6.1.0 / August 10, 2016; 2 years ago ( 2016-08-10) for Website Boot Camp Assistant is a included with 's that assists users in installing on computers. The utility guides users through non-destructive (including resizing of an existing partition, if necessary) of their or and installation of Windows for the Apple hardware. The utility also installs a for selecting the boot operating system. Initially introduced as an unsupported beta for, the utility was first introduced with and has been included in subsequent versions of the operating system ever since. Previous versions of Boot Camp supported,.
You can go back and forth between OS X and Windows on your Mac, but you can’t run both operating systems simultaneously under Boot Camp. Instead, you have to boot one operating system or the other — thus, the name Boot Camp. Restart your Mac, and hold down the Option key until icons for each operating system appear onscreen.
Boot Camp 4.0 for up to version 10.8.2 only supported Windows 7. However, with the release of Boot Camp 5.0 for in version 10.8.3, only versions of and are officially supported. Boot Camp 6.0 added support for. Boot Camp 6.1, available on and later, will only accept new installations of Windows 7 and later; this requirement was upgraded to requiring Windows 10 for. This article's may be compromised due to out-of-date information.
Please update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. ( January 2019) Setting up on a Mac requires a USB flash drive and the of Windows 10 provided by Microsoft.
Boot Camp reformats the flash drive as a Mac bootable install disk, and combines Windows 10 with install scripts to load hardware drivers for the targeted Mac computer. Boot Camp currently supports Windows 10 on a range of Macs dated mid-2012 or newer. Startup Disk By default, Mac will always boot from the last-used startup disk. Holding down the (⌥) at startup brings up the, which allows the user to choose which operating system to start the device in. When using a non-Apple keyboard, the usually performs the same action. The boot manager can also be launched by holding down the “menu” button on the at startup.
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Credit: ©iStockphoto.com/BernardaSv Boot Camp software from Apple shook up the computing public upon its apocalyptic arrival in April 2006. Boot Camp graduated from beta, or near-finished, status with the arrival of Leopard. Boot Camp Assistant software is stored in the Utilities folder inside the Applications folder. Boot Camp itself is free. You have to supply your own single-disc or downloadable full-install version of Windows; an upgrade disc won’t cut it.
It’s also important to note that you can use a 64-bit version of Windows, Windows 7 (Home Premium, Professional, or Ultimate), Windows 8, or Windows 8.1. Consult to see which Mac models are compatible with which versions of Windows. In its current incarnation, Boot Camp isn’t compatible with 32-bit versions of Windows. Other requirements follow:.
An Intel Mac with OS X version 10.6 or later. At least 2GB of RAM and 20GB of available space on the Mac’s storage drive that you want to donate to Windows. A blank CD or USB storage device that you’ll use for Windows software drivers If you don’t run into snags, the entire installation should take about an hour.
Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 are optimized for a touchscreen environment, though you can use it with a standard mouse and keyboard. For now, Macs don’t support touchscreen computing. To install Windows 8 via Boot Camp, you still must have a legitimate Windows 8 license from Microsoft and a Win8 installation disc, assuming that you have an optical drive. If you don’t have an optical drive, you may be able to create a Windows installer from an ISO file downloaded from Microsoft on a USB flash drive that’s 8GB or larger.
Because snags are possible, back up all your important information on the Mac’s startup disk. Basic training Following are the basic steps to get through Boot Camp:. Run Boot Camp Assistant (in the Utilities folder inside the Applications folder) to make sure that you have the latest firmware on your computer and to install any support software from Apple that you might need. You’ll find any updates at. If you’re using a portable computer, make sure to connect the power adapter. You will also be given the option to create a Windows 7 (or later version) install disk for which you’ll need a USB flash drive and an ISO image downloaded from Apple. Follow the prompts in Boot Camp Assistant to create a partition for Windows.
You’re essentially carving out an area of your hard drive for the Windows operating system. This partition must be at least 30GB and can swell to the total free disk space on hand minus 30GB. If you don’t plan on doing much in Windows, keep the partition small.
Drag the divider to set the partitions for both OS X and Windows, or click Divide Equally to make equal partitions. You can’t resize a Windows partition after creating it, though you can replace it with a larger Windows partition. If you have a Mac Pro with more than one internal hard drive, you can select which drive to partition. If any of this makes you nervous, know that you can remove the Windows partition later and go back to a single-partition Mac. Insert the Windows CD or a USB flash drive with the Windows ISO file and then click Start Installation.
If you exited Boot Camp Assistant before installing Windows, open it again, choose Start the Windows Installer, and click Continue. When you’re asked to choose the Windows partition, select the partition that says BOOTCAMP. You may have to scroll down to see it. Don’t erase any partitions that you see or create a new partition here. Failure to heed this warning could wipe out your entire Mac OS X startup disk.
(Optional) If you see a listing for Drive Options, click it; otherwise, proceed to Step 6. Reformat the partition by using the Windows installer: Click Format. You’re using the reliable and secure NTFS file system, but you won’t be able to save files to Windows from Mac OS X, at least not without a techie workaround. Follow the onscreen instructions to finish installing Windows. Boot Camp 5.1 includes several Mac drivers so that Windows will recognize your trackpad, Thunderbolt, USB 3.0, the iSight (or FaceTime) camera, the Eject key on the Mac keyboard, networking, audio, graphics, and so on. A Boot Camp Control Panel for Windows and an Apple Boot Camp system-tray item will be added.
As with any new Windows computer, Microsoft requires that you activate your Windows software within 30 days. Switching operating systems You can go back and forth between OS X and Windows on your Mac, but you can’t run both operating systems simultaneously under Boot Camp.
Instead, you have to boot one operating system or the other — thus, the name Boot Camp. Restart your Mac, and hold down the Option key until icons for each operating system appear onscreen.
Highlight Windows or Macintosh HD, and click the arrow to launch the operating system of choice for this session. If you want OS X or Windows to boot every time, choose app → System Preferences, click Startup Disk, and choose the OS you want to launch by default. You can perform the same function in Windows by clicking the Boot Camp system-tray icon and selecting the Boot Camp Control Panel. Click either the Macintosh HD or Windows icon, depending on your startup preference.