The instructions even go into troubleshooting for reformatting a drive, which is really digging in to helping a user complete a dangerous operation. If something goes wrong, the user can lose ALL of their data. Meanwhile, bootcamp needs you to reformat a thumb drive. In fact, Apple used to let users download many things here: I have been downloading right drivers for 20+ years. I'm not worried in the least bit about downloading the right driver. They made a choice to handhold users through disk formatting instead of just having a download. Are they keeping users from downloading the wrong versions of stuff? Possible but there are other ways to do that. Is apple protecting IP and software licenses. Any other system would just have an installer and even an update agent for download. Oh, but this section just troubleshoots problems you have with formatting your USB drive and with USB drive recommendations. Ok that's cool now I know I'm looking for some "Boot Camp Installer" that needs to run on my Windows sideģ) But of course there's no link to a "Boot Camp Installer" I needed to use the Assistant from the MacOS side and the thumb drive.Ĥ) Wait wait, here's a section called "If you can't download or save the Windows support software:" Ok this looks useful but the process is written for a fresh format and install of Windows.Ģ) "If the Boot Camp Installer Doesn't Open." I felt like showing a bit more of the process:ġ) "install Windows on a Mac with Boot Camp Assistant" Thank you for responses that stick to the point and answer the question. Many other situations would involve going to a web page and downloading an installer so I'm asking here for what I'm missing. In anticipation to some responses, we can argue about it if you want but it'll be a waste of energy. The latest date on anything I can find here is from 2015.Īnother page directs me to use the boot camp assistant, but it requires that I have a thumb drive (ready to be reformatted), and I must reboot into MacOS I'm not going to do that. With virtualization apps such as VMWare and Parallels Desktop, you can run Windows 11 in a macOS window, drag and drop between the two platforms and more.I have looked for a while now. Virtualization is the only solution for people who want to run Windows natively on Apple silicon Macs. Read: How to detect if your Mac uses Intel or Apple chips An Apple silicon version of Boot Camp would permit people to install and use the ARM version of Windows 11 on an Apple silicon Mac.Ĭonsidering all Macs now run Apple’s custom silicon rather than Intel chips, Apple has little incentive to invest resources into making Boot Camp compatible with its own Mac processors. Apple never said whether it planned for Boot Camp to support Windows 11, but Microsoft said that it was basically up to Apple. When will Boot Camp support Windows 11?īoot Camp currently does not work with Windows 11. This update to Boot Camp also adds compatibility with the WPA3 authentication protocol for Wi-Fi networks. Release notes accompanying the update state that Boot Camp 6.1.16 fixes problems with the Bluetooth driver that could manifest after your Mac running Windows via Boot Camp wakes from sleep or hibernation. What to do? Boot into Windows on your Mac, then click the Start menu and open the Apple Software Update app to install the new Boot Camp drivers.īoot Camp adds WPA3 support, fixes Bluetooth issuesĪpple released this update on August 22, 2022, bumping version number to 6.1.16.Why care? If you use Boot Camp but don’t care about stronger wireless security, you might be interested in the fact that the app fixes an issue with the Bluetooth driver which can manifest itself when resuming from sleep or hibernation.On top of that, the update packs a fix for problems with the Bluetooth driver. In its latest version, Boot Camp has picked up support for much more secure WPA3 wireless connections. What’s happening? Boot Camp is Apple’s for running Microsoft’s Windows operating system natively on Intel-based Macs.It also contains a fix for issues with the Bluetooth driver. Apple has updated its Boot Camp software with support for the WPA3 protocol for Wi-Fi connections.
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