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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Macbook 15 Retina Bootcamp Windows 7 64bit
When I go through the bootcamp process, then get to the windows 7 setup screen. I format the bootcamp partition like the instructions say, then click next with that highlighted and get the error:
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bootcamp: automatic change of audio output device like in OSX ? (if headphones plugged in, mini toslink, ..)
I don't really know if it is like that for everyone or if there are some bootcamp driver issues on my machine, but:
Every time I plug in headphones, a mini-stereoplug or a optical mini-TosLink cable ...
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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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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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Lion Recovery Terminal will not allow me to run TestDisk?
Setup: Macbook Air (2011) running Lion with BootCamp (Windows 7).
Problem: I have somehow screwed up my partition table. When I boot I only can select Windows instead of Windows and Lion. However ...
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How well does Windows 8 RTM run on rMBP via BootCamp
How is Windows RTM running on Retina MBP via BootCamp?
Are all the Windows 8 touchpad gestures working?
How well does Win8 display on the retina screen resolution?
Are there any other serious ...
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Bootcamp Windows support stuck while downloading
i want to know is there any way to download the bootcampesd.pkg for my macbook pro model identifier Macbook Pro 8,1 for Bootcamp Assistant 5.0.0 (444) and also wants know in which folder windows ...
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Windows 8 RTM Freezes on Mac Book Pro
I've installed Windows 8 RTM (available to MSDN subscrbers) on my Core 2 Duo 13" Mac Book Pro.
I've been trying to install Visual Studio 2012 on my MBP and it keeps freezing up during install. ...
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Can I keep Bootcamp Partition on “secondary” drive when upgrading to SSD?
here goes another SSD upgrade question.
So I got a late 2008 Macbook Pro 2,53 GHz with 8 GB RAM and a 320 GB internal HDD. On this HDD, I got Mountain Lion (260 GB capacity, 100 GB used) and a ...
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How do I get the latest drivers for boot camp and windows 7
I have read the setup guide, but what is either not clear or I just missed, is how the updated drivers that I download via the apple update get to my windows partition. All I read is that I have to ...
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Can't load boot camp Windows 7 after resizing Mac partition
Running Lion with Windows 7 boot camped, I modified my Mac OS X partition and reduced its size by 100 GB. I formatted the new 100Gb to FAT 32.
When I restarted my computer, I received the "No ...
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I repartitioned my harddrive while installing Windows 8 and lost my OS X installation, can I get it back?
I tried to install Windows 8 on my MacBook using Boot Camp. Because the normal installer did not recognize the partition that was made by Boot Camp, I opened up the command promt and ran DISKPART. I ...
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Can a Thunderbolt iMac be used in target display mode while booted into Windows 7?
Slightly different than what I'm seeing in search:
If I have my iMac booted into Windows 7, can I (via Thunderbolt) use the iMac as a target display from my Thunderbolt MacBook Pro running OS X?
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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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How to remove broken boot option from EFI
After an attempt to install Windows 8 from external DVD drive, I have an extra option in boot menu. Boot loader is located on EFI partition, disk0s1 under EFI/Boot/bootx64.efi.
How do I remove it ...
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Swap Hard Disks
Is it in principle possible to swipe the hard disk out of a MacBook, swipe a new (blank) hard disk in, install the OS on the new disk, then swipe the old disk back in and find the machine operational ...
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Why is a Retina MacBook running 1440x900 grainy under Boot Camp?
I have a MacBook Retina running Windows 8 RP, with the driver that comes with Boot Camp.
I understand why running in a none native resolution like 1920x1200 is grainy. But 1440x900 is exactly half ...
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How can I enable magic mouse momentum scrolling in Windows 7?
I have my magic mouse and I've gotten it working with windows 7. Left and right click work as well as scrolling.
Now I want smooth/inertial scrolling as well as middle click. Is it possible?
Also is ...
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How do I eject Windows install DVD when running Windows under Boot Camp?
I have installed Windows 7 on my Mac via Boot Camp.
Now I don't know how to eject the Windows 7 install DVD from within Windows. The system is booting into Windows.
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MBP'13 (Late 2011) Win7 (BootCamp) + iMac'27 (Mid 2011) as an external display?
Is it possible to use iMac'27 (Mid 2011, MacOS) as an external/target mode display for the MBP'13 (Late 2011) running Windows 7 in Bootcamp?
I'm using thunderbolt cable.
It works perfectly fine if ...
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Is this fun partition mess I have made fixable on the Mac OS X side?
On a MacBook Pro, a wrong decision long time ago still causing numerous problems.
In a nut shell, I run bootcamp and OS X together on the same drive and the OS X stopped booting a while ago (I was ...
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Installing Windows 7 on Mac. A required CD/DVD drive device driver is missing
I'm installing Windows 7 on my Mac via Parallels. During installation I'm getting. "A required CD/DVD drive device driver is missing." message. Doesn't give me any option to proceed further. What am ...
