Apple Windows 10 Support Software Download

[Cumelén Mackin]

Anotherpage 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. In anticipation to some responses, we can argue about it if you want but it'll be a waste of energy.

I don't know why it's like this. Any other system would just have an installer and even an update agent for download. Is apple protecting IP and software licenses. Possible. Are they keeping users from downloading the wrong versions of stuff? Possible but there are other ways to do that.

I understand your concern about Bootcamp drivers. If you download install the wrong versions of stuff, that will nowhere going to help you. If you don't know which driver you need to install, it's better to take help of a good driver updater tool such as FixBit

If you are unable to download Boot Camp drivers on your Mac computer for some reason or want to download Boot Camp on a Windows PC, you can use a third-party tool. Such tool automatically finds the suitable driver for your Mac or Windows OS. You need not take the burden of "is it the right driver or not?"

Meanwhile, bootcamp needs you to reformat a thumb drive. Reformatting is a big deal. If something goes wrong, the user can lose ALL of their data. The instructions even go into troubleshooting for reformatting a drive, which is really digging in to helping a user complete a dangerous operation.

On the other hand, other companies have mastered the art of distributing installers that check your system for compatibility, or they work in a way that does not break your system if it is done improperly.

See Download and install Windows support software on your Mac - