Questions about Boot Camp, a utility included with Mac OS X Leopard, Snow Leopard and Lion (10.5, 10.6, 10.7) operating systems that assists users in installing other operating systems on Intel-based Macintosh computers.
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Can't get past choose partition on Windows 8 boot camp install. Then can't remove incomplete installation
So I got a new shiny sparkling MacBook Pro retina and Windows 8 just downloaded from MSDNAA. Reading success stories on the web that this runs even though Boot camp says Windows 7 makes me want to try ...
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Can a Thunderbolt iMac use Target Display Mode on a Thunderbolt MacBook running Windows?
If I have:
2011 27" iMac (running OS X)
2012 15" MacBook Pro (running Windows 7 via Boot Camp)
and connect the MacBook to the iMac via a Thunderbolt cable, can the iMac use Target Display Mode to ...
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Macbook Pro (Late 2011) Bootcamp and USB boot questions
I have a Macbook Pro with an OWC DataDoubler drive caddy replacing the Superdrive (installed at an Apple premium reseller, when I bought it, so I can still have my warranty).
The main drive slot has ...
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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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Is there an application for Windows7 (in bootcamp) to adjust the level of brightness of screen of iMac?
I want to darken the screen of my iMac because it is too bright for me. I use an application called shades, but it doesn't work in bootcamp.
I found the software for Windows Vista called VistaShades ...
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Suspending VMWare Fusion instance that uses Boot Camp partition?
I run my Windows 7 that's installed on Boot Camp via VMWare Fusion. I like keeping it open so that I don't need to wait 3 minutes until it starts up and so that I don't need to login every time I ...
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Are there any performance limitations when running a VM of a Boot Camp installation?
I'm planning on installing Windows on my Mac, and would like to be able to use both Boot Camp (for when I need to be able to use all of the hardware of the computer) and a virtual machine (for those ...
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Is there a way to hibernate macbook then switch to windows?
I have installed Windows7 by bootcamp on my Macbook, however, every time when I want to switch to Windows, I have to reboot the machine completely. That means I cannot keep my current workspace when ...
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Fan Control in Windows on a Retina Macbook Pro (Boot Camp)
Gaming on the rMBP under Windows 7 is a very good experience but I have noticed that unless I elevate the chassis there is a tendency for the automatically regulated fan speed to fail to engage a ...
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Dual boot MacBook Air 2012 with Windows 7 - now boots directly into Windows
So I attempted to set up dual boot (Boot Camp) on my new MacBook Air (Mountain Lion) with Windows 7 and failed spectacularly in the process. The Mac just boots straight into Windows now. There's no ...
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How to change boot camp partition if is set?
I had a mistake in windows 7 in my mac. I want to change the size of the partition of my hard drive to my windows 7. I know how to use boot camp but how do I change the windows 7 partition? I don't ...
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Do I need to remove BootCamp partition before installing Mountain Lion?
I have a MacBook Pro and I am planning to do a fresh install of Mountain Lion over my existing Lion partition. I have Windows x64 installed on another partition (I installed it using BootCamp). My ...
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How to restore default Mountain Lion font distribution?
Deleting windows font which were copied from my bootcamp partition
I'd like to clean the installed font list because there might be a lot to deactivate by hand.
Is there a way to confirm which fonts ...
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Running OSX from Bootcamp
It's well known that to run Windows on a Mac you can either use a virtual machine install or reboot into a Boot Camp partition. You can also, with suitable software like Parallels Desktop or VMWare ...
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Mac and Windows dual boot problem
I have a software problem with my Mac laptop:
I had made a division in the hard drive some time ago and installed Windows in the other partition using Bootcamp software.
But now I think that the ...
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Charge an iPad on MacBook running Win7
There are half a dozen questions here why the iPad doesn't charge (or displays this at least) on most Windows machines. I have one more to add.
Of course my iPad (1st gen) does charge on my MacBook ...
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Auto login boot camp partition in VMWare Fusion?
My VMWare Fusion is set up to use a Boot Camp partition. Is there any way to have it automatically login to a user account when the virtual machine starts up, but still require a password when booting ...
