Download and install Windows support software on your Mac

After using Boot 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.

Kick Camp requires a Mac with an Intel processor.

When you install Microsoft Windows on your Mac, Kick Camp Banana automatically opens the Boot Camp installer, which installs the latest Windows back up software (drivers). If that doesn't happen, or you experience whatever of the following issues while using Windows on your Mac, follow the steps in this article.

  • Your Apple tree mouse, trackpad, or keyboard isn't working in Windows.
    Force Touch isn't designed to piece of work in Windows.
  • You don't hear audio from the built-in speakers of your Mac in Windows.
  • The built-in microphone or camera of your Mac isn't recognized in Windows.
  • One or more screen resolutions are unavailable for your brandish in Windows.
  • You can't adjust the effulgence of your congenital-in display in Windows.
  • You have issues with Bluetooth or Wi-Fi in Windows.
  • You get an alert that Apple Software Update has stopped working.
  • You go a bulletin that your PC has a driver or service that isn't set for this version of Windows.
  • Your Mac starts upwardly to a black or bluish screen after y'all install Windows.

If your Mac has an AMD video carte du jour and is having graphics issues in Windows, yous might demand to update your AMD graphics drivers instead.

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Format a USB flash drive

To install the latest Windows support software, you demand a 16GB or larger USB wink drive formatted equally MS-DOS (Fatty).

  1. Showtime your Mac from macOS.
  2. Plug the USB flash drive into your Mac.
  3. Open Disk Utility, which is in the Utilities binder of your Applications folder.
  4. Cull View > Show All Devices from the carte bar.
  5. From the sidebar in Disk Utility, select your USB flash bulldoze. (Select the drive name, not the volume name below it.)
    Disk Utility window
  6. Click the Erase button or tab.
  7. Cull MS-DOS (FAT) equally the format and Main Boot Tape as the scheme.
  8. Click Erase to format the drive. When done, quit Deejay Utility.

Download the Windows back up software

Afterward preparing your USB flash bulldoze, complete these steps:

  1. Make certain that your Mac is continued to the Internet.
  2. Open Boot Camp Assistant, which is in the Utilities binder of your Applications folder.
  3. From the card bar at the peak of your screen, choose Action > Download Windows Support Software, then choose your USB flash bulldoze as the save destination. When the download completes, quit Kick Camp Assistant.
    Save dialog

Learn what to do if you can't download or salvage the Windows back up software.

Install the Windows support software

After downloading the Windows support software to your flash bulldoze, follow these steps to install the software. (If y'all're attempting to resolve issues with a Bluetooth mouse or keyboard, it might be easier to use a USB mouse or keyboard until these steps are consummate.)

  1. Make sure that the USB flash drive is plugged into your Mac.
  2. Outset upwards your Mac in Windows.
  3. From File Explorer, open the USB flash drive, so open up Setup or setup.exe, which is in the WindowsSupport folder or BootCamp folder. When yous're asked to permit Boot Military camp to make changes to your device, click Yes.
  4. Click Repair to begin installation. If you become an alert that the software hasn't passed Windows Logo testing, click Continue Anyway.
  5. After installation completes, click Finish, then click Yes when yous're asked to restart your Mac.

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If you tin can't download or salvage the Windows support software:

  • If the assistant says that the Windows support software could not be saved to the selected drive, or that the USB flash drive can't be used, make sure that your USB flash drive has a storage capacity of at least 16GB and is formatted correctly.
  • If the banana doesn't see your USB flash drive, click Become Back and brand sure that the drive is continued straight to the USB port on your Mac—not to a brandish, hub, or keyboard. Disconnect and reconnect the drive, and so click Continue.
  • If the assistant says that information technology tin't download the software because of a network problem, make sure that your Mac is connected to the Internet.
  • Make certain that your Mac meets the system requirements to install Windows using Boot Campsite.

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

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