Questions tagged [bootcamp]
Questions about Boot Camp, a utility included with OS X Leopard (10.5) and above that assists users in installing other operating systems on Intel-based Macintosh computers.
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Troubleshooting Keyboard Backlight Not Working On Bootcamp Windows
My keyboard backlight stopped working on my MacBook Pro TB 2017 15" in Bootcamp Windows, but it works perfectly fine on macOS. I've tried reinstalling the Apple Boot Camp drivers but that didn't ...
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Cannot Download BootCamp Support Driver on Windows 10 because of the Unsuitable Model
I currently downloaded Windows 10 on Mac, but it doesn't allow me to download the Boot Camp Support Software. I also tried to format Boot Camp Driver and reinstall, same result. So, I downloaded the ...
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How can I clone my internal BOOTCAMP to a bootable USB?
I have problems with a windows game on Bootcamp that used to work fine, and now doesn't. So I tried making a bootable bootcamp on a USB. Bootcamp runs on the USB but I would say it doesn't run as well ...
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Repair MBR or GPT Table from recovery as both OSs fail to boot
On my Mac Mini 2014 I tried to repair GPT table (MBR.. ?) with an answer given on Trying to rebuild my partition map (using GPT fdisk, SIP disabled) for my issue of Windows 10 not booting itself but ...
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Mac won't boot into Recovery Mode or Internet Recovery Mode
I have mid-2012 MacBook Pro with an HFS formatted hard drive running macOS 10.13.6.
Previously, I was using Bootcamp to run Windows. But, after few months, I uninstalled Windows. Since then my Mac ...
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Install Windows 10 on MacBook Pro early 2011 with faulty AMD video card
I have a MacBook Pro early 2011 which suffers the well known problem with the AMD discrete graphic card. There were artifacts on the screen, therefore I decided to disable it by entering some commands ...
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Apple Audio Device driver memory leak in Boot Camp (2018–2020 Intel Macs with T2 security chip)
On Windows PCs and Intel Macs without T2 security chip (pre-2018 models) typical paged pool memory consumption reported by Task Manager in Windows 10 (installed via Boot Camp on Macs) is under 500 MB ...
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Unable to reclaim free space after bootcamp uninstall [duplicate]
I'm unable to reclaim free space after uninstalling Boot Camp (done through the Boot Camp Assistant).
Here are some screenshots from Disk Utility and results from diskutil:
$ diskutil list
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Problem with USB adapters and hubs
I am using windows 10 bootcamp in a 2017 macbook pro with touchbar.
I need to connect a cooling base with a USB cable but my macbook only has USB-C, at the same time the cooling base has a mice ...
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Bootcamp + Win10 + Win11
I have a 16" 2019 MBP with MacOS Ventura. I installed Windows 11 using Bootcamp and a Win11 ISO, modified to bypass the boot security check. This worked fine.
I then manually created a third ...
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MBP 2012 stuck with Windows 10 bootup
I recently loaded Windows 10 (upgraded from Windows 7) on my MBP 2012 model.
As for the boot manager, I installed rEFInd (installed on Apple OS X) shown below
Unfortunately, the computer is now stuck ...
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Cannot recover freed disk space after Bootcamp disk recovery
My MacBookPro16,1 was running Windows 10Pro via Bootcamp and after an update I could no longer boot into Windows. So I spent 2 days backing up my data and trying to run Windows recovery tools to no ...
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Macbook Pro x86_64 Triple-Boot: How can I fix EFI boot and Startup Manager
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I successfully created a triple-boot on my 2015 MBP with macOS (Big Sur), Ubuntu 22.0.1, and Windows 10. I can boot into any of the 3 successfully, however, the Startup Manager does not show ...
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Boot Camp Assistant fails to partition on late 2015 iMac running macOS Monterey
I tried for a good couple of months now to install Windows 10 using the Boot Camp Assistant on my late 2015 iMac running macOS Monterey 12.6. I updated a couple of times with minor versions of ...
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Can not claim free space after bootcamp partition, I do not want to remove my bootcamp [duplicate]
I have removed a Container I used to have after bootcamp partition, so now I have 246.1 GB free space as can be seen in the diskutil list below:
MacBook-Pro ~ % diskutil list
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Quickly Reboot to Windows From MacOS Like You Can By Default The Other Way Around
Looking for a macOS equivalent to this:
When you install Windows with Bootcamp, you have this quick way to reboot to macOS. But there is no quick shortcut to do it the other way around.
