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Bootcamp - Win 7 ISO with both 64bit and 32bit

raedcolour said:
all those sudo design thingy just open up terminal and paste it in. however im also facing the same problem. boot camp cant be opened up after editing the plist :-/ i'm stuck.

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i also had the same problem: boot camp not opening up after editing the info.plist. what i did was just place back the original plist into the folder and it opened right up. hope this helps
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Type this into the terminal to fix the crash:
Code: 
sudo codesign -fs - /Applications/Utilities/Boot\ Camp\ Assistant.app


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Nostalgia said:
wait what, care to elaborate?

what´s all that sudo/codesign stuff? where do i do that? how?

i don´t understand. i did what falkas posted but bootcamp doesn´t open up. i suppose you have the solution to make it work on mavericks, however i don´t understand how to do it.

cheers
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That's a code you type into terminal. When you change the plist file, it breaks the code signature: an authorisation that allows the app to run on your system. This code invokes a new code signature on your hacked bootcamp version :D
 
Bootcamp 4.0.1

Hi, i was looking on this thread to find a solution to this problem, it turns out i had a dmg file of the Lion install disc so i copied and installed the bootcamp version from that file, it's version 4.0.1 and this didn't come up with the 64 bit version message for me.

if anyone wants this i will upload it somewhere, just let me know
 
Hey guys, thank you so much! it works!!!

But I had to do an extra thing:

When I copied the second code line, a message popped out saying that I had to install some kind of apple software in order to use ...mmm i can't remember what :D.

When the installation finished, I opened the terminal and re-copied the SECOND code line sudo codesign -fs - /Applications/Utilities/Boot\ Camp\ Assistant.app

and everything was solved =)
 
Thank you!

Thank you very much!

This was very helpful, very easy to do and went perfectly smoothly!

Also I must say that I searched a lot for this kind of procedure and this is the only place I found it.

I will write here some tag reference in italian for other italian user can find this thread. Thank's again.

Installare Windows 7 da un disco multi versione con Bootcamp.
Sbloccare Bootcamp quando non riconosce un disco multiversione.
perche' bootcamp mi dice che non ho windows 64 ?

ciao
 
Hey guys,

I finally managed to get the usb with my windows 7, but bootcamp does not detect it =(

Does anyone know how could I fix it?

I have a macbook air mid 2013, mavericks and I'm trying to install windows 7 (a lite version) through bootcamp.

thank you so much.
 
Edit: Nevermind-- I didn't put the edits at the TOP of the array in the plist.
 
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Thanks so much!
Very relevant thread (and oddly enough unique as far as I can tell). Would it be possible to:
- Summarise the commands to type (for us non technical users)
- Confirm that win7 install is working afterwards

I find unbelievable that Apple is not fixing this issue better than that.
 
Followed these instructions on my Late 2013 27" iMac and when it was copying the files half way through it gave me an error that it could not be created =\

Your bootable USB drive could not be created
An error occurred while copying the Windows Installation files.

This happened with the modified Info.plist workaround and also the bootcamp 4.0 jlsolomon posted above.

I have Win7 x64 on a USB 3.0 Flash Drive and also on a DVDRL on my superdrive, both when loaded bluetooth keyboard and mouse doesn't work and my usb/mouse doesn't work either.
 
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LycanNyc said:
This happened with the modified Info.plist workaround and also the bootcamp 4.0 jlsolomon posted above.

I have Win7 x64 on a USB 3.0 Flash Drive and also on a DVDRL on my superdrive, both when loaded bluetooth keyboard and mouse doesn't work and my usb/mouse doesn't work either.
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I have no idea why you want to use BCA 4 and this thread doesn't apply to your situation. You have a Win 7 64-bit installer and it should work fine with Boot Camp 5 under Mavericks although I've read before that USB 3.0 flash drive may cause problems during installation.
 