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Unable to install Boot Camp on iMac
For some reasons I could not install Boot Camp on my imac. I tried to defrag, reinstalled OSX, repair hard drive but nothing seems to be working. I kept getting error "The disk cannot be partitioned ...
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How to purchase Windows for Boot Camp?
This is a clean install. New Mac. No previous versions of Windows has been purchased or installed.
I need an ISO, not a DVD because there is no optical drive on the new Macs
Microsoft only sells ...
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How to create third partition after Macintosh HD and Boot Camp partitions?
I have a mid 2009 MBP. I am going to install Boot Camp beside Snow Leopard.
I would like to have a third partition, DATA, and format it FAT32, where I will keep my data files easily and safely ...
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putting windows 7 on a flash drive using bootcamp
I'm thinking of changing to a new MacBook Pro 15" (the one with an 256GB SSD), 256GB is enough for my files and OS, but I also want to have about 50GB for a Windows 7 (BootCamp) partition. So, taking ...
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Can't update Boot Camp in Windows 7 (MacbookPro9,1)
I've been looking for situations similar to these before posting, but failed to find any. When trying to install Windows 7 (64bit) through Boot Camp Assistant on Lion, the Windows Support Software ...
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How to fix no backlit keyboard on BootCamp Windows 8 partition
I have a Retina Display MacBook Pro with the latest OSX and also installed Windows 8 RTM on BootCamp.
I hadn't logged into BootCamp in a few weeks, so I dont recall if the backlit keyboard ever ...
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Invert scrolling on Windows Bootcamp
It just irritates me a little bit that when I scroll in Windows, I have to scroll normally, but on Mac OS X, I have to change back to the other scrolling (Inverted), I prefer the Mac OS X way, is ...
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Dedicated SSD/HDD to install Windows on a MacBook
So I have a Late 2008 unibody MacBook. I recently bought a caddy to replace my optical drive with so I can fit a secondary drive in the laptop.
I have a 256 SSD in the main and a brand new 128 SSD to ...
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Cloning a Windows machine and import into Boot Camp
Consider a Windows 7 x64 installation on a physical machine.
How can you take a snapshot/image of a Windows installation, and end up running that system in Boot Camp?
Is there a P2V for Windows ...
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Can't read my Windows (Boot Camp) partition from OS X
I have a Boot Camp problem. Both OSes boot correctly, but when I'm in OS X, I can't access my Windows partition and vice versa. I know that I can't write, but it should be able to read. But I can't ...
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Functions keys in windows 7 macbook
I have a late 2007 MacBook 3,1 with windows 7 x64 installed on it as part of bootcamp. I can't set the function keys to behave as they would on a pc... I have to press fn each time in order to use ...
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Lion and Boot Camp Windows 7 cannot agree on a system time. What did I do wrong?
I run Lion and Windows 7 on a MacBook, using Boot Camp and Parallels. Both operating systems are set to the same time zone and, presumably, use the same clock.
For some reason Windows 7 insists on ...
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Can I install Parallels alongside Boot Camp?
I have a 24" iMac and have used Boot Camp to install Vista on a 100GB partition of the hard drive. Can I install Parallels Desktop as well so it will be easier to switch between Mac and Windows?
I ...
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How do I split a Bootcamp Partition on a second drive?
I have a Mac Mini Server 2011, which has 2 Hard disks of 750GB each.
I want to install Windows 7 on the second disk, but i want to split this disk on two partitions: One of 450 GB for Windows and one ...
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No Bootable Device error when trying to install Win7 on a MBP (mid 2007 SR) / Lion
After formatting the HDD to a single HFS+ Journaled partition and installing a clean 10.7 System on the machine, I ran the Boot Camp Assistant, created the CD with drivers and partitioned the disk. I ...
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Graphics Card on Windows 7 on MBP
I was just wondering was it possible to use the "AMD Radeon HD 6490M " card of MBP on Windows 7 by installing Win7 either on
a) Boot Camp
b) Parallels
c) VmWare
as I like to play games on Win7 for ...