I know you ...
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Restoring clonezilla image of iMac 2011 dual boot installation missing bootcamp at boot menu
To successfully install High Sierra and Windows 10 Pro to my old iMac 2011, I used this guide:
How to install Windows 10 into a 2011 iMac without using the Boot Camp Assistant, an optical (DVD) drive ...
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Can't switch to Windows from macOS
After upgrading to Monterey I can't switch to Windows from mac side. However, I can use the option key to select and start Windows as well as switch to macOS from Windows without an issue. My Windows ...
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Installing Windows to Mac External Drive - WinToUSB Problem
I followed this tutorial on YouTube (How to install Windows 10 "Boot Camp" on a Mac External Drive the EASY way! (2020 edition)), up to the part where I had to use WintoUSB to install ...
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Macbook Air 2017 Computer Audio Through Microphone
I have a MacBook Air 2017. Whenever I use headphones, any headphones, the people I’m in call can hear what I do on my Mac such as the video I am watching or the game I am playing. This is no big deal ...
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Bootcamp 'Could not update computer's boot configuration'
I own a MacBookPro 16inch 2019 Touchbar i9. I need to install Windows 10 on it as a second OS, but I cannot get it to work. Each time I use Bootcamp it gives me the following error right at the ...
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Macbook Pro 15" Mid-2015 with Windows 11: USB Ethernet slowness
Incorrect speed with USB to Gigabit Ethernet adapters in Macbook Pro 15" Mid-2015 with Windows 11:
Tried two adapters based on Realtek and Asix and the USB 3.0 ports, under Windows 11 do not go ...
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No sound on USB-C external monitor with bootcamp
I have a MacBook Pro 16" 2019 model and a Samsung S32AM700URXEN monitor that is connected to the MacBook with a USB-C cable. The video is perfect but the sound is playing on the MacBook instead ...
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I can no longer access my macOS partition after downloading Windows on my MacBook Air (2019) 13-inch
I recently downloaded Windows 10 on my MacBook Air (2019) using Boot Camp. But after this installation was finished I'm only able to boot my Windows partition, the macOS partition is there and I can ...
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Bootcamp cannot download Windows Suport software
I am trying to install Windows 11 on my MacBook Pro (i9 2019) running macOS Monterey. The Boot Camp Assistant stops with an error at the very beginning when it tries to download Windows support ...
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Disk problem for Mac, partition unaccessible and type shown as FFFFFFFFF
Having a bit of difficulty with my Mac. Was trying to partition to install a Linux mint partition and it all fell apart. On disk utility the command diskutil list shows what is shown in the image, and ...
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Bootcamp usage and size vastly different when checked in Mac vs Windows
I had some issues signing into Windows 10 on a Bootcamp partition, and even got the BSOD a one juncture. It was all coming fast and furious, so I don't recall exactly what happened when. But now ...
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I can no longer boot into MacOS and it seems like I corrupted my partitions
I'm not sure what I did, but I think I messed up my partitions on my 2TB FusionDrive on a n Intel Based Macbook Pro 2020. I believe I was on Monterey. I think the underlying cause is that I ...
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Partition help for MacBook Pro trying to install windows
I tried installing Windows 10 on my MacBook Pro (2016). The partition created by Bootcamp is there but the operation keeps failing and I can’t delete the partition to start again. The screenshots ...
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Is macbook pro 2019 worth it in 2022? [closed]
I'm writing to ask for advice: I have to buy a new laptop and I was thinking of buying an apple one, but for school reasons I need windows (uwp and winforms development), so I was considering a 2019 ...
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Why can't I Install windows 7 correctly on MacBook Pro (Late 2013 Retina model)
Asking this question here is my final resort. I have been trying for a long time to get my late 2013 Macbook pro running windows 7 and it has never been able to install.
Why has it not been able to ...
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Cannot remove Windows Bootcamp partition
Although both the Windows OS and Mac OS open without problems, I am unable to read the Windows partition from the Mac. When I attempt to open Bootcamp Assistant, I receive the message "Boot Camp ...
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Cannot allocate free space back to main disk
I've uninstalled Windows 10 from my Mac via Boot Camp and the space that I allocated to it has turned into free space. I can't seem to remove it and add it back to my total disk storage.
When using ...
