Download and install Windows support software on your Mac

After using Boot Camp Assistant to install or upgrade Microsoft Windows on your Mac, y'all may as well need to install the latest Windows back up software (drivers) from Apple.

Boot Camp requires a Mac with an Intel processor.

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

  • Your Apple mouse, trackpad or keyboard isn't working in Windows.
    Forcefulness Bear upon isn't designed to work in Windows.
  • You can't hear sound from the congenital-in speakers of your Mac in Windows.
  • The born microphone or camera of your Mac isn't recognised in Windows.
  • One or more screen resolutions are unavailable for your display in Windows.
  • Y'all can't adjust the effulgence of your born display in Windows.
  • You're having problems with Bluetooth or Wi-Fi in Windows.
  • You've received an alarm stating that Apple Software Update has stopped working.
  • You lot've received a message stating that your PC has a driver or service that isn't ready for this version of Windows.
  • Your Mac starts up to a black or bluish screen after y'all've installed Windows.

If your Mac has an AMD video bill of fare and is having graphics issues in Windows, you may need toupdate your AMD graphics drivers instead.

Install the latest macOS updates

Format a USB flash drive

To install the latest Windows back up software, you need a sixteen GB or larger USB wink drive formatted equally MS-DOS (Fatty).

  1. Start your Mac from macOS.
  2. Plug the USB flash drive into your Mac.
  3. Open Disc Utility, which is in the Utilities folder of your Applications folder.
  4. Choose View > Show All Devices from the menu bar.
  5. From the sidebar in Disc Utility, select your USB flash drive. (Select the drive name, not the volume proper noun beneath information technology.)
    Disk Utility window
  6. Click the Erase button or tab.
  7. Choose MS-DOS (FAT) as the format and Chief Boot Tape equally the scheme.
  8. Click Erase to format the bulldoze. When information technology'south finished, quit Disk Utility.

Download the Windows back up software

After preparing your USB wink drive, complete these steps:

  1. Make certain your Mac is connected to the Internet.
  2. Open Boot Camp Assistant, which is in the Utilities folder of your Applications binder.
  3. From the menu bar at the top of your screen, choose Action > Download Windows Support Software, so choose your USB flash drive as the destination to save to. When the download has been completed, quit Kicking Military camp Assistant.
    Save dialogue

Find out what to do if you tin't download or save the Windows support software.

Install the Windows support software

Afterdownloading the Windows support software to your flash drive, follow these steps to install the software. (If y'all're attempting to resolve issues with a Bluetooth mouse or keyboard, it may be easier to apply a USB mouse or keyboard until these steps take been completed.)

  1. Make sure the USB wink drive is plugged into your Mac.
  2. Get-go up your Mac in Windows.
  3. From File Explorer, open the USB flash drive, then open Setup or setup.exe, which is in the WindowsSupport folder or BootCamp folder. When you're asked to let Kick Campsite to make changes to your device, click Yes.
  4. Click Repair to begin installation. If you receive an warning stating that the software hasn't passed Windows Logo testing, click Keep Anyway.
  5. After the installation has been completed, click Cease, then click Aye when you're asked to restart your Mac.

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If you can't download or save the Windows support software:

  • If the assistant states that the Windows support software could not be saved to the selected drive or that the USB flash drive can't exist used, make sure your USB flash drive has a storage chapters of at least 16 GB and has beenformatted correctly.
  • If the assistant tin can't run into your USB wink drive, click Become Dorsum and make sure the drive has been connected direct to the USB port on your Mac – not to a display, hub or keyboard. Disconnect and reconnect the bulldoze, and then click Proceed.
  • If the assistant states that information technology can't download the software because of a network problem, brand sure your Mac is connected to the Cyberspace.
  • Brand certain your Mac meets the system requirements to install Windows using Kick Camp.

If a Mac feature nevertheless doesn't work after updating the Windows back up software, search for your symptom on the Apple tree support website or Microsoft support website. Some features of your Mac aren't designed to work in Windows.

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