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  1. Dahlia

    Questions about Reviving iMac 2012 — Target Display Mode, Luna Display Unit, Bootcamp

    I have a late 2012 iMac, model A1419, with a dead hard drive. Apparently, this 2012 model can be used as a Target Display in certain situations, but probably not mine! My working iMac is a 2020 iMac, model A2115. It seems that I could spend quite a bit of money just to find out that my 2020 +...
    • Dahlia
    • Thread
    • 2012 imac boot camp luna display target display mode
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: iMac
  2. C

    iMac 2009 doesn't register key combinations and always ends up on windows 'No boot device found'

    Hi there, I have acquired some iMacs from 2009 which have had windows 7 put on them for whatever reason. I'm trying to get macOS back on them but whenever I boot them up (current OS is corrupted btw) I get a blank grey screen followed by the PC style 'No boot device available press enter to...
    • camerong123
    • Thread
    • boot camp grey screen imac 2009 mac not booting no boot device
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: iMac
  3. B

    Upgrade/Downgrade between Mojave and Catalina (incl Bootcamp); user folder on external SSD

    Hi, I would like to upgrade from Mojave to Catalina (or Big Sur), but am a bit reluctant to do so because of Catalina's weird new dual-volume HD-Setup. (Guess Big Sur needs the same HD structure, right?) Main reason to upgrade is because of the sidecar feature (don't want to get an Astropad...
  4. T

    MP 1,1-5,1 MP 4.1/5.1 Recovery mode/boot screen won't work at all

    Hi! At start I'm very sorry for my English. It's not my mother tounge. I'm quite new in this. All I wanted is cheap Mac device that is quite powerfull so I bought 2009 Mac Pro with HD 5870. All I did was to change graphics card so I bought RX 470 and Installed it. Beacuse I wanted to play some...
    • Teezyiusz
    • Thread
    • black screen blinking dash boot camp boot menu efi efi boot mac pro (2009) recovery mode
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Mac Pro
  5. robertcoogan

    Problems with chnages to firmware on boot

    I used to use rEFInd as a boot loader, but with the upgrade to Big Sur there have apparently been changes to the firmware that interferes with rEFInd's operation. So I am back to holding down the option key. Yay. <--(sarcasm) If I tried to boot normally, rEFInd should kick in and take me to...
  6. A

    MacBook Pro w/Retina Late 2012 SSD Issue

    Hello All, I have been searching the web for a fix for my Late 2012 MacBook Pro with Retina and can’t seem to find any answers. I am hoping someone else has had the same or similar issue and would be willing to help me. Here’s my backstory: I have a Late 2012 MacBook Pro w/Retina and a...
  7. Joeronzk

    [Giveaway] UUByte ISO Editor for Creating Bootable USB Installer

    This is Joe from UUByte, a long-time MacRumors fan. Why I started this thread? I saw a lot of boot camp questions in Windows, Linux & Others sub forum, asking help for installing or creating Windows bootable installer on Mac. We have the alternative suggestion if boot camp failed to work...
    • Joeronzk
    • Thread
    • boot camp giveaway software
    • Replies: 53
    • Forum: Mac Apps
  8. S

    Map Apple keyboard option key

    Hello. I am using MBP 2015 running Catalina. I am using external keyboard Logitech. I installed Windows 10 with Boot Camp. I have a problem to switch between OS's using software. The only option is to hold 'option/alt' key on MBP keyboard. Mostly all keys are correctly mapped to Logitech but I...
  9. S

    Boot Camp switch issue

    I am using MBP 2015 running OS Catalina. I installed second partition Windows 10 using Boot Camp. The issue I have on Windows: I want to reboot into Mac not by holding Alt key but by using icon. On Task Bar I select icon Boot Camp, click on item 'Restart in OS X...' It pops up a message: 'Are...
  10. D

    MP 1,1-5,1 Mac Pro Bootcamp Issue

    Hello, I have a MP 3,1 with an ATI Radeon RX580 8GB Graphics card, a dosDude Catalina (10.15.6) install on an internal SSD and and a Windows 10 Pro (Latest Version and updates) install on an internal HD. Both the mac OS and the windows work fine along with all parts of the mac. As I a have the...
    • duncanlovett
    • Thread
    • boot camp catalina 10.15.6 mac pro 3.1 radeon rx 580 windows 10 2004
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Mac Pro
  11. J

    MacBook Pro 16" (2019) and Windows 10: alternative drivers?

