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  1. PowerPCGod

    Resolved MBP 2006 (MacBook pro 2,2) Windows 7 graphics driver

    Hey guys! I have a problem with my 2006 MacBook pro. I installed Windows 7 64 bit on it and all drivers. Keyboard, trackpad, sound, everything works, but I don't have graphic drivers. I don't like this stetched image. I already tried to install the official AMD Drivers for the Radeon X1600...
  2. Totemsflare

    Installing Bootcamp Windows on External SSD

    Hi guys, I’m waiting for my MBP and will need to install Windows for some work applications (freelancer translator here). I’ll have 256 but don’t want to partition the drive to install Windows since I’ll need at least 100 gb for it - also want to download some of my steam games on the...
  3. J

    2008 Mac Pro nothing on screen

    Hello, I have a 2008 Mac Pro that running on 10.11.6 and before I wasn't able to get the computer to access it's booting screens which became a major issue when I was starting to boot camp the computer. After a decent amount of research I determined that the graphics card was the issue after...
  4. T

    Guide to getting Win10, Boot Camp, USB3.1, and Geforce 1060 playing (mostly) nicely on Mac4,1/5,1

    I picked up a 2009 Mac Pro from an IT yard sale for pretty cheap ($250), so I moved my existing Windows PC stuff into it. If I'd only known how much "fun" things had become since I last used a Mac with Boot Camp... Anyway, most of this is common knowledge, but I thought it'd be nice to have one...
  5. W

    My 1st Windows/Boot Camp Experience

    Several weeks ago, I bought a Microsoft install DVD for Windows 10 at Walmart. I have been a Mac user since 1986, but I have also worked with Windows PCs in the past. Most of my Windows experience were with PCs running Win 8 and Win 10. I have never used Boot Camp or other Windows-on-Mac...
  6. L

    Better BootCamp drivers

    Just wanted to post a link to https://www.bootcampdrivers.com/ Saw this reviewer on youtube testing the new iMac 2017 model and he talked about updated AMD drivers. I tried it out on my 2017 iMac with Radeon 575, works like a charm (display brightness is broken, but there is a software solution...
  7. A

    Any Success Creating a New Boot Camp Partition in High Sierra?

    Subject about covers it. I'm running into errors trying to create a partition, as are many others. Has anyone had any success getting a clean Boot Camp install up and running in High Sierra? I had Boot Camp running fine beforehand, but ran into install issues, and on a hunch based on logs...
  8. K

    Restore Windows Bootcamp Partition from Original Drive

    Hi, I used to have a Mac many years ago with a 500gb hard drive, out of which 350gb was OS X and 150gb was Wndows, installed via Bootcamp. I no longer have that Mac, but I do have its hard disk, complete with the original OS X and Windows partitions. I now have a new Mac (with 256gb internal...
  9. touhami_dz

    MacBook Air right clic on Win10

    Hi there i have a MacBook Air with windows 10 64bit alrdy installed but my probleme is with the trackpad lot of functionalities doesnt work like the right clic etc i have downloaded boot camp (5.1.15621) but when i try to install it says (This version is not intended for this model) something...
  10. T

    Windows 10 Bootcamp cannot connect wifi

    Hi all, I've installed Windows 10 via Bootcamp to my 13 inch 2016 MacBook Pro. Everything seems to be fine except I cannot connect to wifi. The Windows OS itself detects my wifi network, but when I click connect, it says can't connect after running for a while. Can anyone help me with this? I...
  11. R

    install or remove windows 7 or later version "greyed out"

    I have (iMac 21.5-inch, late 2012) with windows 7 installed using boot camp assistant. and when I decided to upgrade the OS to Sierra it shows a message that I need to change the partition scheme to GUID... so I found it a chance to formate my hard disk and make a fresh install for my mac os and...
  12. Tonic76

    Triple boot accident (Help needed)

    I need some help with possible triple booting jam that I created. 1) I had succesfully installed Boot Camp and Windows 10 to my Macbook Pro. THEN When I was logged to OSX 2) I tried to create bootable LINUX (Ubuntu-16.04.2) USB stick as I had done before using the Unetbootin tool Because...
  13. Steve McPeterson

    MACBOOK PRO 2012 NOT BOOTING

    Hey Guys am new to the community. My macbook is pro 2012 4gigs of ram and i7 originally with 750gb hdd 7200rpm with bootcamp win7. And El Capitan It worked great until recently mac osx fail to boot & win7 got corrupt . Tried all reset methods , i think keyboards dead . Now i put 250g ssd...
  14. S

    How to get boot commands to work on a non mac keyboard

    I recently got a PC keyboard (Ducky Shine) for my iMac and everything works amazing outside of the boot commands. It seems the iMac will not recognize the alt button and it will always boot into OS X. I have been using my old wireless Apple keyboard to boot into Windows but would like to be able...
  15. K

    nMP with Windows 10 in Boot Camp

    I have a question that may be specific enough to my configuration so nobody else has an answer.... But I'm running a late 2013 Mac Pro with the D500 FirePro video. I recently set up Boot Camp with a Windows 10 partition so I could play some newer Windows games on it. The biggest problem I...
  16. dXTC

    Upgrade Snow Leopard to latest macOS version, but keep Windows XP in Boot Camp?

    I may be asking for an impossible solution, and feel free to let me know whether that's the case. Here's my situation (skip to TL: DR if it's too long): My trusty iMac (Mid 2010, iMac11,2) is still running OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard. It's always been quite stable, and I have Windows XP Professional...
  17. K

    Windows 10 bootcamp BT driver disabled

    So I have been having an issue on my mid 2015 15" MBP where whenever I boot into my Windows 10 boot camp my Bluetooth driver is always disabled. I have to manually enable the driver every time I boot into Windows. I have read through the Apple Support forums but have not found any help. Have any...
  18. A

    failed Win10 boot camp install, lost partition

    Hello! I attempted to install Windows 10 using boot camp assistant but my MacBook Air 2012 failed and I received a white screen saying the MBA was restarting. After the restart I noticed I was missing the 50 GB partition that was being created or was created. I'm not able to access this part...
  19. NotABigTruck

    Virtualization software for New Macbook Pro

    I will very likely be using a new 15" Pro soon and will be using 2 VMs or possibly 3 depending on how smoothly I can get 2 to run. I do security work and want to experiment with tools in different OSes. Root OS being MacOS, then possibly 2 flavors of Linux (Kali & undecided) and probably Windows...
  20. C

    Bootcamp with a Mac Book Pro 2016

    Hi all, so I have read a lot of people commenting about not running Windows on a Mac book Pro, i.e. people pretty much tell anyone with that intent to go buy a Windows laptop. So my question is why? From what I am finding, I do not see any other Windows laptop with the same quad core specs and...