Big Sur Bootcamp Boot Disk Options

[neal_o'shaquille]

Ok so I'm having some trouble finding the answer to these questions due to changes made to macOS in Catalina and Big Sur.

Basically, my goal here is two different (but similar) things:

1. I would like to boot into macOS when already logged into macOS, and, inversely, boot into Windows when already booted into Windows.
   1. basically, I'd like to switch OS's ONLY when I hold down the option key - otherwise, I'd just like to reboot into the OS I'm currently using.
   2. I tried playing around with the settings on both the mac and the windows side in regards to startup disks, but it seems that changing the setting on one side changes it on the other side as well. So setting Windows to boot into Windows will unfortunately also make macOS boot into windows, and vice-versa.
2. This would be less annoying if I didn't have to hold down the damn option key or go into system preferences every time I want to switch OS's. Ideally, I'd like to have an option on the macOS side that allows me to do a single click, one time restart into windows, much like the "Restart in macOS" option in the bootcamp menu on the windows side. This way I could simply click "Restart in Windows" or whatever, walk away from my mac, and have Windows booted up by the time I get back.
   1. I have searched google and found threads that mention solutions like BootChamp, as well as AppleScript / Automator pairings to get this to work. However, due to SIP implementation in recent macOS builds, none of these seem to be supported anymore, and I have not found a script that won't throw errors.

SO, if anyone has any solution to either of these for Big Sur, that would be so so helpful. This may seem like a trivial issue - "Just hold down option and deal with it!" - however I am constantly rebooting my machine and switching between the OS's for different situations so this would be a huge time-saver for me. Solving #1 would make #2 less of an issue, but if #1 cannot be done, #2 would be a good alternative. Of course, solving both would be ideal. I have faith in you guys to make this work!

 

[pommephone]

Someone has to ask: Have you considered a virtual machine like Parallels? I used Boot Camp when I got my first MacBook 7 years ago, but like you, grew weary of rebooting, especially to just perform a quick task in either OS. I use Parallels, and love that can I go back and forth between MacOS and Windows with just a 3-finger swipe and easily copy/paste and move files back and forth between the 2 operating systems.

 

[neal_o'shaquille]

Part of the reason I use Bootcamp is to game using an Nvidia eGPU, so unfortunately using a vm is out of the question :/