstall Bing Search from the system

As it was stated before, more likely that the hijacker appeared on your system brought by other software. So, to get rid of Bing you need to call to memory what you have installed recently.

Remove Bing Search from Applications

  1. Open a Finder window
  2. Click Applications line on the sidebar
  3. Select the application related to Bing right-click it and choose Move to Trash

Remove Bing Search from Profiles

  1. Launch System Preferences
  2. Select Profiles at the bottom of window.
  3. Choose AdminPrefs profile, click “-“ icon and enter password.

Remove Bing Search using Terminal

  1. Open Terminal
  2. Copy/paste:
    defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles YES
  3. Press Return
  4. Hold the Option/alt key, then right click on the Finder icon in the dock and click Relaunch
  5. Navigate to: /Users/yourmacname/Library/Application Support/
  6. Delete Folder: Agent
  7. Go back to Terminal and copy/paste:
    defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles NO
  8. Press Return
  9. Hold the Option/alt key, then right click on the Finder icon in the dock and click Relaunch

Remove Bing Search from browsers

Since most of the hijacker threats use a disguise of a browser add-on, you will need to check the list of extensions/add-ons in your browser.

How to remove Bing from Safari

  1. Start Safari
  2. Click on Safari menu button, then go to the Extensions
  3. Delete Bing or other extensions that look suspicious and you don’t remember installing them

How to remove Bing from Google Chrome

  1. Start Google Chrome
  2. Click on Tools, then go to the Extensions
  3. Delete Bing or other extensions that look suspicious and you don’t remember installing them

How to remove Bing from Mozilla Firefox

  1. Start Mozilla Firefox
  2. Click on the right-upper corner button
  3. Click Add-ons, then go to Extensions
  4. Delete Bing or other extensions that look suspicious and you don’t remember installing them

You may use our video guide on how to remove Bing redirect from your Mac:

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If the above-mentioned methods didn’t help in eliminating the threat, then it’s better to rely on an automatic way of deleting Bing.
We also recommend to download and use Norton to scan the system after Bing removal to make sure that it is completely gone. The antimalware application will detect any vicious components left among system files and registry entries that can recover Bing.