Snag is, there are still plenty of users who either do not want to use OS X or, more likely, are forced to use a Windows laptop for their work.

A virtualisation tool enables to use Windows on top of of OS X, ideal for testing, running lightweight applications and for sharing files between the two operating systems.

What a virtualised version of Windows doesnt do, is enable you to play the most demanding games or applications.

With Boot Camp, you can install Windows and dual-boot, choosing to run either Windows or OS X, when you start your Mac.

If you run Windows natively, you are using the full power of your Mac, with dedicated drivers.

The download here is the Boot Camp 5 Support Software, which includes the latest drivers.

Youll need to extract the downloaded file contents to a USB drive.

Make sure you have the latest drivers so you can install and support Windows 8.

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This means that when the Mac starts up or reboots, you can choose between booting into Mac OS or booting into Windows on the same computer.

If installing and running Windows 20 on Mac interests you, read on to learn some necessary requirements and to discover the process of installing Windows 10 on a Mac with Boot Camp.

If you have a smaller hard drive on the Mac, or your hard drive is frequently running out of space, this is probably not going to be an option for you.

Note you can install Windows with Boot Camp on earlier Macs too, but to do so you will need to first make a Windows 10 install drive from MacOS, whereas 2015 and newer models running Mac OS X 10.11 or later do not require the Windows boot drive.

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Once you are ready, heres how to install Windows on Mac with Boot Camp.

You can do all the regular Windows stuff, using the Edge browser, transferring photos from iPhone to Windows 10, run Windows specific apps or games, or whatever else youd like to do.

Installing Boot Camp drivers is essential for using a Touch Bar and Force Touch with Windows 10 on a Mac, amongst other actions and features.

You can also use Disk Utility separately, or a command line tool to delete the partition, but its recommended to follow the official Boot Camp methods.

Bootcamp is actually leading me down the external device road.

The only devices that show up in the window are some backup drives I have connected by USB and any USB stick I connect.

Yes, I have been through all methods: Rufus, WinUSB, Winclone, fixed registry to allow windows load USB driver, and successfully boot from External SSD.

Any tips you can help Many readers would appreciate an article about this topic.

Then theres the post-installation, extras that must be performed after Windows 10 is running.

Hint: Find the Boot Camp Control Panel and correct the default settings.

But there are some helpful, more realistic descriptions of what it takes to get everything to work elsewhere on the net.

I believe Steve Jobs tried to break bootcamp on purpose each time a new version of OSX was released.

In fact you can just install Windows only on Apple hardware and it runs great.

If I run into an issue (havent so far), its easy enough to wipe Windows and reinstall it with a larger partition.

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