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Apple Updates Boot Camp With Windows 10 Support
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It's merely a case of what machines they're willing to spend time testing on. They likely have a test scenario that they run with each specific model to make sure it works. We're talking about an OS here, so that means low-level hardware testing, extensive driver testing, etc etc.
Now, they're a large company and they very well could test on older machines, but time is money, and this likely takes a long time to do.
As a 2011 MBP owner, I'm saddened by this, but someone out there will probably find a way to force install the new software anyway, making this matter a whole let less.
Yes, I hope so, too. Running a Late 2011 iMac, 16Gig Ram and AMD Radeon 6900M Series. Win10 runs very smoothly, but Graphic Card isnt properly recognized. I'm waiting for someone to find a workaround to install those Bootcamp 6 Drivers on unsupported Macs.
Have the same Problem here with a very similar setup on an 2011 iMac. Win10 runs smoothly but some drivers (e.g. Graphic Card) are not properly installed. In the device manager it says its recognized but when I try to manually update the drivers it tells me, that no AMD Hardware was recognized. Very frustrating. I hope that someone will find a workaround. Clearly the Hardware is capable of running Win10.
Installed the bootcamp 6 on an existing Windows 10 bootcamp install via the PC version of Apple Software update. Was seeing the invalid signature errors others have mentioned until uninstalling *all* apple software (quicktime, itunes, etc) then reinstalling it.
So far overall CPU utilization is significantly down and power / fan management are much improved. Bluetooth also works (finally). Can't comment on stability improvements or the SD reader fix yet though.
So far overall CPU utilization is significantly down and power / fan management are much improved. Bluetooth also works (finally). Can't comment on stability improvements or the SD reader fix yet though.
I have a supported MacBook Air, and I have updated everything with zero issue. My Windows 10 copy runs snappily.
If I do need to install it on an unsupported Mac , I would choose to smash Mac OS X from machine and install Windows on it using various ways. This is way much easier than trying to dig into boot camp and keep everything around. I would leave a time machine backup and a Mac OS X install disk for recovery purpose, though.
If I do need to install it on an unsupported Mac , I would choose to smash Mac OS X from machine and install Windows on it using various ways. This is way much easier than trying to dig into boot camp and keep everything around. I would leave a time machine backup and a Mac OS X install disk for recovery purpose, though.
Apple Software update in OS X will not reveal the updated BootCamp drivers.
Apple Software update in Windows will not reveal the updated BootCamp drivers.
This is the definitive method to install the latest BootCamp drivers (on 'approved' Macs) in Windows 10.
Plug in an MS-DOS formatted thumb-drive into your Mac.
Open BootCamp Assistant in Utilities, and launch.
Click 'Continue'.
De-select all boxes, except 'Download the latest Windows support software from Apple'.
Click 'Continue'
Select your thumb-drive - and click 'Continue'.
Once the download is complete, restart your Mac into Windows/BootCamp.
Locate your thumb-drive within Windows 10.
Open BootCamp.
Double-click set-up.
Once the process is completed you will be instructed to restart Windows 10.
Done.
Apple Software update in Windows will not reveal the updated BootCamp drivers.
This is the definitive method to install the latest BootCamp drivers (on 'approved' Macs) in Windows 10.
Plug in an MS-DOS formatted thumb-drive into your Mac.
Open BootCamp Assistant in Utilities, and launch.
Click 'Continue'.
De-select all boxes, except 'Download the latest Windows support software from Apple'.
Click 'Continue'
Select your thumb-drive - and click 'Continue'.
Once the download is complete, restart your Mac into Windows/BootCamp.
Locate your thumb-drive within Windows 10.
Open BootCamp.
Double-click set-up.
Once the process is completed you will be instructed to restart Windows 10.
Done.
I haven't tried this with Windows 10, but on my 2011 MBP with Windows 8.1, all I had to do was go to Nvidia'a website and download their driver, which works beautifully.
