To address the second hurdle (the difficulty of using the internal hard drive), we’re just going to run around it instead! Rather than install Linux internally, we’ll put it on the external hard drive alongside Windows.įor this third and final installment in the series, I’ll guide you through all the steps and workarounds necessary to get Linux up and running effectively. You might recall that way back at the beginning of this project, we actually disabled some of the T2’s security features. It can be challenging to get Linux to work on a modern Mac, especially if you want it to run off of the internal hard drive, but it’s not impossible.

Lots of folks on forums and Reddit were saying that the security protections implemented by Apple’s custom co-processor made it impossible to run Linux or pretty much any operating system other than macOS or Windows. There was a lot of false information going around the internet when Apple first released the 2018 Mac mini and other computers with its T2 security chip.

To take things up a level of geekiness while also opening up a whole additional realm of software possibilities, the next part of this tutorial will add a third operating system to the setup: Linux. Your computer should be able to run macOS off of its internal hard drive and Windows off of the external hard drive. If you followed the first 11 steps of this tutorial, you should have a working dual-boot system.

How to Install Windows and Linux on a Mac: Adding Linux to the Mix.

How to Install Windows and Linux on a Mac: Installing Windows 10 Externally.

How to Install Windows and Linux on a Mac: Materials.

This post is the final installment of a multi-part series:

How to install linux on a mac