Download and install Windows support software on your Mac

After using Boot Camp Assistant to install or upgrade Microsoft Windows on your Mac, you might also need to install the latest Windows support software (drivers) from Apple tree.

Boot Campsite requires a Mac with an Intel processor.

When you install Microsoft Windows on your Mac, Boot Military camp Assistant automatically opens the Boot Military camp installer, which installs the latest Windows support software (drivers). If that doesn't happen, or you experience any of the following bug while using Windows on your Mac, follow the steps in this article.

  • Your Apple mouse, trackpad, or keyboard isn't working in Windows.
    Force Bear on isn't designed to work in Windows.
  • You lot don't hear audio from the built-in speakers of your Mac in Windows.
  • The born microphone or camera of your Mac isn't recognized in Windows.
  • One or more screen resolutions are unavailable for your display in Windows.
  • Y'all can't adjust the brightness of your born brandish in Windows.
  • You lot have issues with Bluetooth or Wi-Fi in Windows.
  • Yous go an alert that Apple Software Update has stopped working.
  • You become a message that your PC has a commuter or service that isn't set up for this version of Windows.
  • Your Mac starts up to a black or blue screen later on you install Windows.

If your Mac has an AMD video card and is having graphics issues in Windows, yous might need toupdate your AMD graphics drivers instead.

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Format a USB wink drive

To install the latest Windows back up software, you lot need a 16GB or larger USB flash drive formatted as MS-DOS (FAT).

  1. Start your Mac from macOS.
  2. Plug the USB flash bulldoze into your Mac.
  3. Open Disk Utility, which is in the Utilities folder of your Applications folder.
  4. Cull View > Evidence All Devices from the carte bar.
  5. From the sidebar in Deejay Utility, select your USB flash drive. (Select the drive proper noun, non the volume name below it.)
    Disk Utility window
  6. Click the Erase push button or tab.
  7. Choose MS-DOS (Fat) as the format and Master Boot Record as the scheme.
  8. Click Erase to format the bulldoze. When done, quit Deejay Utility.

Download the Windows support software

Later on preparing your USB flash drive, consummate these steps:

  1. Brand certain that your Mac is continued to the Internet.
  2. Open up Kick Camp Banana, which is in the Utilities folder of your Applications folder.
  3. From the menu bar at the peak of your screen, choose Action > Download Windows Support Software, and so choose your USB flash drive as the save destination. When the download completes, quit Boot Camp Banana.
    Save dialog

Learn what to exercise if you lot tin't download or salve the Windows support software.

Install the Windows back up software

Afterdownloading the Windows back up software to your flash drive, follow these steps to install the software. (If you're attempting to resolve issues with a Bluetooth mouse or keyboard, information technology might be easier to use a USB mouse or keyboard until these steps are consummate.)

  1. Make sure that the USB flash bulldoze is plugged into your Mac.
  2. Start up your Mac in Windows.
  3. From File Explorer, open up the USB flash drive, then open Setup or setup.exe, which is in the WindowsSupport folder or BootCamp binder. When you're asked to permit Boot Army camp to make changes to your device, click Yep.
  4. Click Repair to begin installation. If you get an warning that the software hasn't passed Windows Logo testing, click Continue Anyhow.
  5. Subsequently installation completes, click Finish, then click Yes when you lot're asked to restart your Mac.

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If yous can't download or salvage the Windows support software:

  • If the assistant says that the Windows back up software could not be saved to the selected drive, or that the USB flash drive can't be used, brand sure that your USB flash drive has a storage capacity of at least 16GB and isformatted correctly.
  • If the assistant doesn't see your USB flash bulldoze, click Go Back and brand sure that the drive is connected direct to the USB port on your Mac—not to a display, hub, or keyboard. Disconnect and reconnect the bulldoze, then click Continue.
  • If the banana says that it can't download the software because of a network trouble, make sure that your Mac is connected to the Cyberspace.
  • Make sure that your Mac meets the system requirements to install Windows using Boot Military camp.

If a Mac feature yet doesn't piece of work afterward updating the Windows support software, search for your symptom on the Apple support website or Microsoft support website. Some features of your Mac aren't designed to work in Windows.

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