Re-enable SIP after you finish installing rEFInd. System Integrity Protection (SIP) protects your computer from malicious software. After your computer restarted, click on the Utilities menu and select Terminal.This will start your computer in Recovery mode. While your computer is restarting hold down Command-R (⌘R).If it returns System Integrity Protection status: enabled., follow these steps to disable SIP before installing rEFInd: SIP must be disabled in order to install rEFInd.Ĭheck if System Integrity Protection is enabled: csrutil status Mac OS 10.11 (El Capitan) and later have SIP turned on by default. System Integrity Protection (SIP) prevents certain folders from being modified even by the root user or by a user with root privileges. Install rEFInd with the manual installerĭownload the latest version of rEFInd from SourceForge.Install rEFInd with the automatic installer.These instructions will show you how to use the automatic rEFInd installer or to manually install rEFInd on a computer running macOS. rEFInd automatically detects EFI bootloaders and shows a graphical interface allowing the user to select which operating system they want to start. REFInd is a boot manager which allows you to boot multiple operating systems from internal or external hard drives.
