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    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...
  2. 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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
  7. 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...
  8. 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...
  9. 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...
  10. 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...
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    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!
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    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...
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    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...
  14. 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...
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    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...
  16. GoGrater

    Support and complexity of running Boot Camp (bootcamp) on a Mac Pro 5,1

    Hello, I have a Mac Pro 5,1 and I'm exploring what direction to head when support for macOS Software Updates ends (either with Mojave or Catalina). Unfortunately, I'm not the target audience for a 2019 Mac Pro. I prefer a tower and am considering a PC. However, since my Mac Pro is running fine...
  17. amgff84

    Frozen Macbook & Bootcamp

    Good morning, just looking for some thoughts on my MacBook. So I have a late 2008 MacBook unibody, while it isn't fast, it's been fully upgraded including an SSD and works perfect for casual browsing and Netflix while at my Dr. Recently my old girl finally bit the dust (Dell D630C w/Windows10...
  18. gsmornot

    Boot Camp Issues, boot loop after final setup

    2017 iMac with 2TB Fusion drive running 10.15.3 beta. I can install Win10 and use it without issue until I complete the final step of running the boot camp installer in Windows. It never recovers after that loads and it restarts. If I ignore loading the boot camp installer in Windows everything...
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    After Boot Camp Mac Os X gone

    I installed Boot Camp on my iMac. Windows 10 worked fine. But now I can't boot up in Mac OS (10.14) anymore. I already tried holding down option while restarting. When I do that, it doesn't give me the option to choose which OS I want, it just starts up Windows. When I click on "Boot Camp...
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    Mac OS Catalina doesn't see Boot Camp on external drive

    Hello everyone. I have been using Boot Camp on an external USB drive for months on Mojave without any problems. I could open Startup Disk, select the external Boot Camp drive, and reboot my Mac from there into Windows. Now, just upgraded to Catalina, and the very same USB drive doesn't appear...