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Resize macOS partition gaining from Windows partition resized
This question is about macOS BigSur 11.6.1 w/ Boot Camp Windows 10.
The HDD was partitioned for macOS and Windows 10. Since the macOS upgrade to 12/13 needs bigger size, I resized the Windows ...
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Using Windows 10 as only operating system on MacBook Air
I recently installed Windows 10 on my MacBook Air (early 2015) with Boot Camp, and Windows lags a lot on it.
I thought of deleting macOS completely to see if Windows will run smoothly, is it a good ...
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Upgrading from Windows 10 to Windows 11 for free
I have three Intel Macs which have Windows 10 Pro installed. Windows is activated with a digital license linked to my Microsoft account. All three Macs also have macOS High Sierra or newer installed. ...
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How to install Windows on MacBook Pro 13" Early 2011
Just want to know if it is possible to install Windows on my Mac. My Mac has a 1TB internal and I've only used 78GB. When I try to install using the Boot Camp Assistant, it is still asking for ...
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Wifi not working on Macbook pro mid 2012
So it's been 2 months since I use my Mac to install bootcamp, but now there's a problem where I can't even connect to WiFi in windows and now when I go back to os it won't connect WiFi too... All the ...
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Can I install a hypervisor on the Windows system which I installed using a Boot Camp on MacBook?
I'm using MacBook Air 2020. I installed a Windows system using Boot Camp Assistant a few days ago.
I'm not sure if Boot Camp is a type 1 hypervisor, but I heard that we can't install a hypervisor on ...
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Force Install Windows 7 on a 2017 Macbook Pro (Newer Macbook)
I really want to BootCamp Windows 7 to my Macbook Pro 15-inch 2017.
The problem is that Boot Camp Assistant only takes Windows 10 64bit or newer. Tried editing the Info.plist numerous amount of times. ...
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macOS Monterey Boot Camp Assistant disk cannot be partitioned
I have a late 2015 iMac 27" - which previously had a 32Gb Fusion Drive and 1TB HDD... sometime ago I swapped out the 32Gb for a 1TB NVMe drive and the 1TB HDD for a 1TB SSD as i was dual booting ...
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Reclaim free space of container disk after Bootcamp error [duplicate]
My Mac has 1 physical SSD disk of 512 GB.
After Bootcamp going wrong, I now have 2 "physical" disks listed. One disk of 28 GB, which space I want to merge back to the main disk ("...
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No BOOT folder found in EFI partition
Excuse me if this already have answers elsewhere.
My problem is that I cannot find the BOOT folder in EFI partition, the only thing exists is the APPLE folder. This is quite strange as I see in almost ...
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How to merge "unmerge-able APFS drive" into one partition?
I have a little problem. My MacBook has two spare partitions - 29GB and 6GB. Both are in the APFS format and I cannot remove them with Disk Utility. The 29GB was created from shrinking the Bootcamp ...
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Boot Camp can't detect my macOS volume
Recently, I installed Windows 8.1 Pro on my MacBook Air (Early 2015, 13 inch).
Windows 8.1 worked fine for 2-3 days, but the drivers for trackpad and keyboard started to behave erratically and ...
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Startup key combinations don't work after disk swap, cannot boot into live installation media
I recently replaced my old iMac's HDD with an SSD. The SSD had a Linux distribution installed in it, but I didn't bother formatting it because I knew it would be formatted during OS installation.
I ...
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Unlock specific preference panes (e.g. "Startup Disk") for standard user
I want to alter the default startup disk whilst in macOS, I have Windows installed on Boot Camp.
Standard user accounts on my computer can't change the default startup disk without requiring an admin ...
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Problem with internal SSD partitions
I mistakenly used Disk Utility to remove a Bootcamp partition, which has left a ‘ghost’ disk (showing as physical & internal) of 128GB that I can’t seem to remove.
I have wiped the SSD and ...
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Boot Camp missing from start selection after removing 3rd Mac partition. Requesting assistance to restore functionality of Boot Camp
I recently had a working Boot Camp partition with Windows 7 operational. I made the mistake of creating a 3rd partition to install a version of macOS do to program requirements, attempting to keep ...
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Question about macOS Bootcamp
I have a mid-2012 Intel Macbook Air (256GB) which is physically fine.
I had bought it second-hand in 2017 & the seller specified that it was only running Windows 10 & did not have macOS ...
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