    I have a new MacBook Pro 16" (2019) with a clean Windows 10 installed, Boot Camp's default drivers. And I have critical problems with WiFi driver, Bluetooth driver and Display driver. Any suggestions on where to get new versions for these drivers? Maybe even beta versions or anything I could...
    • jimhoyle
    • Thread
    • bluetooth boot camp drivers wifi windows
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: MacBook Pro
  12. PieTunes

    How up to date are Boot Camp drivers?

    Greetings, For those who Boot Camped, I'm curious about something. I might do it after I get my 2020 iMac delivered. How up to date does Apple maintain the drivers? If I receive my machine and start the process, are the included drivers recent and compatible with the new hardware in the...
    • PieTunes
    • Thread
    • boot camp boot camp assistant drivers imac windows
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: iMac
  13. PilotTiny

    Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 Compatibility

    Hi guys, I am looking to purchase the new Flight Simulator 2020 for my iMac via bootcamp, however I am unsure on wether my iMac will run it. My specs: iMac 21.5 Early 2019 Intel Core i7 8700 32GB Ram Vega 20 Graphics 1TB SSD I have been trying to find this out for ages, but nobody seems to...
  14. robertcoogan

    Boot Camp is casing kernel_task to overclock CPU

    I have a late-2016 MBP (w/ Touch Bar/Retina). Since the last update (to 10.15.5) every time I boot back into macOS from being in Windows 10, kernel_task starts overclocking the CPU. It will run up to near 500%. Regardless of what time of day it is, if I boot into Windows, then back into macOS...
  15. Ali Kaghazgaran

    Windows not starting up after resizing with Paragon Hard Disk Manager

    Hey everyone, so i wanted to shrink my boot camp drive, & I didn’t want to remove it & install it again (since winclone didn’t work for me), so i used paragon hard disk manager. I resized & it was ok. Then i boot up on windows to check if it was ok, but it didn’t startup & i got the blue screen...
  16. A

    How do I boot to Windows 7 (32 bit) with my Macbook 2017 running Catalina?

    Bootcamp will not let me install anything besides window 10 and I cannot find the instructions to create a bootable windows 7 usb using catalina anywhere online. Please help!
  17. F

    Windows Vista on which Mac?

    Hello. I am not sure where to post this. I am looking to get a 1st gen Mac Pro desktop but I am not sure which Mac Pro, either 2009 or 2010, is compatible with 64-bit Windows Vista? I looked at an article on everymac but it is from 2011. Also, where would I find the drivers for Vista? Would it...
  18. J

    Installing Windows 10 (1909) on a Mac Pro 5,1 alongside Mojave?

    Hello! I am wondering what the best method is to get the most recent Windows 10 version (1909) working effectively with my Mac Pro 4,1 -> 5,1? I've been following the tutorial on how to install boot camp without a boot screen by @h9826790...
  19. Rageworks

    Booting Windows 10 from an external SSD

    Hello, I recently purchased an external SSD so I can install Boot Camp on it and play my Windows games. I can't install Boot Camp on my Macbook because there is not enough space. I've seen some guides on how to do this and thought it should be a smooth sail, oh boy was I wrong... I followed...
  20. B

    Should I bootcamp or buy a separate Windows Laptop? (MacBook Pro 16”)

    Hey everyone! Because of the current WFH situation, using a Mac isn‘t ideal since we work with Windows in the office. I was thinking of buying a separate Windows computer (dedicated for my WFH situation and some financial courses I’m going to take). But, considering the current pandemic and...
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