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Apple released W10 BootCamp support ( BootCamp 6 ) - no support for systems before 2012
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Update: Based on previous post by a user on this thread I installed bootcamp 6 on my macbook A1342 (2010 Unibody)
1. Installed Windows 10 from bootable DVD onto a blank SSD
2. Download Bootcamp V6 from links posted in this thread Page 2 I think. Installed a minimal bootcamp (bootcamp.msi only without any device drivers)
Open BootCamp.msi with Orca...(After you've extracted it from the .rar file)
Look for LaunchCondition and cut first 2 lines, "Privilege.. and Require Windows 7...", something like that.
Save it and you're good to go. (Don't launch Setup.exe, just open BootCamp.msi)
3. You will need to extract the following drivers from Apple directory of Bootcamp 6 source and point the driver update wizard to those corresponding folders.
4.right click on the windows icon on the bottom left and click cmd with administrator privileges and then type:
cd C:/users/TYPE USERNAME HERE/Downloads/Bootcamp 6/AppleBCupdate/bootcamp/drivers/apple/
then type
Bootcamp.msi
5.Voila. You have bootcamp 6
Reboot.
I'm yet to enable the SSD advantages ADHI? or something...what are the pros and cons of this?
1. Installed Windows 10 from bootable DVD onto a blank SSD
2. Download Bootcamp V6 from links posted in this thread Page 2 I think. Installed a minimal bootcamp (bootcamp.msi only without any device drivers)
Open BootCamp.msi with Orca...(After you've extracted it from the .rar file)
Look for LaunchCondition and cut first 2 lines, "Privilege.. and Require Windows 7...", something like that.
Save it and you're good to go. (Don't launch Setup.exe, just open BootCamp.msi)
3. You will need to extract the following drivers from Apple directory of Bootcamp 6 source and point the driver update wizard to those corresponding folders.
4.right click on the windows icon on the bottom left and click cmd with administrator privileges and then type:
cd C:/users/TYPE USERNAME HERE/Downloads/Bootcamp 6/AppleBCupdate/bootcamp/drivers/apple/
then type
Bootcamp.msi
5.Voila. You have bootcamp 6
Reboot.
I'm yet to enable the SSD advantages ADHI? or something...what are the pros and cons of this?
AHCI
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Host_Controller_Interface
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Host_Controller_Interface
AHCI can speed up your SSD data transfer rate if you have an Intel chipset. It does not work with Nvidia nForce chipsets. Some people report issues with the sleep mode after enabling AHCI. Image backup your MB(P)'s Windows partition before you try, to be able to restore easily in case something goes wrong.
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I am wits end with this, I have been trying to edit and install the bootcamp.msi file for BC6, but each time i try to run it, it tries to install an earlier .msi for bootcamp that says it requires Windows 7 to install. No idea what to do here.
I have removed the LaunchConditions from the msi, it just refuses to install. Seems like it's trying to run a cached version of and older msi somewhere but I have no idea where.
I have removed the LaunchConditions from the msi, it just refuses to install. Seems like it's trying to run a cached version of and older msi somewhere but I have no idea where.
AHCI can potentially double SSD performance over legacy/IDE mode. Macs with Haswell and later CPUs should have AHCI enabled by default since those models don't use the archaic hybrid EFI/master boot record that was necessary to install Windows on older models.
If you have an older Mac that uses IDE in Windows, you will need to make a couple registry edits and patch the master boot record to enable AHCI. There are guides on how to do this with Windows 7 and 8.1; not sure what would be different about Windows 10. The one major drawback is the inability to use sleep mode. You can put the machine to sleep, but upon waking it up, it will freeze then crash. There are no workarounds I am aware of aside from shutting down the machine when you're not going to use Windows.
On my 2010 7.1 MBP the difference is +15% ( OSX SATA II vs. Windows IDE, same benchmark software ). Not worth the hassle for me, functionality > performance. The hybrid EFI/MBR is an unlucky Apple construct and not used by any other vendor, AFAIK. The SSD performs fast in Windows though.
Other laptops ( non Apple ) have no problems with native EFI, SATA II / III and Windows sleep mode.
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Think I agreed with this statement, my Macbook is speedy enough with the ssd in and I use the sleep feature way too often so I think i'll stick we the default option...for now! Thanks for the explanation guys/girls!
Oh I figured out my problem! It was the installed cache of the previous BootCamp 4.0.4033 install which was throwing the error when I was trying to install sanke1's packaged version for 2011 iMacs. It was set to not launch on anything past Windows 7.
Editing that .msi let me install the whole thing. Finally. Spent way to long trying to figure this out.
Thanks sanke1 for the packaged installer! This definitely helped a LOT with various bits of jankiness I was getting with Windows 10.
Editing that .msi let me install the whole thing. Finally. Spent way to long trying to figure this out.
