I read on the internet forums that the Boot Camp Assistant saved its download in /Library/Application Support/Boot Camp Assistant, so I navigated to that folder and dumped my WindowsSupport in there. When they transferred the downloaded software to me, I received it as a folder named "WindowsSupport". We both have Boot Camp Assistant Version 6.1.0. In any case, I managed to bribe my friend into using their Mac to download the Windows Support software from their computer, which is also running 10.13.6. Furthermore, the heavy load drops the internet connection sometimes, so I'd have to download from the beginning all over again. Estimates vary from 900 minutes to 3000 minutes. How can I bypass the Boot Camp Assistant Windows Support Software download step? Hello!I have a pretty abysmal internet connection (0.4 Mbps down) and downloading the Support software is simply not feasible. They made a choice to handhold users through disk formatting instead of just having a download. Are they keeping users from downloading the wrong versions of stuff? Possible but there are other ways to do that. Is apple protecting IP and software licenses. Any other system would just have an installer and even an update agent for download. Oh, but this section just troubleshoots problems you have with formatting your USB drive and with USB drive recommendations. Ok that's cool now I know I'm looking for some "Boot Camp Installer" that needs to run on my Windows sideģ) But of course there's no link to a "Boot Camp Installer" I needed to use the Assistant from the MacOS side and the thumb drive.Ĥ) Wait wait, here's a section called "If you can't download or save the Windows support software:" Ok this looks useful but the process is written for a fresh format and install of Windows.Ģ) "If the Boot Camp Installer Doesn't Open." I felt like showing a bit more of the process:ġ) "install Windows on a Mac with Boot Camp Assistant" Thank you for responses that stick to the point and answer the question. Many other situations would involve going to a web page and downloading an installer so I'm asking here for what I'm missing. In anticipation to some responses, we can argue about it if you want but it'll be a waste of energy. The latest date on anything I can find here is from 2015.Īnother page directs me to use the boot camp assistant, but it requires that I have a thumb drive (ready to be reformatted), and I must reboot into MacOS I'm not going to do that. This list hasn’t changed since the last time Apple released the update to Boot Camp.I have looked for a while now. Essentially any Mac hardware that are build 2012 or later has the support. Here are the list of Mac’s that can run the latest Boot Camp 6.1 which supports Windows 10 natively. List of Supported Mac to Run Windows 10 with Boot Camp 6.1 What’s interesting is that Apple didn’t mention any support for the latest force touch trackpad that are in all the 2015 line of MacBook Pro, and MacBook Air. USB-C (MacBook Retina 12-inch, early 2015).New Boot Camp 6.1 supports the following hardware on a Mac: Now your Windows 10 should contain all the drivers to fully support and run smoothly on your Mac hardware. Go back and boot into Mac OS X again, and get the latest Boot Camp software. After you finish upgrading your Boot Camp Windows partition to Windows 10. You need to make sure to first have your Mac’s firmware updated, then going to the existing Windows partition to run Apple Software Update which will install the FaceTime Camera driver. Then run Windows own installer to upgrade your existing Windows 7/8.1 to Windows 10. If your Mac already have an existing Windows partition and the Mac are belong to one of the supported Mac to run Boot Camp 6.1. To Upgrade Existing Windows to Windows 10 with Boot Camp The only difference is that you need to make sure to download and create a bootable Windows 10 USB from Windows 10 ISO. You can follow the same steps as we have guided you with install Windows 8.1 on Mac with Boot Camp. The steps to install a fresh Windows on your Mac is pretty much the same as any previous supported Boot Camp Windows versions. With this latest version of Boot Camp 6.1, Apple has dropped support for Windows in 32 bit, so if you have any Windows in running Boot Camp that are 32 bit, you will need to remove the partition and reinstall your Windows 10 in 64 bit. You get to experience all the goodies Windows 10 has to offer without the worry of any hardware that may or may not work. This means that you can now install Windows 10 to fully replace Mac OS X. Today, Apple released the latest Boot Camp 6.1 that supports a various range of Mac to run Windows 10 natively without a virtual machine enabler, such as Parallels. It doesn’t take Apple long to release all the drivers to support Windows 10 running natively on Mac.
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