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For a Macbook Pro, what are some recommend power plan settings for Windows 7 via Bootcamp
I would like to ask if anyone has some recommendations on some of the specific settings for Window power plans (especially advanced parameters) for a Macbook Pro. For me specifically I have an early ...
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Adobe Photoshop CS5 PC version running via boot camp
I just bought my first MacBook Pro as I will be doing more work on the road, but I just realized my Windows license of Photoshop CS5 won't work on my Mac. I guess it's OS-based? Someone suggested ...
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How can I set up Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection for Mac to work with the Portuguese keyboard layout?
Can you help me to configure the Apple keyboard in Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection for Mac so it works correctly with the Portuguese keyboard layout when connecting to a Windows 7 computer? I want ...
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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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snow leopard(10.6.5)freezes on startup with bootcamp and windows7
Help! I've installed boot camp and Windows 7 on my black Macbook Santa Rosa (2.4Ghz, 4GB RAM) and have a serious problem where I can no longer boot into OSX.
OSX freezes with the apple logo and timer, ...
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Bootcamp Windows 7 loading time optimization
I've created a bootcamp partition and successfully installed Windows 7 there. The problem is that Windows loads too slow - there is a white pointer on black screen blinking for 2 or 3 minutes before ...
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How can I get my microphone to work on Windows 7 and Boot Camp 2.0?
I'm on windows 7 with bootcamp with a bit older iMac. I installed the bootcamp stuff from my Leopard DVD and I updated my bootcamp to 2.0. with Apple Software Update but the Microphone is still not ...
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Is it possible to connect my iPhone 3G via Bluetooth to both OS on my MacBook?
I'm trying to connect my iPhone 3G to my MacBook via Bluetooth to use the iPhone Tethering.
When I connect the iPhone to the OSX everything works fine. Since I often also use Windows 7 on the Bootcamp ...
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boot camp fails to copy windows 8 installation files
I have been struggling to get Windows 8 installed on a brand new Macbook Pro Retina. It seemed simple enough to just run Boot Camp 5 with a 16GB flash drive in the USB port and a Windows 8 ...
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Boot Camp Assistant crashes when partitioning drive (exception: EXC_BAD_ACCESS)
I run Mountain Lion, a fresh install, brand new Macbook Pro. HD: Samsung 840 Pro 512 GB SSD.
When trying to go through Boot Camp Assistant / Setup it works fine until it wants to repartition my ...
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Windows 8 won't recognize audio device on Macbook Pro (late) 2011
I just installed Windows 8 on my MacBook Pro, I then installed the Windows Support drivers and everything works great except for one thing, the audio. It doesn't recognize the audio device in my ...
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Macbook Pro hangs when booting into Boot Camp Windows 7
I have a 2011 Macbook Pro 15" 10.7.4 with Windows 7 installed in Boot Camp. A few days ago, I tried to boot into Windows 7 and it just froze after I selected the Boot Camp volume on the Select Drive ...
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iMac display — can't change screen brightness on bootcamp with Windows 7
I can't change iMac (2011) display brightness on bootcamp with Windows 7. When I press F1 it shows icon and even fill the bar, but nothing happen to display.
What have I tried:
Reinstalling support ...
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Restore from Time Machine after installing Bootcamp
Can I setup Time Machine to backup my Mac and then install Bootcamp?
Then after installing Bootcamp, can I go back to that restore point so Bootcamp will be gone?
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Other resolution (no scaling) in MacBook Pro retina
What do the other resolutions look like? I know in OS X you can't go down (for now) to really (non retina) at 1440x900 and also in Windows (for no new bootcamp driver) you can't; but I see how in the ...
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Windows will not boot after a restart of my Mac Pro, only after a cold shutdown and startup
I am currently experiencing a very strange issue regarding booting into Windows 7 64-bit (installed on its own 1TB HDD). If I restart my Mac Pro, hold down the option key, and select my Windows ...
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How can I get my MacBook to stop freezing after I switch back to Mac OS from Windows 7 in Bootcamp
I have a problem I could not find anywhere else. Maybe somebody here has an idea on how to solve it.
I have a MacBook Pro, early 2011, 2.2 GHz i7 with the AMD Radeon HD 6750M and 1680 x 1050 display. ...
