Download and install Windows back up software on your Mac

Later using Kicking 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.

Kicking Camp requires a Mac with an Intel processor.

When y'all install Microsoft Windows on your Mac, Boot Camp Assistant automatically opens the Boot Military camp installer, which installs the latest Windows back up software (drivers). If that doesn't happen, or you experience any of the following issues 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 upon isn't designed to piece of work in Windows.
  • You lot don't hear audio from the congenital-in speakers of your Mac in Windows.
  • The congenital-in microphone or camera of your Mac isn't recognized in Windows.
  • One or more screen resolutions are unavailable for your display in Windows.
  • Yous tin't adjust the brightness of your built-in display in Windows.
  • You have issues with Bluetooth or Wi-Fi in Windows.
  • Y'all become an alert that Apple Software Update has stopped working.
  • You get a message that your PC has a commuter or service that isn't ready for this version of Windows.
  • Your Mac starts up to a black or blueish screen after you lot install Windows.

If your Mac has an AMD video carte du jour and is having graphics bug in Windows, you might need toupdate your AMD graphics drivers instead.

Install the latest macOS updates

Format a USB flash drive

To install the latest Windows support software, you demand a 16GB or larger USB flash drive formatted every bit MS-DOS (FAT).

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

Download the Windows support software