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  1. PollenKidney

    MacBook Pro is completely unresponsive after windows 10 dual boot

    Hi, after successfully going through boot camp and installing windows 10 on my MacBook Pro (13 inch late 2013 256GB, macOS Sierra public beta) I turned down the brightness of the display to zero and went to bed (leaving windows on with the display off). When I woke up the next morning, I tried...
  2. M

    Windows 7 64bit on Early '09 Mac Mini?

    I just upgraded my ram to 8GB which OS X recognizes but Windows 7 32 bit in Bootcamp only recognizes 2.72GB. Of course, Apple only officially supports the 32 bit version but I have heard (see everymac...
    • msh
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    • bootcamp early 2009 mac mini windows 7 64 bit
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Mac mini
  3. towdow3

    2009 mac Pro or upgrade 08 octocore

    So i have an 8core 08 mac pro 10gb ram gtx670 2 1 tb HDD. I am starting to see some 09 mac pros at very interesting prices. should I upgrade mine to 32gb ram with a possible dual rx480 setup, or shoot for an 09 8core with the same gpu setup? IFF i do so, will i be able to toss my windows HDD in...
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    • 2008 mac pro 2009 mac pro 8core mac pro amd rx480 bootcamp gtx980ti mac pro windows 10
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Mac Pro
  4. kyurkchyan

    Load Mac OS X into VMWare from withing Windows Bootcamp

    Hi Guys I have MacBook Pro, Late 2013. I have 512Gb ssd, on which I have my El Capitan, and Windows 10 installed on bootcamp partition. From my El Capitan, I can install VMWare fusion and load the actual bootcamp partition into the vm, thus I can enter my Windows both as virtual machine from...
    • kyurkchyan
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    • bootcamp el capitain macos vmware fusion windows
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: macOS
  5. O

    Help needed - iMac 21.5 2011 + Windows 10

    Hello everyone, I have installed Windows 10 on my iMac 2011 (21.5 Core i5 iMac/2.5GHz 8GB ram). I am well aware that the machine isn't supposed to be supported but I tried anyways and it works almost flawlessly. I only have one problem: I cannot make my Apple Keyboard and Magic Mouse (both...
  6. Tobi218

    [Bootcamp] Reinstall Windows on Partition

    Hey, Is it possible to reinstall Windows 10 on a already existing Windows 10 partition without loosing all the Data? I'm getting the error: "no bootable device – insert boot disk and press any key" Thank you!
  7. tesstme

    960GTX on 4,1 running windows 10

    Hello, recently I got a 4,1 mac pro, that I wanted also to use for games. I installed windows from scratch (needed to create disk from an iso and boot from it). After that I installed 5.0.5621 Bootcamp drivers. Now i wanted to insert the new graphics card (MSI NVidia 960gtx). But before opening...
    • tesstme
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    • bootcamp issue nvidia windows 10
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Mac Pro
  8. 3

    Second Partition on a NTFS formatted drive not showing

    Does anyone ever dealt with this problem? I have a hard drive dedicated to run bootcamp Windows, and on this hard drive I have two partitions: a small one for system short stroke and a large one for everything else. However the issue on OS X is that only the first small NTFS partition shows on...
  9. R

    Bootcamp not seeing Fat32 Partition ... please help

    Hey all, so I am not really a mac guy but got my mom a macmini a while ago ... unfortunately there is still programs that aren't available for mac osx 10.8.4 (can you believe it?!?!) so I had to set her up with Bootcamp and install Win7 on it. Now after that Win7 saw the MacOSHD but couldn't...
  10. DavidR3906

    Help using automater

    So I finally got a MacBook Air. I've used Bootcamp to load a Windows operating system. The windows portion is easy to switch back to Mac being they have the icon in the task bar you can click on. I've been searching online for a quick fix for the OS X side that I can just click on and have it...
  11. F

    BootCamp 6 Required

    Anyone still has the BootCamp 6 drivers? I have tried the following link: http://swcdn.apple.com/content/downloads/10/60/031-30899/6u2bha6n3pckjca1j44jw9m28yq72nh6li/AppleBcUpdate.exe ; unfortunately it says "404". So, I wonder if anyone here still has a backup of it?
  12. O

    bootcamp partition renamed untitled after booting in MacOS

    Can anybody please help me ? I already posted my problem on the Apple Support Communities but unfortunately without results. https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7522221?start=0&tstart=0 PROBLEM: I had succesfully updated windows 7 to Windows 10 on my Macbook Pro and ran Windows already...
  13. WordsmithMR

    Removing Windows 7 Key for reuse

    I'm currently running Windows 7 on a 2012 MBP and I am considering upgrading my MBP so I would like to reuse the W7 key on my new laptop. It has been about 3-4 years since I last deleted the partition (had to increase the size back then) so I'm a little rusty on how I go about retrieving the...
  14. S

    Trying to restore to one partition ; bootcamp

    So, i had a catastrophic day today trying to install Windows on my Imac using bootcamp. First of all after following all the steps in bootcamp, the Bootcamp partition i made on the Imac would not accept my Windows 10 install and i found no reason for it. Searched the internet for hours and could...
  15. djrelentt

    I am in DESPERATE need of HELP! (Boot Camp Problem)

    Hey everyone, I always use Windows 7 on a Boot Camp partition on my MBP. I am running OSK 10.9.5. For some reason I started my Macbook Pro today and my partition was gone. It shows in Disk Utilities but it is greyed out (See image here -...
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    • boot camp boot camp assistant bootcamp encryption mac macbook pro 15 late 2013 retina macbook pro 15 retina problem retina macbook pro windows 7
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: Mac Basics, Help and Buying Advice
  16. Mathias Denichi

    Some m7/512MB Gaming Results in Bootcamp

    I received my Rose Gold Macbook with m7/512GB. I wanted to share my gaming results in bootcamp as well as take any requests for game title fps. As a tip, you can buy legal discounted copies of windows 10 at this site - http://microsoftsale.org I really suggest installing bootcamp for most any...
  17. lilbiscuit

    separate windows drive on mac pro without bootcamp

    I have a 2009 Mac Pro with PCIE card with two SSDs in Raid0 as the OSX boot drive (El Capitan). Since OSX can't install bootcamp on an "external" drive, I wanted to see if I can just move my Windows 10 SSD over from my PC and install in the MP and run with it. So I installed rEFInd bootloader...
  18. K

    Resolved Partition disappeared after installing bootcamp

    So after i installed windows 10, my mac (el captain)reset and when i tried setting up windows there was no partition for windows, after going into disk utility i found that the bootcamp partition was non existent, have no idea what to do or to regain the missing space (32 gb)
  19. B

    what version of Windows 10 for VMWare Fusion (and Bootcamp)

    I want to buy a cheap license for Windows 10 that I can install on my Macbook using VMWare Fusion, or maybe a Bootcamp partition. I am concerned about activation. I understand that Microsoft bases activation on the hardware, and this might be a problem with a virtual machine. I see lots of...
  20. S

    Installing Windows with Bootcamp

    So I am trying to install Windows with Bootcamp. I am running an early 2011 17" MacBook Pro on El Capitan. I go through the process in Bootcamp and reboot into EFI and here lies the problem. I follow process through to format and then it will not install to drive because it needs to be GPT...
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