Thanks sanke1 for the packaged installer! This definitely helped a LOT with various bits of jankiness I was getting with Windows 10.
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Is anyone else experiencing issues with Windows 10 Metro/Default Apps in terms of icons. For some reason on applications downloaded from the store and default applications like settings, mail, fitness the minimise, maximise, back and close button don't show they DO work for some reason though. It look's like it's just the icons not showing.
I'm on Windows 10 build 10240 (RTM) on a Macbook A1342 (it's the only OS on this laptop). Graphics driver is installed and I don't experience this issue at all on downloaded applications such as chrome/sketchup/autocad etc. Anyone else having this issue/know of a fix.
I'm on Windows 10 build 10240 (RTM) on a Macbook A1342 (it's the only OS on this laptop). Graphics driver is installed and I don't experience this issue at all on downloaded applications such as chrome/sketchup/autocad etc. Anyone else having this issue/know of a fix.
Attachments
I am struggling to download the update.rar file
It constantly times out at the very end.
Please upload to Dropbox if possible.
I tried to update BootCamp form link in second page, but once runnig Bootcamp.msi, I am getting
error message saying, that unspecified dll is required for running.
how can I fix this issue?
error message saying, that unspecified dll is required for running.
how can I fix this issue?
Sorry, no extended download support for those files from my side. Many people and myself used them successfully and the files have not been changed in any way. You download from MS servers, they are known to be stable. The OneDrive link will remain active as of now.
If anyone wants to copy the files to Dropbox or any other kind of Cloud storage, please feel free to do so and provide a public link.
Thank you for understanding.
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Here you go. Its all 4 files in a zip. I presume you wanted dropbox because of its handy "save to my dropbox" feature.
Let me know when you've downloaded it so I can delete it though, my dropbox is feeling the squeeze.
EDIT: Link taken down. Sorry, my dropbox account has had its public links disabled for too much traffic; must have been a lot of people downloading it!
Hope you got it.
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What exactly did you do for Step 3? Ive got the same setup (mid 2010 13" MacBook pro) running 8gb ram, core 2 duo 2.4 ghz, 1TB HDD. I had a previous install of Windows 7 with bootcamp 4 drivers, just updated to windows 10 as an upgrade install, have not done anything else yet, Downloaded The packaged bootcamp 6 drivers and the bootcamp 5 drivers and orca, but don't want to play with anything till I hear back from you on the specifics about step 3
Also did you install any drivers from bootcamp 4 or 5 at all? Or are you running entirely on 6?
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Hey there, apologies in the delay i've been away from the internet for a week or so. We've got slightly different macbooks (Mine's not a pro - just unibody Macbook A1342 - But the process should be very similar).
I also had a previous install of Windows 8.1 and upgraded to Windows 10, so I already had the bootcamp 4 drivers installed. As I wanted to upgrade to bootcamp 6 for some reason it was kicking up issues of a more up to date version being installed already so I actually removed bootcamp 4 prior to installing 6 (This is probably not worth doing unless you run into serious issues as I did). When installing bootcamp 6 you don't need to bother with installing 5.
For step three this again may not me necessary but I was having issues running the bootcamp.msi (Created after extracting the .rar file and changing the launchcondition entry as mentioned in previous step 2). You can try it yourself, navigate to the msi (probably somewhere in this location C:/Users/NAME/Downloads/Bootcamp 6/Drivers/Apple - that's off the top of my head) and double click the bootcamp.msi file. If it installs fine, great! If not...proceed to step 4. This step is just a way of running the installer with administrator rights to remove install errors.
Let me know if you have any problems.
Had to completely remove all traces of boot camp 4 before installing boot camp 6. All appears to be working though. I do see that same graphics glitch you are having. Running nvidia 341.74.
Anything I should check on to make sure it's actually all working right or is this more of a if you don't see problems there aren't any kind of thing
Anything I should check on to make sure it's actually all working right or is this more of a if you don't see problems there aren't any kind of thing
Thanks for this! I have a Dell laptop for my kids' school and was looking for current W10 BT drivers for the Magic Mouse and Magic Trackpad as I don't have a boot camp install to download them from. You've saved the day!
You are welcome. It works with BC5 and I did not install BC6 on my machine.
However, in this thread you find a description how to modify BootCamp.msi to disable the version check. They use the ORCA tool for it. You tried already ?
Yes I edited the BootCap.msi with Orca and removed the lines.. It seems like everybody is able to install it but me. I am using a Mid-2011 Mac Mini... Any help would be greatly appreciated~~~
How did you remove Boot Camp 4? I tried to uninstall from Programs and Features and its telling me I need to be running Windows 7...
Any advice?
Thanks in advance.
To be clear - there is no need to install Boot Camp 6 drivers on cMP to get Windows 10 working properly?
I've installed Boot Camp 5 drivers on Windows 7 before I did the upgrade to Windows 10, and at the moment BC 5 drivers seem to work fine.