Boot Camp Performance. If the main reason you want to run Windows 10 in Boot Camp is for performance, you probably want to know what to expect. For more information about using Windows on your Mac, click the Open Boot Camp Help button in Boot Camp Assistant. These resources also contain helpful information: Create an ISO image for Boot Camp from Windows installation media; Use your Apple Keyboard in Windows with Boot Camp * These Mac models were offered with 128GB hard drives as an option.
Share on Facebook Tweet this Share Sometimes, you just need Windows. It’s not something that Apple would like to admit, and for the most part MacOS has done an admirable job of keeping up with its less stylish and more utilitarian cousin, but sometimes you just need. Thankfully, as Apple used to say, “there’s an app for that.” Apple’s custom-tailored solution, and it’s the easiest way to get Windows on your Mac without resorting to dark rituals and eldritch sorcery.
So here’s how to install Windows 10 on a Mac with minimal fuss and danger! Step 1: Confirm your Mac’s requirements Before getting started, make sure your Mac has the available disk space and hardware necessary to handle the Windows install via Boot Camp. Make sure all the latest updates are completed before you begin!
First, the install requires an Intel-based Mac computer and an empty external USB drive capabl.
Thank you for creating this thread regarding the Mid-2018 update. Just, may I add two questions: 1. Could somebody run Geekbench (CPU and GPU) in Windows and post yours specs and scores? I'm very curious to see the scores, especially for Radeon Pro 560X GPU.
How the trackpad feels in Boot Camp? Has anything changed this time? I participate in adding some improvements to trackpad in Boot Camp (like, adding gestures for 3/4/5 fingers), so I'm very curious regarding the Mid-2018 status. If somebody who owns Mid-2018 model could download the Boot Camp drivers package using the 'Boot Camp Assistant' app in macOS (it's top bar menu has such option to just download the drivers), and save them to your computer, archive to.zip and then upload to, say, google drive to share the link me.
Please Thank you very much. Installed Win 10 pro spring creators update this morning. I'm not sure if it's because its a brand new machine, but the process seemed glitchier than with the last two older machines I installed boot camp on. The fans do get quite loud at one point during the windows install though it's fairly brief. Installing the app specific bootcamp drivers for keyboard, mouse, touch bar took multiple tries with at least a couple of reboots in the middle and lots of messages about 'unsupported device.'
Until it completed. After that I installed steam to get access to my games. A few related notes to that. The installed Radeon drivers ( the machine is the midlevel with the Radeon 560X) that apple provides with boot camp are at least one major version older than what AMD lists as current.
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However, trying to install the current drivers from, AMD brings up 'no valid hardware.' Message and the installer stops. Possibly related, most of my games seem to run though I've not checked them out extensively for things like frame rate and supported resolutions.
Wolfenstein II wont even launch. Tech support says it's likely the radeon drivers and suggest an update, which brings you back to number 2.
Last but not least, this is the fastest I've seen windows 10 launch on any machine. Possibly due to the SSDs which all are reporting about. Wake from sleep in Win10 is now also virtually as fast as you can raise the lid. I’m having a number of issues with Boot Camp and Apple’s drivers on the new MBPs, in addition to the obvious throttling:. Audio lags by up to 2 seconds through the headphone jack. This can be seen in everything from DirectX applications, to YouTube, to even iTunes. Audio will start to 'crackle' throughout the system regardless of output source, intermittently when not under load and consistently under load.
When rebooting from Windows to macOS the internal keyboard and trackpad are disabled, requiring you to kill power to the system entirely to restore control. The issue was the new (?) secure boot option, I had to boot into Recovery OS and launch the Secure System Start tool or something like that. Turns out I had to disable it completely, for external drives to be allowed to act as a boot device.
It's now working as it should. However two things I need to get figured out are: - how can I turn off the internal display? I am using an EGPU and it's a waste of energy. how can I turn off the Touch Bar. I don't want it to display the F1 - F12 keys constantly, that's a guarantee for burn-in.
Click to expand.So I ran into this issue too, checking the option to allow external boot devices. My problem didn’t get fixed until I completely turned of the os security option listed about the external boot options. Tried all the options but not having the checks was the only way mine worked even though the documentation says windows OS should be recognized. I wonder if this is only for bootcamp partitions on the same drive as macOS. Let me know if this helps you! Edit: didn’t see the merged part of your post. Looked like you got it already.
Installed Win 10 pro spring creators update this morning. I'm not sure if it's because its a brand new machine, but the process seemed glitchier than with the last two older machines I installed boot camp on. The fans do get quite loud at one point during the windows install though it's fairly brief. Installing the app specific bootcamp drivers for keyboard, mouse, touch bar took multiple tries with at least a couple of reboots in the middle and lots of messages about 'unsupported device.' Until it completed. After that I installed steam to get access to my games.
A few related notes to that. The installed Radeon drivers ( the machine is the midlevel with the Radeon 560X) that apple provides with boot camp are at least one major version older than what AMD lists as current. However, trying to install the current drivers from, AMD brings up 'no valid hardware.'
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Message and the installer stops. Possibly related, most of my games seem to run though I've not checked them out extensively for things like frame rate and supported resolutions. Wolfenstein II wont even launch.
Tech support says it's likely the radeon drivers and suggest an update, which brings you back to number 2. Last but not least, this is the fastest I've seen windows 10 launch on any machine. Possibly due to the SSDs which all are reporting about. Wake from sleep in Win10 is now also virtually as fast as you can raise the lid. Click to expand.Mine was but the 2nd supplemental update fixed that. Also I found out form another member Macs Fan Control that I run in OSX caused an issue that trickled into windows. I set that to automatic (in OSX), rebooted into windows and its all good.
I mentioned macs fan control, because there are members like myself that use it help manage the heat in OSX but it did interfere in windows. Somehow a setting was stuck or impacted so when you were in windows the fans were not running correctly.
The issue was the new (?) secure boot option, I had to boot into Recovery OS and launch the Secure System Start tool or something like that. Turns out I had to disable it completely, for external drives to be allowed to act as a boot device. It's now working as it should. However two things I need to get figured out are: - how can I turn off the internal display? I am using an EGPU and it's a waste of energy. how can I turn off the Touch Bar.
I don't want it to display the F1 - F12 keys constantly, that's a guarantee for burn-in. Click to expand.Yes, Touch Bar as a rule stays always on in Boot Camp, which is the disaster, as it's an OLED display which may suffer from burn-in effect. But now you can turn off the Touch Bar by an adjustable user inactivity timeout 5-75 seconds (as well as keep it always dimmed which is cool!, or keep only the Esc key when you don't need other keys, etc.). A new 'DimBar' utility for Boot Camp makes these tweaks possible. Note: the DimBar tool works only with Mid-2018 MacBook Pro equipped with Apple T2 coprocessor chip. It doesn't work with 2016-2017 models.