Updated on March 13, 2019
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1. Open a new tab on Google Chrome
2. Go here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10ISO
3. Right-click on the page and select Inspect.
4. On the right column, choose iPad Pro from the Emulation or user-agent dropdown list. This basically tricks the webserver into thinking that the computer accessing it is a different computer and browser other than Chrome, resulting in the webserver displays the target webpaged based on the emulation that you want.
5. The full-page mini webpage shown is a live webpage that can be acted upon like a regular webpage so click on it when and where applicable.
6. Refresh the page if the browser doesn’t reload automatically. Remember, it is a live webpage.
7. Using the drop-down menu, select the Windows 10 April 2018 Update option
8. The rest of the steps is self-explanatory.
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Dual Boot on Mac
Having a computer with a dual boot is commonly found on Windows PCs and perhaps Linux boxes. Dual boot simply means there are 2 operating systems installed on the same physical computer. Both OSes are on the same harddrive or each OS is on its own drive. During my days of supporting Windows 98, 2000, and XP when computer viruses were a common occurrence that could cause the OS unusable, having a clean second OS can be a life saver because I can boot into that OS and use it to fix the compromised OS. With Windows 10 and its strong security, the need for such an exotic configuration is no longer needed. However, I still recommend a dual boot system if you share your only computer with your kids. Kids have a natural knack for messing up the computer because of their inquisitive nature. They would download and install anything they see on the Internet.
As said, I have done a lot of dual boot systems on Windows machines, but never on a Mac computer, so I decided to give it the old dual boot configuration a try. Again, if your Mac computer must be shared with your kids, I highly recommend that you create a dual boot system for your Mac. Ordinarily, I recommend that they get their own computer, preferably a Chromebook and call it the day. It would take an amazingly clever kid to break a Chromebook -- software wise.
Creating a dual boot system on a Mac is actually very easy. First you need to install the first OS which presumably is already done. Then you would use Disk Utility to split the partition into two with each partition getting the desired free space size. Then you would boot the Mac OS installer from a USB and tell the installer to install the OS into the newly created and blank partition. By default, the Mac will boot into the new OS on the second partition. However, if you want to boot from the first OS, simply hold down the Option key during start up and you are presented with the two partitions. You would use your mouse to pick which partition you want to boot from. If you do not tell the computer which partition to boot from, the next boot up will be booted from the newer second partition. If you want to always boot from the first partition, then from within any OS, go to the System Preference Start Up Disk pane and choose the first partition as the default partition. If you want to move files between the two partitions, use the Shared user account on both the partitions as the depository.
If you want to encrypt the first partition because it has confidential data but not the second partition, then you can boot into the first partition and start the filevault procedure there. Encrypting the first partition also prevents accidental removal or replacement of critical system files on the first partition while the second partition is being used. When the first partition is encrypted, its drive icon is not visible under the OS of the second partition. Therefore, the users of the OS on the second partition cannot even make any changes to the files stored in the first partition by accident. However, you can mount the first partition in Disk Utility after having provided the unlock password of a particular user account on the first partition. Moreover, if the user on the second partition has administrative privileges, he can still do damage to the first partition such as erasing the entire first partition. One more reason to let the person (i.e. your kids or elderly parents) use the OS in the second partition as a limited user.
Let's say something goes wrong with the user accounts including the admin on the first partition. How can you use the system on the second partition to unlock and recover data from the first partition? You cannot unfortunately. However, if you know the long 24-character FileVault decryption key used to encrypt the first partition, you can boot a third system from a USB stick or put the computer in Target Disk mode and use either the password for a user account from the first partition or the FileVault encryption key. If you plan to use FileVault, it is imperative to keep a copy of this long key outside the computer and a copy of the most recent Mac OS installed on an external drive. No matter what the disaster recovery strategy is, nothing beats a real data backup plan. Data should be recovered from this data backup source and not from the primary sources because if the disaster is the harddrive has gone bad, there is nothing to recover from.
As said, I have done a lot of dual boot systems on Windows machines, but never on a Mac computer, so I decided to give it the old dual boot configuration a try. Again, if your Mac computer must be shared with your kids, I highly recommend that you create a dual boot system for your Mac. Ordinarily, I recommend that they get their own computer, preferably a Chromebook and call it the day. It would take an amazingly clever kid to break a Chromebook -- software wise.
Creating a dual boot system on a Mac is actually very easy. First you need to install the first OS which presumably is already done. Then you would use Disk Utility to split the partition into two with each partition getting the desired free space size. Then you would boot the Mac OS installer from a USB and tell the installer to install the OS into the newly created and blank partition. By default, the Mac will boot into the new OS on the second partition. However, if you want to boot from the first OS, simply hold down the Option key during start up and you are presented with the two partitions. You would use your mouse to pick which partition you want to boot from. If you do not tell the computer which partition to boot from, the next boot up will be booted from the newer second partition. If you want to always boot from the first partition, then from within any OS, go to the System Preference Start Up Disk pane and choose the first partition as the default partition. If you want to move files between the two partitions, use the Shared user account on both the partitions as the depository.
If you want to encrypt the first partition because it has confidential data but not the second partition, then you can boot into the first partition and start the filevault procedure there. Encrypting the first partition also prevents accidental removal or replacement of critical system files on the first partition while the second partition is being used. When the first partition is encrypted, its drive icon is not visible under the OS of the second partition. Therefore, the users of the OS on the second partition cannot even make any changes to the files stored in the first partition by accident. However, you can mount the first partition in Disk Utility after having provided the unlock password of a particular user account on the first partition. Moreover, if the user on the second partition has administrative privileges, he can still do damage to the first partition such as erasing the entire first partition. One more reason to let the person (i.e. your kids or elderly parents) use the OS in the second partition as a limited user.
Let's say something goes wrong with the user accounts including the admin on the first partition. How can you use the system on the second partition to unlock and recover data from the first partition? You cannot unfortunately. However, if you know the long 24-character FileVault decryption key used to encrypt the first partition, you can boot a third system from a USB stick or put the computer in Target Disk mode and use either the password for a user account from the first partition or the FileVault encryption key. If you plan to use FileVault, it is imperative to keep a copy of this long key outside the computer and a copy of the most recent Mac OS installed on an external drive. No matter what the disaster recovery strategy is, nothing beats a real data backup plan. Data should be recovered from this data backup source and not from the primary sources because if the disaster is the harddrive has gone bad, there is nothing to recover from.
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