Camp Boot Assistant is a multi-boot utility that is included with Apple Inc.'s macros. which helps users install Microsoft Windows operating systems on Intel-based Macintosh computers. Utilities guide users through non-destructive disk partitions (including resizing existing HFS partitions, if necessary) from hard disk drives and installation of Windows device drivers for Apple hardware. This utility also installs the Windows Control Panel applet to select the boot operating system.
Originally introduced as an unsupported beta for Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger, this utility was first introduced with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard and has been included in the next operating system version since then. Previous versions of Boot Camp support Windows XP, and Windows Vista. Boot Camp 4.0 for Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard to Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion version 10.8.2 is only supported by Windows 7. However, with the release of Boot Camp 5.0 for Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion in version 10.8.3, only 64- bit Windows 7 and Windows 8 are officially supported.
Boot Camp 6.0 adds support for Windows 10. Boot Camp 6.1 (Mac OS X 10.12 Sierra only) will only accept new Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 installations.
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Overview
Installation
Setting up Windows 10 on a Mac requires a USB flash drive and a Windows 10 ISO image provided by Microsoft. Boot Camp reformats the flash drive as a bootable Mac boot disk, and combines Windows 10 by installing scripts to load hardware drivers for targeted Mac computers.
Boot Camp currently supports Windows 10 on Mac ranges dated mid-2012 or later.
Startup Disk
By default, the Mac will always boot from the last used startup disk. Hold down the selection key (?) At startup displays the boot manager, allowing the user to select which operating system to turn on. When using a non-Apple keyboard, the alt key usually performs the same action. Boot manager can also be launched by pressing the "menu" button on Apple Remote at startup.
On older Macs, their function depends on BIOS emulation via EFI and the synchronization mechanism of partition table information between GPT and MBR combined.
On newer Macs, Boot Camp saves the hard disk as GPT so Windows installs and boots in UEFI mode.
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Requirements
Mac OS X 10.7 Lion and Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion
Apple Boot Camp system requirements list the following requirements for Mac OS X Lion and Mac OS X Mountain Lion:
- USB storage device 8Ã,®, or an external drive formatted as MS-DOS (FAT) for Windows driver installation for Mac hardware
- 20Ã, GB of free hard disk space for the first time installation or 40Ã,  »GB for upgrades from previous versions of Windows
- The full version of one of the following operating systems:
- Windows 7 Home Premium, Professional, or Ultimate (64-bit edition only)
- Windows 8 and Windows 8 Professional (64-bit only)
- Windows 10 Home, Pro, Pro for Workstation, Education, or Enterprise (64-bit only)
Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard and Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard
Apple listed the following requirements for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard and Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard:
- Intel-based Macintosh computers with the latest firmware (early Intel-based Macintosh computers require EFI firmware updates for BIOS compatibility).
- Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard or Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard or Mac OS X Disc 1 installation disk that came with a Mac that has Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard or Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard is installed; this disk is required to install Windows drivers for Mac hardware
- 10 GB free hard disk space (16 GB recommended for Windows 7)
- The full version of one of the following operating systems:
- Windows XP Home Edition or Windows XP Professional Edition with Service Pack 2 or higher (32-bit edition only)
- Windows Vista Home Basic, Home Premium, Business, Enterprise or Ultimate (32-bit and 64-bit editions)
- Windows 7 Home Premium, Professional, Enterprise or Ultimate (32-bit and 64-bit editions)
Macintosh computers supported with Windows 8
Officially, the earliest Macintosh models that support Windows 8 are the mid-2011 MacBook Air, 13-inch mid-2011 MacBook Pro or 15 and 17-inch-mid 2010, the Mac Mini 2011, the 21-inch-mid 2011 or the 27-inch- mid-2010 iMac, and early 2009 Mac Pro. By running the Boot Camp assistant with a compatible Microsoft Windows Setup disk version on the drive and switching to Windows 8 disks when Mac OS X restarts the machine to start installing Windows, Windows 8 can be installed on unsupported old hardware.
Limitations
- Boot Camp will only help users partition their disks if they currently have only primary HFS partitions, EFI System partitions, and Mac OS X Recovery Partitions. So, for example, it is not possible to maintain additional storage partitions. A solution has been found that involves interrupting standard procedures after creating a Boot Camp partition, resizing the primary Mac OS X partition and creating a third partition in the space that is now available, then proceeding with Windows installs. Changes to the partition table after Windows is officially installed are not supported, but can be accomplished with the help of third-party software.
- The Training Camp does not help users install Linux, and does not provide drivers for it. Most methods for dual-booting with Linux on a Mac rely on manual hard disk partitions, and use of an EFI boot manager like rEFInd.
Boot Camp Version History
Camp Support Camp Dissipation Software (for Windows) Version Version
See also
- Parallels Desktop for Mac
- rEFIt and rEFInd
- VMware Fusion
- VirtualBox
References
External links
- Boot Camp support page and installation instructions
- Using the Apple Bluetooth Wireless Keyboard in the Training Camp
- Troubleshoot Internet Connectivity in Boot Camp with Windows 8
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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