Why don't you just download the x64 ISO from here and do a vanilla boot camp install http://techverse.net/download-windows-7-iso-x86-x64-microsofts-official-servers/
 
xcodeSyn said:
I have no idea why you want to use BCA 4 and this thread doesn't apply to your situation. You have a Win 7 64-bit installer and it should work fine with Boot Camp 5 under Mavericks although I've read before that USB 3.0 flash drive may cause problems during installation.
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BCA 5 is not working right, there's a 64bit ISO on the desktop and the DVD on superdrive as well and BCA5 still saying it needs 64bit.
This applies to me because people here have win7 x64bit iso and its still displaying that message :confused:
 
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LycanNyc said:
This applies to me because people here have win7 x64bit iso and its still displaying that message :confused:
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What people are you referring to? This whole thread is about people who used hybrid 32-bit/64-bit Windows installer (BTW which isn't official) when Boot Camp 5 only supports 64-bit Windows 7 on certain Mac models. This is a problem only because 32-bit options are listed first and that's how BCA code sees it. In your particular case, your Mac only supports 64-bit Windows 7 and 8 and if you are using an official 64-bit DVD installer or use an official 64-bit download ISO as suggested previously, it doesn't apply to you. If you still think it does, then go do whatever you believe it's right for you. Good luck.
 
xcodeSyn said:
What people are you referring to? This whole thread is about people who used hybrid 32-bit/64-bit Windows installer (BTW which isn't official) when Boot Camp 5 only supports 64-bit Windows 7 on certain Mac models. This is a problem only because 32-bit options are listed first and that's how BCA code sees it. In your particular case, your Mac only supports 64-bit Windows 7 and 8 and if you are using an official 64-bit DVD installer or use an official 64-bit download ISO as suggested previously, it doesn't apply to you. If you still think it does, then go do whatever you believe it's right for you. Good luck.
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I understand, but this also helped those with 64-bit DVD Installer or ISO and weren't able to move from that screen message display must use a 64bit. And thanks, didn't mean to say you were incorrect by any means just that it worked in my situation as well.
 
I've just done this on Yosemite as I can't get Parallels to work and need a Windows installation for my job.

My ISO is also a dual x86/x64 and Boot Camp Assistant really doesn't like it.

I edited the plist file and the app wouldn't open. Then I re-signed the plist file and the app file and this loaded perfectly.

I have had no issues with the file and am now at the point where my HDD will be repartitioned.

So far so good, I'm glad there are a lot of people on here with technical knowledge else I'd have been stuck. Many thanks.
 
falkas said:
The other posts have good advice. I know this is a couple months later and it might not help the original poster out, but it could help someone in the future.

It is possible to use the Windows 7 ISO with both x86 and x64 on the same install file. Bootcamp 5 will see this as a x86 install file though and won't allow it to continue. To fix this just follow these steps.

1. Open a Finder window.

2. Navigate to Applications>Utilities

3. Control Click or Right Click on Boot Camp Assistant and select "Show Package Contents"

4. Open the Contents folder

5. Drag the file "info.plist" to your desktop (I also recommend saving it in another place as well in case you want to revert to the original)

6. Open info.plist on your desktop with a text editor

7. Find the field labeled as below:
<key>32BitSupportedModels</key>
<array>
<string>MacBook7,1</string>
<string>MacBookAir5,2</string>
<string>MacBookPro10,1</string>
<string>MacPro5,1</string>
<string>Macmini5,3</string>
<string>iMac12,2</string>
</array>

8. Time to find what your Mac is. Click the Apple in the top left hand corner and select About This Mac
-Click More Info...
-Click System Report...
-Under Hardware Overview, look for Model Identifier and copy it

9. With your Mac's Identifier copied, go back to your open info.plist file create a string at the TOP of the entries. So if your Mac identifier was "iMac13,2" then it would look like this:
<key>32BitSupportedModels</key>
<array>
<string>iMac13,2</string>
<string>MacBook7,1</string>
<string>MacBookAir5,2</string>
<string>MacBookPro10,1</string>
<string>MacPro5,1</string>
<string>Macmini5,3</string>
<string>iMac12,2</string>
</array>

10. Save and close info.plist. Drag info.plist back into the Contents folder and select replace. (You may have to authenticate and enter your admin password).

