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  1. Joshua Rhines

    MP 7,1 Windows 10 - screen intermentintly going black

    Hello all, I have a new Mac Pro with the Radeon Pro W5700X I installed windows 10 yesterday, and all seemed well. But today, my screen is randomly going black all the time. Windows says my radeon driver is up to date. What gives? Anyone have any idea? EDIT: after more troubleshooting it seems...
  2. M

    Cannot install windows on bootcamp

    Hello. I note that I have already installed various Macs via bootcamp. Now I have a new macpro and I can't install it for anything. The default state is MacBook by default. I run the Bootcamp wizard, redistribute the disk using the scroll bar in the wizard. The supporting software will be...
  3. dudeofblokes

    Dragging windows in windows 10 bootcamp help

    I had to install windows on my 15” 2018 MacBook Pro and the trackpad doesn’t seem to work well especially dragging a window around. I’ve tried the bootcamp settings, I’ve tried Trackpad ++ and even in windows control panel there doesn’t seem to be a simple option to move a window by single...
  4. B

    Paragon HFS+ vs. MacDrive: Which and why?

    I’m looking to access HFS+ partitions from Windows 10. Write access isn’t a priority, but the ability to do it safely would be nice. It seems the two major players are Paragon HFS+ and MacDrive. What are the pros and cons of each?
  5. Keblar

    Does macOS Big Sur update your Macs firmware?

    I was wondering this since my Mac was functioning without problems. Then I installed Big Sur in a different partition and now my eGPU crashes in Windows 10 and macOS Catalina! Before Big Sur, everything worked excellent! I resorted to erase my drive, install a fresh copy of Catalina via...
  6. H

    Win 10 Google Drive Locked Files

    I've been testing out Windows 10 and have noticed that half of the time Google Drive seems to lock my project files*. This never happens in MacOS. Is there a setting somewhere I'm missing? I'm not certain how to diagnose it. The file/folder tree is all set to full control. *ie, working on a...
  7. S

    MP 1,1-5,1 Installing and running Windows 10 on 5,1

    Can anyone confirm to me if this is the right way to install Windows 10 on a Mac Pro 5,1 with no bootscreen? https://crystalidea.com/blog/classic-mac-pro-and-windows Thanks!
  8. N

    Windows on External Drive

    So I recently upgraded the HDD in my Windows laptop to an SSD and now I have a spare HDD (in an external enclosure) with Windows 10 installed but lets cut to the chase. Basically I want to boot up Windows on an external drive when I tried it boot up on all I got with the Windows splash screen...
  9. juliovg

    MP 1,1-5,1 Is it possible install windows 10 over mac pro 5.1 with Catalina

    Hello guys This is how my mac looks like: i install Catalina following this link: http://dosdude1.com/catalina/ Now i would like to install windows 10 because some job tools that i need are just for windows. I have two questions: 1- There is an option to install windows 10 without...
  10. D

    Windows 10 Bootcamp cant eject usb Drive

    Does anyone have any solution or stop it from redoing steps? This was working months ago, now it doesn't work for me. Never did had the option right click drive to "eject", only see "format". Like I can get it to eject work, but having to redo any type of solution results in the same stucked...
  11. 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...
  12. 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...
  13. shamelin73

    SSD to go between Windows and Mac

    I have searched and there are so many utilities that sound like it would work but the site that I have seen them on seems suspect. I would like to ask you here. I have a Sandisk 1TB SSD and would like to encrypt it but be able to go from work to home and be able to open on Windows and Mac. I do...
  14. bogdanw

    Windows 10 version 2004 (May 2020 update)

    Has anyone updated to Windows 10 version 2004 on a MacBook Air 2019 (MacBookAir8,2)? Are there any issues, besides the official ones? https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/release-information/status-windows-10-2004
  15. S

    MP 1,1-5,1 5,1 question

    Hi guys, Quick question, I am a student that wants to buy a 5,1 Mac Pro and I noticed that the 2010's have the 5,1 identifier and so do the 2012 models. Looking at the market I can see that the 2010 dual CPU models(which is what I am looking for) are cheaper than the 2012 dual CPU models, is...
  16. adnan.salah84

    WiFi Network Adapter is missing under Windows 10

    Hi folks, I am using IMAC. I just installed windows 10 on external drive with bootcamp and setup windows support from usb flash. Everything goes well but I cannot see my WiFi network adapter under windows 10 and WiFi setting is missing too. May be it looks like windows does not recognise...
  17. R

    MP 1,1-5,1 No boot logo/menu with Mac pro 2006 (macpro1,1) boots directly to windows

    Hi everyone, I am new to using older Apple products. Few days ago I bought a used Mac pro 1.1 It works fine with Windows 10 already installed by the previous owner. But I want to install MacOS, but there is no boot screen/chime, it boots directly into Windows. I can hold the option key how...
  18. J

    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...
  19. R

    iMac 2019 as External Display for PC (Laptop)?

    I've searched everywhere in the internets and tried everything I could find, but it does not appear that this is possible. Hoping smarter people than me have figured this out. Here's my scenario - like everyone else, I'm spending a lot more time working at home. I recently upgraded to the iMac...
  20. 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...