Loading Macintosh and Windows (Bootcamp)

I've got Bootcamp installed on my iMac and when I boot up my iMac I have to wait for the system to load up and switch to Windows (Bootcamp). I know there is way when booting up the iMac and holding down a few Keys on the keyboard you can choose which system you want to use, but some reason my Apple wireless keyboard doesn't let me do that method all the time (almost never).
So my question is, can you set up your boot up to let you choose which system (Macintosh or Windows) you would like use? Without holding down Keys on the keyboard.

Yes and no. In either OS, OS X or Windows, you can select the startup disk. That is in System Preferences, Strtup Disk, in OS X and in Control Panel, Boot Camp applet on Windows.
As far as a Full Time Boot Loader system like what is available on Windows PC where a screen comes up for a period of time that give you the option to select which Operating System to boot to before it goes to the Default OS I don't know of any for the Mac as the Mac EFI is LOCKED (Caps because it really is locked up by Apple) so no changes can be made to it. There was one a few years ago, Boot Picker, but has since been removed.
You only other option is to connect a USB keyboard to the system and use that for the Option/Alt key boot menu screen. Which is the Defacto Apple Mac boot loader.
Heavingham wrote:
So my question is, can you set up your boot up to let you choose which system (Macintosh or Windows) you would like use? Without holding down Keys on the keyboard.

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