Can this not be done anymore?
I seem to still be getting BootCamp 5 everytime I do this. Here is the version line from the xml file.
ProductVersion>5.1.5621</ProductVersion>
I've tried downloading it several times.
I see a lot of hate...
Do we know, for a fact, that this is a final list? The cutoff had to be somewhere, especially with the testing involved. Some people are asking why 2012? Well, if it was 2011 (or some other date), people would be asking THAT question.
I realize it can be a drag not to receive official report, and I am the first to call out Apple, but seriously, some people are out of touch. While I am on that subject, so are the people using the "three days" nonsense. Apple didn't do this in three days. The latest beta (which was essentially the release candidate) was out for weeks if not months. I am happy to give credit where it's due, but let's not be foolish enough to insinuate this was a three day release... it wasn't.
Do we know, for a fact, that this is a final list? The cutoff had to be somewhere, especially with the testing involved. Some people are asking why 2012? Well, if it was 2011 (or some other date), people would be asking THAT question.
I realize it can be a drag not to receive official report, and I am the first to call out Apple, but seriously, some people are out of touch. While I am on that subject, so are the people using the "three days" nonsense. Apple didn't do this in three days. The latest beta (which was essentially the release candidate) was out for weeks if not months. I am happy to give credit where it's due, but let's not be foolish enough to insinuate this was a three day release... it wasn't.
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Well, I tried to hackintosh my Dell laptop but those were the early days of such things and the kexts were rather unstable. I needed a laptop for school, and while I could have afforded a Mini or something I really wanted to save up for the MacBook Pro 15".
I also do web design and everything I need is on my Mac. Coda 2, CodeKit, Adobe CC and just about every other photo/vector editing app worth a damn. Couple that with utilities like Droplr, Better Snap Tool, Paste, 1Password, Fantastical, Mint, Calcbot, Bartender, MagicPrefs, DaisyDisk, Xscope, Duet Display, Carbon Copy Cloner and Dropbox and what else do we really need? That's beyond what most need. We have Rdio, Spotify and Apple Music if we need some tunes while coding. For testing IE I run the free VirtualBox with free Windows dev images from modern.ie. There is not a single thing I lack.
I didn't even mention all the built-in apps that have continuity with my iOS devices. It's amazing to me that Windows is still as popular as it is given how many iOS users there are. Apple needs to do a better job of advertising how well they all work together. Even today my office is filled with people using iPhones and iPads, but they still balk and poke fun at me and another coworker's Macs. It doesn't make any sense! And quite frankly I think the Mac is even better than the iPhone. If I had to choose which one to get rid of I'd drop my iOS stuff to keep the Mac.
If you just want to create a installer for the Boot Camp drivers, open the Boot Camp Assistant in your Accessories folder then, uncheck "Create a Windows 7(8) or later instal" and "Install Windows 7(8) or later. plug in a thumb drive and select it to install the drivers. This will choose the appropriate drivers for your hardware.
If you are starting from scratch, I would install Windows 7 (there are plenty of places to tell you how to do that) and then upgrade to Windows 10 and reinstall Boot Camp by doing the steps above.
I have a 2010 Mac Pro, Download windows 10 and then download windows 8 boot camp driver, just download the driver on Apple site here is the link, then everything will work
https://support.apple.com/kb/DL1720?locale=en_US
Good news! However, despite my working machine being on that list (iMac 21.5" - late 2012), I'm unable to install bootcamp in it, regardless of the version of Windows. Can anyone help me with this? Thank you ali in advance.
Apple today released an update to Boot Camp with support for Microsoft Windows 10, according to a new support document. The update, Boot Camp 6, is still propagating and is not yet available for OS X. However, several MacRumors forum members have noted the update is available within Windows partitions in Boot Camp, Apple's tool to allow Intel Mac owners to dual boot OS X and Windows.