11. Start Bootcamp and it should allow you to use your Disk/USB with both versions. I wouldn't recommend installing the x86 (32 bit) version of Windows 7, but this will allow you to get to the point of the installation to select x64 (64 bit) if you have an ISO file with both 32 bit and 64 bit combined. Hope this helps.
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Hi

I have done the above. Boot camp can't open after (Macbook air early 2014)

The weird thing is that I have Windows 64bit boot on a usb but bootcamp doesn't recognize it as a 64 bit version...

See message box from boot camp

Process: Boot Camp Assistant [692]
Path: /Applications/Utilities/Boot Camp Assistant.app/Contents/MacOS/Boot Camp Assistant
Identifier: com.apple.bootcampassistant
Version: ???
Build Info: BootCampAssistant-5706000000000000~80
Code Type: X86-64 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [132]
Responsible: Boot Camp Assistant [692]
User ID: 501

Date/Time: 2015-11-05 13:06:20.008 +1100
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.9.5 (13F1134)
Report Version: 11
Anonymous UUID: 91C0E73D-500C-7D1D-B74D-41B671EFE1AE


Crashed Thread: 0

Exception Type: EXC_CRASH (Code Signature Invalid)
Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000000, 0x0000000000000000

kernel messages:

VM Regions Near 0x7fff724350a8 (cr2):
__LINKEDIT 00007fff6d8b0000-00007fff6d8c4000 [ 80K] r--/rwx SM=COW /usr/lib/dyld
--> Submap 00007fff70000000-00007fff80000000 [256.0M] r--/rwx SM=PRV process-only VM submap
unused shlib __DATA 00007fff70232000-00007fff72a9d000 [ 40.4M] rw-/rw- SM=COW system shared lib __DATA not used by this process

Thread 0 Crashed:
0 dyld 0x00007fff6d83e028 _dyld_start + 0

Thread 0 crashed with X86 Thread State (64-bit):
rax: 0x000000000000000d rbx: 0x0000000000000000 rcx: 0x0000000000000000 rdx: 0x0000000000000000
rdi: 0x0000000000000000 rsi: 0x0000000000000000 rbp: 0x0000000000000000 rsp: 0x00007fff57ba6d00
r8: 0x0000000000000000 r9: 0x0000000000000000 r10: 0x0000000000000000 r11: 0x0000000000000000
r12: 0x0000000000000000 r13: 0x0000000000000000 r14: 0x0000000000000000 r15: 0x0000000000000000
rip: 0x00007fff6d83e028 rfl: 0x0000000000000201 cr2: 0x00007fff724350a8
Logical CPU: 0
Error Code: 0x020000f4
Trap Number: 133


Binary Images:
0x7fff6d83d000 - 0x7fff6d870817 dyld (???) <7AD43B9B-5CEA-3C7E-9836-A06909F9CA56> /usr/lib/dyld

External Modification Summary:
Calls made by other processes targeting this process:
task_for_pid: 0
thread_create: 0
thread_set_state: 0
Calls made by this process:
task_for_pid: 0
thread_create: 0
thread_set_state: 0
Calls made by all processes on this machine:
task_for_pid: 1140
thread_create: 0
thread_set_state: 0

VM Region Summary:
ReadOnly portion of Libraries: Total=288K resident=280K(97%) swapped_out_or_unallocated=8K(3%)
Writable regions: Total=8444K written=0K(0%) resident=12K(0%) swapped_out=0K(0%) unallocated=8432K(100%)

REGION TYPE VIRTUAL
=========== =======
STACK GUARD 56.0M
Stack 8192K
VM_ALLOCATE 8K
VM_ALLOCATE (reserved) 4K reserved VM address space (unallocated)
__DATA 252K
__LINKEDIT 80K
__TEXT 208K
mapped file 240K
shared memory 4K
=========== =======
TOTAL 64.8M
TOTAL, minus reserved VM space 64.8M


