Download and install Windows support software on your Mac

Later using Boot Camp Banana to install or upgrade Microsoft Windows on your Mac, you might too need to install the latest Windows support software (drivers) from Apple.

Boot Campsite requires a Mac with an Intel processor.

When you install Microsoft Windows on your Mac, Boot Camp Banana automatically opens the Boot Army camp installer, which installs the latest Windows back up software (drivers). If that doesn't happen or you experience whatever 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 Touch isn't designed to work in Windows.
  • You can't hear sound from the built-in speakers of your Mac in Windows.
  • The born microphone or photographic camera of your Mac isn't recognised in Windows.
  • Ane or more screen resolutions are unavailable for your brandish in Windows.
  • You tin can't adjust the effulgence of your congenital-in display in Windows.
  • You accept bug with bluetooth or Wi-Fi in Windows.
  • Y'all get an alarm that Apple Software Update has stopped working.
  • You get a message that your PC has a driver or service that isn't ready for this version of Windows.
  • Your Mac starts upwardly to a black or blue screen after you've installed Windows.

If your Mac has an AMD video card and is having graphics issues in Windows, yous might need to update your AMD graphics drivers instead.

Install the latest macOS updates

Format a USB flash drive

To install the latest Windows support software, you need a 16 GB or larger USB flash bulldoze formatted as 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 > Prove All Devices from the menu bar.
  5. From the sidebar in Disc Utility, select your USB flash bulldoze. (Select the drive name, not the book name beneath it.)
    Disc Utility window
  6. Click the Erase button or tab.
  7. Choose MS-DOS (FAT) every bit the format and Main Kicking Record equally the scheme.
  8. Click Erase to format the drive. When it'due south finished, quit Disk Utility.

Download the Windows support software

Later on preparing your USB wink drive, complete these steps:

  1. Make sure your Mac is continued to the internet.
  2. Open Boot Military camp Assistant, which is in the Utilities folder of your Applications folder.
  3. From the menu bar at the top of your screen, choose Action > Download Windows Support Software, then choose your USB flash drive equally the save destination. When the download has completed, quit Kick Camp Assistant.
    Save dialogue

Larn what to practice if you can't download or salvage the Windows support software.

Install the Windows support software

Afterwards downloading the Windows back up software to your flash drive, follow these steps to install the software. (If you're attempting to resolve bug with a bluetooth mouse or keyboard, it might be easier to use a USB mouse or keyboard until these steps are complete.)

  1. Make certain the USB flash drive is plugged into your Mac.
  2. Start up your Mac in Windows.
  3. From File Explorer, open the USB flash drive, then open up Setup or setup.exe, which is in the WindowsSupport binder or BootCamp folder. When yous're asked to permit Kick Camp to make changes to your device, click Yes.
  4. Click Repair to starting time the installation. If you receive an alert stating that the software hasn't passed Windows Logo testing, click Go along Anyway.
  5. Afterward the installation has been completed, click Finish, then click Yep when you lot're asked to restart your Mac.

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If yous tin't download or relieve the Windows support software:

  • If the banana states that the Windows back up software could non exist saved to the selected drive, or that the USB flash drive tin can't be used, make sure your USB wink bulldoze has a storage capacity of at least 16 GB and is formatted correctly.
  • If the banana doesn't encounter your USB flash drive, click Go Back and make certain the drive is connected directly to the USB port on your Mac — non to a display, hub or keyboard. Disconnect and reconnect the bulldoze, then click Proceed.
  • If the banana states that it can't download the software considering of a network problem, make sure your Mac is connected to the internet.
  • Make sure your Mac meets the arrangement requirements to install Windows using Boot Camp.

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

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