Different results when trying to boot by using either a CD/DVD or a USB drive.Depending on the Mac hardware model & year, you may find:.
This guide will make the following assumptions: The same procedure has also been tested on a Mac Book Air (Early 2014) using macOS Catalina (10.15). In our example, we will be installing Kali Linux on a Mac Mini (Mid 2011) using macOS High Sierra (10.13). However, if you wish to keep macOS/OS X, you will want to refer to our dual-boot guide instead. This guide will show you to replace macOS/OS X with Kali Linux. Most of the time, there are a few issues that come up, so there is a bit of trial and error. Installing Kali Linux (Single boot) on Apple Mac hardware (such as MacBook/MacBook Pro/MacBook Airs/iMacs/iMacs Pros/Mac Pro/Mac Minis), can be a straight forward, if the hardware is supported. The model & year of the device will determine how successful your experience will be. This is true for Linux in general, not just Kali Linux. T2/M1 chips) do not run Linux well, or at all.