Model: MacBookAir6,2, BootROM MBA61.0099.B20, 2 processors, Intel Core i5, 1.4 GHz, 4 GB, SMC 2.13f15
Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 5000, Intel HD Graphics 5000, Built-In
Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 2 GB, DDR3, 1600 MHz, 0x80AD, 0x483943434E4E4E384A544D4C41522D4E544D
Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM0, 2 GB, DDR3, 1600 MHz, 0x80AD, 0x483943434E4E4E384A544D4C41522D4E544D
AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0x117), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (6.30.223.154.65)
Bluetooth: Version 5.2.7f4 15858, 3 services, 23 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
Network Service: Wi-Fi, AirPort, en0
Serial ATA Device: APPLE SSD SD0256F, 251 GB
USB Device: Internal Memory Card Reader
USB Device: Z Mate 8GB
USB Device: BRCM20702 Hub
USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Thunderbolt Bus: MacBook Air, Apple Inc., 23.6
 
PabloNeirotti said:
Weird. Make sure BootCamp is not open. Then do edit the file as indicated. Once done, open the info.plist file again from the Contents folder, and check if changes were actually applied. It may be some permissions issue with your text editor or copying on Finder.

Once you make sure changes are indeed being applied on the file, open Bootcamp again and try.
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Hi,

I tried the fix suggested by Falkas, by opening info.plist and adding the string line and saving the file and dragging it back to the content folder. Now bootcamp assistant doesn't even open. It says "bootcamp assistant quit unexpectedly". It doesn't even open when I remove the line from info.plist. It seems that text editor has added some sort of a header to the file. Any ideas on what plain text encoding to use?

Thanks in advance
 
falkas said:
The other posts have good advice. I know this is a couple months later and it might not help the original poster out, but it could help someone in the future.

It is possible to use the Windows 7 ISO with both x86 and x64 on the same install file. Bootcamp 5 will see this as a x86 install file though and won't allow it to continue. To fix this just follow these steps.

1. Open a Finder window.

2. Navigate to Applications>Utilities

3. Control Click or Right Click on Boot Camp Assistant and select "Show Package Contents"

4. Open the Contents folder

5. Drag the file "info.plist" to your desktop (I also recommend saving it in another place as well in case you want to revert to the original)

6. Open info.plist on your desktop with a text editor

7. Find the field labeled as below:
<key>32BitSupportedModels</key>
<array>
<string>MacBook7,1</string>
<string>MacBookAir5,2</string>
<string>MacBookPro10,1</string>
<string>MacPro5,1</string>
<string>Macmini5,3</string>
<string>iMac12,2</string>
</array>

8. Time to find what your Mac is. Click the Apple in the top left hand corner and select About This Mac
-Click More Info...
-Click System Report...
-Under Hardware Overview, look for Model Identifier and copy it

9. With your Mac's Identifier copied, go back to your open info.plist file create a string at the TOP of the entries. So if your Mac identifier was "iMac13,2" then it would look like this:
<key>32BitSupportedModels</key>
<array>
<string>iMac13,2</string>
<string>MacBook7,1</string>
<string>MacBookAir5,2</string>
<string>MacBookPro10,1</string>
<string>MacPro5,1</string>
<string>Macmini5,3</string>
<string>iMac12,2</string>
</array>

10. Save and close info.plist. Drag info.plist back into the Contents folder and select replace. (You may have to authenticate and enter your admin password).

11. Start Bootcamp and it should allow you to use your Disk/USB with both versions. I wouldn't recommend installing the x86 (32 bit) version of Windows 7, but this will allow you to get to the point of the installation to select x64 (64 bit) if you have an ISO file with both 32 bit and 64 bit combined. Hope this helps.
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This sounds almost do-able. One question: how do you open something with a text editor?
 
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