So I used fs_usage to see what it was doing (Boot Camp Assistant) and I found out it handed off the download to systemupdated, which did *not* save it in any human readable format. It didn't return anything except for my own copy. So I got rid of it and grepped /* for WindowsSupport in order to find out where it was temporarily held while downloading. I tried running Boot Camp Assistant again, but that didn't work, and it still attempted to download the whole thing again. I read on the internet forums that the Boot Camp Assistant saved its download in /Library/Application Support/Boot Camp Assistant, so I navigated to that folder and dumped my WindowsSupport in there. When they transferred the downloaded software to me, I received it as a folder named "WindowsSupport". We both have Boot Camp Assistant Version 6.1.0. In any case, I managed to bribe my friend into using their Mac to download the Windows Support software from their computer, which is also running 10.13.6. 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. If you ever manage to get Bootcamp setup ok, apps like Winclone ( ) can backup and restore the partition to make it easier in future.I have looked for a while now. If this still won't boot, the machine might have a firmware limitation when it comes to booting USB devices but all Intel Macs should be ok. If you are able to partition the drive and make a valid bootable USB drive (I find a hard drive works better than pen drives for boot support), you can just hold alt/option at boot and choose the USB drive as the installer. This will enable the option to create a bootable USB drive from an ISO. The Bootcamp app isn't needed to install Windows, that's only needed for partitioning and creating a bootable USB drive. You can use plain text editors like TextEdit but it's better to use XML editors like prefsetter ( ). There are guides on editing the file to force the app to support older computer models but this can stop the app working so back it up (e.g right-click compress the app): Im sure Apple could write a simple patch.Īpple has a list of supported USB boot models in one of the files in the Bootcamp assistant, the earliest is 2011 iMacs. Right-click the Boot Camp Assistant app, show package contents, then open Contents/ist in an editor. Why can't we have a bootcamp patch to enable windows to install from a USB port on a late iMac 2009 i have no optical drive like most people (replaced with a SSD) and it will not install unless the original windows iso disk is in the optical drive.
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