![]() Furthermore, the heavy load drops the internet connection sometimes, so I'd have to download from the beginning all over again. Estimates vary from 900 minutes to 3000 minutes. How can I bypass the Boot Camp Assistant Windows Support Software download step? Hello!I have a pretty abysmal internet connection (0.4 Mbps down) and downloading the Support software is simply not feasible. They made a choice to handhold users through disk formatting instead of just having a download. Are they keeping users from downloading the wrong versions of stuff? Possible but there are other ways to do that. Is apple protecting IP and software licenses. Any other system would just have an installer and even an update agent for download. Oh, but this section just troubleshoots problems you have with formatting your USB drive and with USB drive recommendations. Ok that's cool now I know I'm looking for some "Boot Camp Installer" that needs to run on my Windows sideģ) But of course there's no link to a "Boot Camp Installer" I needed to use the Assistant from the MacOS side and the thumb drive.Ĥ) Wait wait, here's a section called "If you can't download or save the Windows support software:" Ok this looks useful but the process is written for a fresh format and install of Windows.Ģ) "If the Boot Camp Installer Doesn't Open." I felt like showing a bit more of the process:ġ) "install Windows on a Mac with Boot Camp Assistant" Thank you for responses that stick to the point and answer the question. Many other situations would involve going to a web page and downloading an installer so I'm asking here for what I'm missing. In anticipation to some responses, we can argue about it if you want but it'll be a waste of energy. The latest date on anything I can find here is from 2015.Īnother page directs me to use the boot camp assistant, but it requires that I have a thumb drive (ready to be reformatted), and I must reboot into MacOS I'm not going to do that. I'm making this post from a resulting Windows 10 installation on my iMac.I have looked for a while now. Return to Boot Camp Assisant and confirm, to continue the process.Īfter using the Windows 8 ISO to pass the verification process, it can successfully use the Windows 10 ISO we swap in to create and use an installation disk.Rename the Windows 10 ISO to windows.iso.(Emptying the Trash will fail because it was already opened, but specifying it directly seems to avoid this.) Open the Trash, right-click on windows.iso and select "Delete Immediately".When it prompts you to confirm that you want to format the disk, wait.Select windows.iso in Boot Camp Assistant.Create a copy of the Windows 8 ISO and name it windows.iso.Download both Windows 8 and Windows 10 ISOs from Microsoft (you don't need a license to download the installers).I solved this problem by tricking Boot Camp Assistant with a Windows 8 ISO. I tried duplicating the file and I was able to modify the duplicate, but it didn't fix the issue for me. The System Integrity Protection in newer versions of OS X prevents modification of Boot Camp Assistant.app/, as suggested by other answers. Sudo codesign -fs - /Applications/Utilities/Boot\ Camp\ Assistant.app Open your terminal, use the following command.Hope this helps.Ĭaution, you might be resign the package: I wouldn't recommend installing the x86 (32 bit) version of Windows 7, but this will allow you to get to the point of the installation to select 圆4 (64 bit) if you have an ISO file with both 32 bit and 64 bit combined. Start Bootcamp and it should allow you to use your Disk/USB with both versions. (You may have to authenticate and enter your admin password). Drag ist back into the Contents folder and select replace. So if your Mac identifier was "iMac13,2" then it would look like this: With your Mac's Identifier copied, go back to your open ist file create a string at the TOP of the entries. Under Hardware Overview, look for Model Identifier and copy it.Click the Apple in the top left hand corner and select About This Mac Open ist on your desktop with a text editor If it's not working, I found another solution, you have to edit the ist of the Boot Camp Assistant's package content:Ĭontrol Click or Right Click on Boot Camp Assistant and select "Show Package >Contents"ĭrag the file "ist" to your desktop (I also recommend saving it in >another place as well in case you want to revert to the original) ![]() For me the solution was just to Unmount the windows 10 iso.
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