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  1. tinygoblin

    Rename Windows (Boot Camp) volume in Startup Manager

    This is addressed primarily to owners of 2016+ 13/15-inch MacBook Pro with Boot Camp volume on internal SSD. I'm trying to set Boot Camp volume (located on internal SSD) label displayed in Startup Manager (Option-boot, boot loader) to something different than Windows. The commands I use are...
  2. BananasMac

    Option to “Install Windows 10 or later version” is greyed out

    (posted already on r/bootcamp for help, just posting here in case there could be more) Hi there, I’m trying to install Windows 10 on my Mid-2012 MacBook Pro (9,2) running Mojave and Boot Camp Assistant only allows me to create an install disk and download Windows support software from Apple. I...
  3. C

    Bootcamp: I Cannot install windows due to no mouse/keyboard inputs. Can anyone help?

    Hello all, mac noob here, I have to apologize if this thread is in the wrong forum or asked already. I went through the bootcamp setup assistant on my 2019 macbook pro i9 and once it restarts and boots into windows I have no keyboard or mouse inputs whatsoever. I am stuck on the language...
  4. LOLZpersonok

    MP 1,1-5,1 Mac Pro 4,1 (Early 2009) BootCamp Support for Windows XP

    EDIT: After hours of scouring, I found BootCamp 3 on the Internet Archive. Here's the full link in case the embedded link doesn't work: https://archive.org/details/bootcamp3 ____________________________________________ I've acquired an Early 2009 Mac Pro that works rather quite well. I actually...
  5. GreppMichaels

    Poor Single Core Performance in Bootcamp Mac Pro 7,1 28 Core 64GB Ram

    Hi All, I recently acquired a 7,1 for a steal (thank you Apple Silicon!) and upgraded its existing 12 core Xeon to the 28 core w-3275, and everything seems to be running splendidly in Monterey, however in Windows 10 I am getting poor single core scores on the Xeon in Geekbench 5. Prior to the...
  6. J

    MBP 2011 13" 8,1 Internal Keyboard Startup Keys Not Working

    Does anyone have issues with their MBP 2011 13" 8,1 startup keys (cmd+R, option, etc)? I found this issue years back when I tried installing Bootcamp, but the system wouldn't recognize the installer USB so I needed to get back to my macOS. I tried the option(alt) key for boot loader, but it did...
    • jason_km
    • Thread
    • boot camp boot loader fix mac macbook pro "13 2011 start up key
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: MacBook Pro
  7. C

    Boot Camp Assistant does not recognise second SSD

    Hello, This is a Late 2015 27" iMac with 1TB NVMe SSD and 2TB SATA SSD on it. MacOS is installed on NVMe and I'd like to install Windows 10 in a partition on the SATA drive. Whatever I did Boot Camp Assistant does not offer an option to install it onto the SATA drive. I tried different...
  8. W

    Bootcamp stuck on Downloading Windows Support software.

    So recently I deleted Bootcamp completely off my system and wanted a fresh reinstall but now when I try to install windows it says mounting windows iso goes to downloading windows support software and won't update at all (i left it on overnight and then all day when I was at work and nothing...
  9. alex_free

    Boot Camp 64 Enabler - Run Windows 7 64-bit/Boot Camp 64-bit On Unsupported Macs

    Boot Camp 64 Enabler Apple does not officially support running 64-bit versions of Windows on all Macs with 64-bit processors. No official Boot Camp installer for example will run on the Early 2009 MacBook 5,2 running Windows 7 64-bit. Boot Camp 64 Enabler allows Macs with a mobile Nvidia...
  10. alex_free

    Boot Camp 64 Enabler - Run Windows 7 64-bit/Boot Camp 64-bit On Unsupported Macs

    Boot Camp 64 Enabler Apple does not officially support running 64-bit versions of Windows on all Macs with 64-bit processors. No official Boot Camp installer for example will run on the Early 2009 MacBook 5,2 running Windows 7 64-bit. Boot Camp 64 Enabler allows Macs with a mobile Nvidia...
  11. Alvin777

    Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Lara's Hair Pixelation on Boot Camp

    Hi. Merry Christmas, happy new year. On Boot Camp, Windows, the Epic Games "Shadow of the Tomb Raider", has anyone fixed an issue whereby only Lara Croft's hair is pixelating? It's using DirectX 11, the maximum of the iMac's M395 GPU (2GB GPU RAM). I tried the Graphics settings, I lowered the...
  12. T

    MP 7,1 Has anyone had luck with windows 11 on bootcamp on a Mac Pro 7,1 yet?

    With the windows news that the Xeon chips will be supported, is there any official methods of updating to windows 11 yet? Thanks!
  13. R

    Question for creating Windows 11 bootable USB on Mac?

    I managed to get the leaked version of Windows 11 ISO and plan to install it on my new PC. However, it seems Boot Camp is no longer working for creating Windows bootable USB drive. Can someone confirm it? When I plugged in a USB flash drive and Boot Camp asks me to eject all external drives...
  14. Rimmsi

    Windows 10 on Mavericks

    Hi, is possible install Windows 10 via BootCamp on MacBook Pro 2014 with OS X Mavericks? Thanks.
  15. Rico Muerte

    Problem setting up bootcamp 2012 MBP Mojave

    I have a non retina 2012 MBP with 2 x SSDs - 500Gb boot drive, 1Tb files drive: Upon beginning the process for setting up bootcamp I got the following message: It's saying there is not enough free space for the partition despite the fact there is more than 350Gb available on the 500Gb...
  16. 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
  17. 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
  18. 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...
  19. 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
  20. 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...
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