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  1. VaZ

    VMware Fusion 11.5 Win 10 Pro HIGH GPU SPIKES !

    Mac specs are in my signature. So when trying to play an old game from 2003 on Origin in windows my osx gpu history is showing the graph as maxed out ! I don't even get near max doing daily regular things in osx. The settings for vmware are 1gb out of 3gb shared graphics memory with 3d on, 4...
  2. S

    Mac OS X Yosemite virtual machine error

    Hi! So I am trying to install Mac Os X Yosemite on Virtual box,on my PC(Windows 10) using AMD,not Intel but using a special bootloader vmdk together with the OS one and a custom kernel for amd processors(basically a hackintosh setup for AMD). However when I boot it shows the Apple logo and gets...
  3. B

    Upgrading my 2009 Macbook vs Microsoft Surface Laptop 3

    I own a late-2009 unibody MC207LL/A Macbook that I want to upgrade in the following ways: Boost the RAM from 4GB to 8GB Swap out the 256GB HDD it came with for a 500GB HDD (or possibly an SSD later on) Upgrade the operating system from Mac OS 10.6 to Windows 10 Replace the bottom cover with a...
  4. O

    making a biosboot usb with windows 10?

    I have been fighting with my iMac 21'5 inch for the past couple of weeks and I think I've finally reached the final hurdle. I am able to successfully put windows 10 on my iMac via an efiboot, but the sound drivers refuse to work due to this. My conclusion is that I need a biosboot usb with the...
  5. t8er8

    Windows 10 on 970 evo m.2 PCI-e SSD

    Hi, So I have my Windows 10 boot drive on a 240gig sata ssd, and I have my Mac boot drive as the 970evo 500gig in a pcie slot with an adapter. I find myself staying on Windows a lot more for certain programs I need and the occasional gaming. I want to migrate my windows boot drive from my...
  6. longbottle

    MP 1,1-5,1 Windows 10 x64 on MP 2,1 with 64GB RAM: only 32GB shows usable

    I recently used an old HP with UEFI to install Windows 10 x64 onto a pre-made Boot Camp partition on the hard drive in my MP. Everything went surprisingly well with it, except I'm surprised to find that the RAM only shows 32GB usable, even though Windows detected all 64GB in my MP. I know the MP...
  7. amgff84

    Shadow Cloud Gaming on MacOS... & GeForce Now.

    *****Update***** *****Information is out of date! Shadow was bought by another company who raised the price. It still seems to be a good service, but just know that it will cost more money and the hardware may be different.***** For those who don't know, Shadow is a cloud gaming service. What...
  8. C

    5.1 & Windows 10 boot (NVME setup) - I am lost

    Hi guys, To be honest with you, I am lost. I have currently explored most NVME & Windows related topics already on MacRumors, but I am just not finding that specific answer, or I am maybe interpreting it differently. My setup is is a converted 4.1 to 5.1 Mac Pro with: (upgraded) 3,33 GHz...
  9. W

    Getting iCloud Data on Windows 10

    Hi, I'm using Windows 10 at home. I recently exchanged my whole PC, so nothing except the power supply and the graphics card remained. I had the following problems with both PCs: I set up the newest version of iCloud (installed via Windows store as suggested by apple) and logged in. In the...
  10. robertcoogan

    iTunes for Windows

    Is it possible to migrate the new media library under Catalina (for music, the old iTunes library) to iTunes for Windows? I am just not feeling the fractured life under Apple’s new media design.
  11. 9873697

    How to do things?

    After 14 years spent on computers running only Windows from XP to 10, I bought Mac and I got used to work on it within two days and the machine is absolutely great and better than I thought but some things on my new Mac PC are much different than on my Windows PC and I need help how to learn...
  12. D

    MP 1,1-5,1 Windows 10or7 on Samsung 970 evo

    Good morning all I was wondering if anyone could guide me in the right direction here. I have a Samsung 970 evo nvme which has Mac OS High Sierra, and I would like to install windows 10 if not then windows 7 as a partition from Mac OS high Sierra. I’m strictly going to use the windows partition...
  13. S

    Question about 2019 5K 27" iMac

    I'm in the market for a new iMac in the next few months. I have my eye on this one: 3.7GHz 6-core 9th-generation Intel Core i5 processor, Turbo Boost up to 4.6GHz 32GB 2666MHz DDR4 memory Radeon Pro Vega 48 with 8GB of HBM2 memory My intention is to run Windows 10 using Parallels Desktop as I...
  14. Tech_Mac_Man

    15" Macbook Pro (2015) - MAXED OUT!!

    Hey MacRumors, Have a real quick question to ask....How does the Windows 10 perform with the 15" MacBook Pro 2.8ghz with the AMD 370x Graphics card? I have read and heard that Windows 10 performs alot better on a Mac than it does on a Windows Laptop...How true is that? Does everything run...
  15. T

    Windows 10 via Boot Camp, impossible

    Hi everyone. I wanted to share my (unfortunate) experience with Boot Camp and maybe get some support if I did something wrong and this utility is not useless after all. So, I'm trying to install Win 10 via Boot Camp on a mid 2012 MBP (i7, 16 GB Ram, two SSDs). First, I got an official ISO of the...
  16. U

    Windows 1903 update

    Is the feature update safe to upgrade to now? It hasn't let me upgrade to it for a while- until now. Just want to check beforehand for issues to be on the safe side and see if anyone else has installed it.
  17. blueclouds

    Bootcamp install getting stuck at "Downloading Windows support software..."

    Hello there, I am trying to install windows with bootcamp on a macbook pro mid-2012 running Mojave but every time I try and run the install with bootcamp it gets stuck at "Downloading Windows support software...". I have attached a screenshot to this post. Any help would be much appreciated.
  18. sayhitokyle

    Potential for running Windows 10 on 2019 MacBook Air?

    Hi, I know there are myriad threads on here about the benefits / drawbacks of different methods of running Windows 10 on a Mac but very few of them relate to the newest models so I’m hoping someone can help. I’m considering purchasing a new MacBook Air to update from my incredibly old Mac...
  19. jck1634

    iMac late 2015 booting from external SSD. What to do with the internal?

    Sorry guys I’m sure this has been covered but I don’t seem to have the ability to find any kind of consensus on how to do it. I’ve managed to boot my iMac from an external ssd. The internal HDD is just sitting there not doing anything. I was thinking about putting Windows 10 onto it. Boot camp...
  20. vja4Him

    Webstractor

    Does anyone know how I can open my old Webstractor files on my Windows 10 laptop ?