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Sleep and Hibernate Disabled (Greyed Out) in Boot Camp 4.0 on 2012 MBA
Just installed Windows 7 and Boot Camp 4.0 on a brand new 2012 MacBook Air and I'm having display issues where the screen will go dark (but still backlit) and won't turn back on. You can hear the ...
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Boot camp on new MacBook Air keyboard lights keep flashing
I have a 2012 MacBook Air. I have Windows 7 installed via Boot Camp. The issue I'm having is, the keyboard backlight level keeps going from low to full bright randomly.
On boot, the backlights are at ...
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How to install Windows XP on mid-2012 MacBook Air Mountain Lion?
I have to install Windows XP on my mid-2012 Mountain Lion MacBook Air (base config: 4GB RAM, 128GB SDD, 1.8 GHz) but the BootCamp doesn't support anything except 7.
I can't afford to set aside sth ...
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How fast does a BootCamp installation wake up from sleep?
Currently I can't test this myself so maybe somebody could tell me based on their experiences.
If you have installed BootCamp on your MacBook, how fast is it ready for usage when you open the lid? Is ...
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Bootcamp touchpad drivers fail to install on Windows 8 RTM
I've just upgraded my bootcamp partition from Windows 7 to Windows 8 RTM on a MacBook Air (2011 Core i7) and have been utterly and entirely unable to get the touchpad to work.
Things I've tried:
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Upgrade OS X with Windows already installed using Boot Camp - will it break anything?
I've got a late 2010 MacBook Air that came with OS X 10.6.6 installed; I have never upgraded it to 10.6.8 Snow Leopard or to 10.7 Lion.
I dual boot with Windows 7 installed using boot camp. I use ...
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Is it possible to disable MacBook trackpad under Windows 7?
Is it possible to disable trackpad when running Windows 7 on Macbook Air/Pro? Anyone with this setup can confirm that it's possible?
(I don't use this setup yet, I'm just thinking about it, and want ...
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MacBook Air with small SSD, BootCamp, Windows 7. Can I use an external hard disk for dual boot?
I'd like to setup a dual boot onto my MacBookAir 128GB, with Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate in BootCamp. However, I'm already close to the 128GB limit (games + CS suite + Eclipse + XCode + a lot of Web ...
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Finder says I have 20GB free. Why does Bootcamp say I don't have 10GB free?
I'm trying to partition my Macbook Air's SSD for dual-boot with Boot Camp (which I've done several times before)... however, it's not seeing 10GB free, yet I have 20.56GB free as per Finder, and Disk ...
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Boot Camp on Late 2010 Macbook Air using USB flash drive?
I want to dual-boot via boot camp to install XP on an external USB flash drive on my Late 2010 Macbook Air. Has anyone done this successfully?
Virtualization is not an option, installing XP on ...
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Can a MacBook Air use another computer's optical drive when running Windows on Boot Camp?
I installed boot camp on a MacBook Air by following these directions. In step 2 under "Step 4: Install the Windows Support Software", I did exactly as the guide said, and launched WindowsSupport/Boot ...
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I have 21.5GB free. Why won't my MacBook Air 2010 let me use Boot Camp?
I'm trying to install Windows 7 on my MBA, 2010.
I open up Boot Camp and attempt to use it, but after the first screen it comes up with an error saying it can't install unless theirs 10GB of free ...
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Can I install Windows 7 on a MacBook Air without a SuperDrive?
Is it possible to install Windows 7 as a second OS on a Macbook Air with no access to a superdrive? And if it is, how?
