![]() ![]() I went ahead and downloaded the drivers from the Macbook Pro after I installed them, that way you can download them directly from this post! You don’t need to waste time downloading the entire Mac OS. Now, this took forever, because downloading the DVD took at least 8 hours, and this was at work, so I couldn’t wait for it to finish. ![]() I then went ahead and installed the drivers. You can then mount a CD/DVD image right from your hard drive, that way you don’t have to waste a DVD by burning the image. I then installed DAEMON Tools Lite, what’s DAEMON Tools Lite? It’s a free program that emulates a CDDVD drive on your pc. He happened to have the DVD ISO, but in case you aren’t lucky enough to have a colleague like that, check this out: But, I don’t like paying for something I already own, so I turned to a friend for help. But, what if like my clients, you lost the cd? Well Apple will gladly charge you $29.00 for another CD. You need to put your Mac OS CD in and it will install the necessary drivers. Unfortunately, the audio, video, and some of the drivers don’t get pulled in through windows update. Ok, so what’s the issue? (more after the break) Now, when you go through the windows installation, it will install the very basic drivers, just enough for you to see windows. What is boot camp? Well boot camp is a program that mac includes in its leopard build of Mac OS X that partitions the hard drive, and allows you to easily install windows on the second partition. Why do I need it? Well, to install windows on a mac using boot camp you need to have the CD. Unfortunately, they lost their Mac OS DVD. I have a client that needed Windows 7 installed on their computer. Updated versions of Boot Camp Support Software 4 are also available for existing Boot Camp installations – visit Apple Support for details.Ok, I am sick and tired of not being able to find the Macbook Pro Windows 7 drivers! Let me back up a little bit. Also installed are the Boot Camp Control Panel for Windows and the System Task Notification item.īoot Camp Support Software 5 is a free 554MB download for Macs running OS X 10.8.3 or later - the drivers are installed after Windows has been installed using Boot Camp 5. The Boot Camp Support Software 5 contains the latest versions of all Apple hardware drivers across its platforms - including Thunderbolt, USB 3.0, Apple Trackpad and all chipset, wireless, audio, Bluetooth, keyboard support and graphics. ![]() Users will need to source their own copy of Windows 7 or 8 - you can download Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit as an ISO image here to work with a licensed product key. Therefore Macs running OS X Lion or earlier aren’t supported. It’s only available through the OS X 10.8.3 update, which also upgraded Safari to version 6.0.3. Alternatively, go down the virtualization route by installing a copy in a virtual machine for free using VirtualBox.īoot Camp 5 not only supports 64-bit versions of Windows 7 and 8, it also now supports Macs with 3TB hard drives. It doesn’t affect existing Boot Camp installations, so should you wish to install XP, Vista or a 32-bit version of Windows 7, make sure you set it up now before applying the OS X 10.8.3 update. Boot Camp 5 effectively ties Mountain Lion users into choosing Windows 7 or 8 as their alternative OS by dropping support for all previous versions of Windows. ![]()
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