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What does UEFI need to attempt to boot from a partition?
I'm the Windows guy on our team, and the Mac guy doesn't have an answer for me, so I'm hoping someone here specializes in both enough to help me out.
To be very terse, I have a custom WinPE image to ...
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Installing Visual Studios using Bootcamp Assistant
I have recently installed Windows 7 on my Mac using Bootcamp Assistant. I have partitioned a decent amount of memory for it. Now I am trying to install Visual Studios 2010 Express on the Windows ...
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Macbook Pro 2012 SSD bootcamp
I am about to receive my Macbook Pro 2012, I have a 240gb ssd, and the 500gb drive that the mac came with. I have also purchased a caddy and a USB enclosure to replace the superdrive. What steps do ...
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Installing Ubuntu Server on my MacBook without a CD
Trying to install Ubuntu server on my MacBook however the CD drive is not working. All the guides I have seen so far use the bootcamp process (same as for windows) to achieve this.
I currently have a ...
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Can't use Bootcamp partition for Windows 8 installation
I'm trying to install Windows 8 with Bootcamp on my Macbook Pro.
Sadly it won't let me get past the disk partition choice (even after formatting the Bootcamp-drive).
It says:
Windows can't be ...
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Sharing OS X iTunes Library with Bootcamp?
I run Bootcamp on my Macbook and want to be able to run iTunes in both OS X and Windows 7 with the same library. I don't just mean having access to my mp3 files on both OSes, I mean things like ...
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BOOTCAMP HDD move - Missing operating system
A few weeks ago I put a bootcamp partition on my 320gb HDD in my mbp early 2009. However, a few days ago I bough me a 1tb hdd and exchanged it. Of course, I don't really want to re-install windows all ...
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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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Browse website developed in BootCamp via OS X/Safari
If I develop a website in BootCamp under something like http://localhost:3458 can I browse that web site from within OS X?
I was thinking maybe using Parallels/Virtual Box to point to the BootCamp ...
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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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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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How to install Ubuntu from OS X?
I'm looking for a solution that would enable me to install Ubuntu and run it as a virtual machine under OS X but still be able to boot directly Ubuntu.
If possible I would like to test both ...
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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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How to obtain Boot Camp Drivers for Windows XP
I've got an early 2011 Macbook Pro on which I've installed Windows XP. The installation went fine until the point at which I inserted my Mac OS disk to install the drivers. My Mac OS disk apparently ...
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Windows Server 2012 (or 2008) on a Mac mini
I understand Windows Server 2008 (and presumably 2012) works with Boot Camp. But I am wondering if it will be able to access the second hard disk in the Mac mini server.
Can a Boot Camp Windows use ...
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Error when downloading Window support software under Boot Camp
Currently, I have already upgraded to Mac OS X Lion.
But an error occurred(Progress to the last 99%) that when I trying to downloading Windows support software via Boot Camp 4.0.
It says "Can't ...
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Should I create a Bootcamp partition (even if i plan on using parallels)?
I just got a mac and i need to use windows sometimes. I plan on buying parallels. Someone mentioned that even though i plan on using parallels (so i don't need to reboot to run windows) that I ...
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Can’t reboot into OS X from Boot Camp
I made a partition with Boot Camp on my wife's Macbook Pro and installed Windows, however after being installed I can not find the Boot Camp control panel.
I have looked in the control panel and the ...
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Are bluetooth battery information readable from windows through BootCamp?
Is there any way to see the battery level of bluetooth device (eg, magic mouse) on bootcamp+windows?
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Do I need to make my Windows 8 install disk bootable when using boot camp?
I have the Windows 8 consumer preview .iso which I plan to copy to a DVD to use with Boot Camp. Though my question is - when I burn the image to the disk, will I need to make the disk bootable to use ...
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VMware Fusion vs. Parallels Desktop vs. Boot Camp
I've been wanting to get Windows on my retina MacBook Pro for a while now but there are so many softwares that I simply gave up. I recently found out that VMware Fusion, Parallels, and Boot Camp are ...
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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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How do you get Function keys to work on Mac Book Pro running Windows 7 under bootcamp?
The Fn keys don't seem to work on my Macbook Pro when it's runnign windows 7 Under bootcamp. I can't turn the volume up or down or mute the sound etc.
I've found articles leading to me to believe ...
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Boot Camp partition doesn't show at startup
I have Windows 7 on my Macbook with Boot Camp. In the Boot Camp utility it still shows the option to remove Windows 7 and in the hard drive utility it still shows the partition. But in the startup ...
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What is the difference between various VM solutions?
I'm new to the Mac platform and need to figure out which virtualization platform is best for me.
Is there a comparison list of features (and missing features) for each of the major virtualization ...
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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 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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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 ...