Boot Camp 6 also includes support for several Mac features within Windows 10, including USB 3, USB-C, Thunderbolt, built-in SD and SDXC card slots, built-in or external Apple SuperDrives, and the Apple keyboard, mouse and trackpad.
Windows 10 support is only available on select Macs with OS X Yosemite and the latest version of Boot Camp, which will automatically download the support software (drivers) needed to use Windows 10 on a Mac.
Boot Camp requires an authentic copy of Windows 10 for a new installation, which can be purchased from Microsoft in an ISO file or USB stick for $119. Windows 7, 8 and 8.1 users can upgrade to Windows 10 for free from within their Windows partition as long as the user's software is completely up to date.
Article Link: Apple Updates Boot Camp With Windows 10 Support
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I launch Bootcamp, select the Windows ISO, download the drivers and create the Windows partition (100 GB).
The computer restarts and boots into the Windows installer. It lists the partitions of the disk. I format the Windows partition and when I click "Next" to start the installation, I get an error stating that the installer can't write into the partition.
I tried to install Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 8.1. No luck, so far.
- iMac 21,5" (late 2012), Core i7 @ 3,1GHz, 16 GB RAM, 1TB HDD
- OS X Mavericks 10.9.5
Mandatory updates, system feedback and data sending. (Unless you decide to turn off almost all of the reasons to update to 10... At which point you have to ask yourself "Why did I update?"
Most of the problems seem to be around not formatting the windows partition using the advance option button, or having other drives/usb plugged in, also make sure you have the correct ISO 32/64 ? for your Mac
This thread has some useful advice
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3618164?start=30&tstart=0
Thanks for the tips, Steve and for sharing the discussion. I'll look into it.
So, you mean I should have everything disconnected and create the partition with the default setting of 20 GB?.
I have 64 bit ISOs.
I also read in other threads that it could related to this particular iMac model, which is something I can't solve and strange since I was able to install Windows 7 flawlessly under OS X 10.8.5. Can you confirm this?
I would stick with the 100GB partition as you need a 1/3rd of that just for Windows 10 OS. Sorry I can't confirm, but thread also had some good info on your iMac re recreating the partition.
I too had strange results (eg Had no problem with 2 other Macbooks Pro but my MacBook 12 would not upgrade to Windows 10, other than by a clean install)
I upgraded the BootCamp partition on my Mac Pro from Windows 7 SP1 to Windows 10. It doesn't have a driver for my FireWire iSight camera and one other unidentified device, but other than that it works fine. It just seems really, really strange to me that a machine which is only 2 generations behind the current one (and you could argue that the 2012 Mac Pro wasn't really a new 'generation') and which runs Yosemite 10.10.5 perfectly fine isn't worth supporting in BootCamp 6.
EDIT: Plus the fact that it's a Westmere model (one of the 6/12 core 2010 Mac Pros) and thus has all of the required 64-bit Windows 10 instructions (CMPXCHG16b, PrefetchW, LAHF/SAFH) like longofest mentioned above.
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Ever tried to upgrade the firmware on some directly-connected device (like a Blu-ray drive or a Blu-ray player or a receiver) that only can be done from Windows, while booted into Windows running inside a Virtual Machine? Yeah ... didn't think so.
You've just given me a great excuse for justifying my early-thread bitching about my 2010 Mac Pro 3.33 GHz 6-core Westmere not being supported in BootCamp 6
Miguel,
The partition you are selecting is not formatted as NTFS by default. I ran into this problem as well. You have to go back to the Windows "Advanced" screen where it allows you to reformat the chosen partition as NTFS.
That is the most UNCOMMON thing people do with Blu-ray players and audio receivers. And let's not go there anyway. I have a Definitive Technology audio system that upgrades it's firmware wirelessly. Don't need a Mac or a Windows machine to intervene. Oh, you didn't know that could be done wirelessly huh? Yeah....didn't think so.
Not to mention, most systems have a USB interface which you can simply download the firmware onto a thumb drive from any computer.
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