Questions tagged [bootcamp]
Questions about Boot Camp, a utility included with OS X Leopard (10.5) and above that assists users in installing other operating systems on Intel-based Macintosh computers.
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Windows Vista not showing in boot manager bootcamp
My mid-2010 iMac, running High Sierra and OS X Lion, is not booting from the usb of Windows Vista Bootcamp.
I tried Boot Manager but it was not there. I tried EFI boot but it was still not there.
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Using your iMac as an external monitor for a Windows laptop [duplicate]
I have an iMac Retina 2020 and a Windows ThinkPad laptop. I need to use the iMac's display as an external monitor for the Windows laptop. However, I understand that this is not possible with iMac ...
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Is it possible to install Windows natively on an Intel Mac that has no OS and only external storage?
I've got an old mid-2013 MacBook Air (A1465 EMC 2631) that's has no internal storage. Only external HD/SSD via USB. I have an M1 MacBook Air with macOS Sonoma to assist in this effort.
I used the old ...
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500 GB external hard drive broken after Boot Camp
I am running macOS 10.13.6 on a Mac mini 2011 and I decided to get Windows 8 using Boot Camp. The installation went well, but I couldn't switch back to macOS. On a different question, I got advice and ...
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Windows BootCamp Battery backup Issue
I am running windows 11 on Macbook Pro 2019 using bootcamp.
I am really worried about the battery life. Battery Life is excellent on the Mac. On Windows Bootcamp its a whole other story. Its painful ...
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Which files are inside of a bootable macOS USB created with macOS Terminal? [duplicate]
I need a list or a screenshot of them to replicate them because the bootable created in Windows Transmac just has a PKG file therefore not recognized as a bootable device.
I tried creating a blank ...
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Macbook Pro 2016 running Windows 10 (bootcamp) shuts off in sleep or hibernation
I have a Macbook Pro 2016 15-inch touchbar that is running a fresh install of Windows 10 via bootcamp with all drivers installed via the bootcamp software. Everything works great, except the fact that ...
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Boot Camp without USB
I have a 2011 Mac mini running macOS 10.13.6. Is possible to use Boot Camp without an USB drive? I was wondering, because it seems a waste to buy a USB just for this.
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Unable to shrink MacOS partition - Sonoma 14.4.1 (23E224)
I am unable to shrink my macOS volume/disk on my Intel 2019 15" MBP with a 1Tb disk to make space (128gb) for installing a linux distro in dual boot configuration.
Disk utility in macOS will not ...
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Need assistance installing Windows 10 64bit on a late 2009 IMac 27in with a non functional optical drive
So far I have attempted the answer/instruction to this question.
I also attempted to UEFI boot install windows 10 from start up manager by creating a ExFAT Flash Drive with the contents of a mounted ...
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Following instructions to manually install Windows by manually creating Bootcamp partition during start up it doesn’t show up
I’m in the process of putting windows 7 on my late 2009 iMac. I’ve been working on this for a few days now. I couldn’t just use the normal Bootcamp assistant because of hardware issues and ended up ...
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MacOS Gone After Bootcamp Install
After installing Windows 8.1 on my Mac Mini 2011 (macOS High Sierra 10.13.6) using bootcamp everything seemed fine and working until one day I wanted to switch back to macOS. I used Option Restart but ...
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Early 2009 iMac just doesn't detect Windows 7 DVD
I'm trying to install Windows 7 on an early 2009 iMac and I have a Windows installer DVD, but when I put it in while OS X El Capitan is running, it just makes a few weird sounds for about a minute and ...
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Freespace after a bootcamp that i can't get back(mac)
I have encountered with a problem after corrupted bootcamp Windows deinstallation. In diskutil list i have a free space and in GUI version of Diskutil when i'm trying to partition it - I keep getting ...
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How to fix MacBook Air '14 that won't boot [duplicate]
I accidentally lost/erased all start up utilities. There used to be a Question Mark folder and was able to use the command prompts ..but no recovery utilities ever came up.. now I have a black screen ...
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