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Windows 10, manually reconnect to already paired Bluetooth device?
I think I have finally found a reliable answer for this.
Win+A brings up the action center
If you dont see "connect" you may need to click expand
Click Connect and then you can force connect your ...
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Windows 10, manually reconnect to already paired Bluetooth device?
For those on the regular Windows 10 desktop without touch, you need to open the connect widget from the system tray notifications icon ...
Click the existing device to reconnect to
While this ...
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Resizing Windows 10 Bootcamp partition manually
Ok, here's how I solved my problem in the end (resizing a windows 10 bootcamp partition):
Shrinking the macOS partition
Boot into recovery mode and open terminal
Run diskutil cs list to list core ...
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Suspicious MBR at sector 0, is there a way to fix it?
That's a hybrid MBR. It's necessary to boot Windows in BIOS mode, but if you plan to install Windows 8 or 10 in EFI mode, you need to replace the hybrid MBR with a legal protective MBR. You can do ...
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How to configure a bluetooth mouse in Windows 10 on MacBook Pro with Bootcamp?
It took a lot of searching, but here goes. First, cover the basics:
Update drivers and Windows stuff with Windows Update
Update Bootcamp drivers with Apple Software Update
Then, the not so subtle ...
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Windows10 - Bootcamp Could not locate the macOS boot volume - mac partition unknown
You can still boot the macOS partition right? You can hold down Alt/Option upon startup and it will give you a list of bootable volumes. Choose Macintosh HD (or your macOS partition) to boot it. Once ...
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How can I automatically switch between integrated graphics and dedicated graphics on Bootcamp?
Yes
Unlike most other laptops, MacBook Pros with dGPUs use a graphics muxer to physically switch which GPU is pushing pixels to the display. By contrast, most other laptops simply share a framebuffer ...
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Windows 10, manually reconnect to already paired Bluetooth device?
In window 8 through 10 you can REconnect by going to Action Center. On windows 10 swipe to your LEFT from the RIGHT side of your touch screen. There is a tile in the side window that comes up with the ...
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Uninstall Boot Camp on Windows
The correct command is msiexec /x BootCamp.msi
Same situation here and I remove bootcamp with this command.
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Windows 10 Wi-Fi too slow on Bootcamp after update
Solved. This seems a problem of power management.
To fix it, go to power management settings and find the Wi-Fi part. Set the value of Using Battery on Power Saving Mode to Max Performance. Then ...
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Boot Camp Assistant fails to create the USB installer from the Windows 10 October 2018 Update
Before fully answering the question, a better explanation of the problem needs to be made. Microsoft provides this website to download Windows 10. Below is a snapshot of what Windows users will see. ...
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Windows 10 EFI installation in MBP 8.2 (without bootcamp)
It is not possible to run any version of Windows in native EFI mode on that model of laptop. I know this because I have a late 2011 17" MacBook Pro and have spent literally years trying to make it ...
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Invert scrolling for only trackpad, Bootcamp
You can check it in Device Manager:
Press Win+R key.
Type devmgmt.msc and press Enter.
Look for Mice and other pointing devices.
There should be an entry for your trackpad. Open it.
On the Details ...
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Why does my Macbook become extremely hot when using Boot Camp?
After almost 8 years of wondering why Mac computers (e.g. 2013 and 2020 Macbook Pro for my part) were overheating so much (reaching 100°C on both models when fully stressed) with Windows (installed ...
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Does a VMware virtual machine take up memory when off
The windows virtual machine will only use memory when it is running. When you power down the windows virtual machine, the memory will be available by your Mac once again. The same behavior is true ...
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How do I successfully virtualise my (Boot-Camp) Window 10 partition so it runs on Hyper-V?
There were a couple of factors to the problems that were preventing the VM loading but thanks to SimonS for helping point me in the right direction to a suitable work-around.
Firstly, creating the VM ...
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Why is a bootable USB drive is showing up among the startup disks on a MacBook but not on an iMac?
2011 model iMacs and MacBook Pros do not support booting Windows from USB. The only operating system that will boot from USB on these models is the MacOS.
2011 model Mac computers all had optical ...
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Why is a bootable USB drive is showing up among the startup disks on a MacBook but not on an iMac?
I will try a simple answer followed by a more complex answer.
The Simple answer
When Apple decide to allow Windows installation Macs, Microsoft needed to change its software and Apple had to change ...
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Windows 10 on Macbook Pro not responsive to keyboard input
I don't have a test system set up to verify my answer. But with the little experience I have with this configuration I experienced the drivers being sort of touchy. But unlike in you're case for me ...
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Bluetooth audio stuttering Windows 10 on Boot Camp on a MacBook Pro
My fix was to turn off my computer (not restart it), wait for a few seconds for the cache to clean, and cold boot into Windows (DO NOT LET YOUR macOS SIDE LOAD) ... it worked.
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How do I configure Windows 10 to ignore a certain amount of mouse movement whlie clicking?
There are a number of other mouse settings in the Registry, such as the number of pixels of movement allowed on a double-click.
Press Windows, enter rege, select regedit.exe and accept UAC prompt.
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Will "Reset This PC" on a Bootcamp partition also erase the MacOS from my SSD?
Careful here...
Your MacOS shoud be safe, but it certainly won't hurt to make sure the backup of your MacOS install is up to date, before you begin.
While it isn't supposed to touch the MacOS system ...
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bootable USB for installing windows 8 using bootcamp stop because biggest file is more than 4G but its format is Fat32
Here is the reason for the issue where the Boot Camp assistant says there is not enough space on the USB drive when there is!!
FAT doesn't accept the install.wim file as part of Windows 10 because it ...
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Tried to resize bootcamp partition unsuccessfully and after a wipe I have strange diskutil data. How do I repair?
Short answer (but lots of work):
You should wipe your disk clean and restore everything from backups. If you don't have backups, plan to spend considerable time with a tool like PhotoRec recovering ...
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Shared partition between OSX and Windows 10 (using Bootcamp) Disappeared?
So after much research I managed to resolve the issue. Looks like ExFAT is susceptible to corruption, but you can actually repair it in terminal. In hindsight it looks like a better solution would ...
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Which filesystem to use when sharing a drive between OSX and Windows 8.1 on boot camp?
Formatting as exFAT (do so from OSX with DiskUtility) is easiest to do and is natively supported by macOS and Windows as of Windows 7.
(I specifically recommend the format through OSX as Windows can ...
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Windows10 - Bootcamp Could not locate the macOS boot volume - mac partition unknown
According to Apple, you are not suppose to use the APFS with the Boot Camp Assistant application. However, if you do so, then the following will fix the problem you are having.
Since the Windows Boot ...
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Resizing Windows 10 Bootcamp partition manually
With a few clarifications and extra steps, the instructions here worked for me for a 2019 MacBook Pro 13-inch.
I was able to reallocate a 1TB HD from 100GB MacOS/900GB Windows to a more sane 750GB ...
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Using GPT fdisk utility produces error
The standard procedure for installing Windows 10 to a Mac Mini (late 2014) is to use the Boot Camp Assistant application. The installation does not require the use of a hybrid MBR GUID disk, so this ...
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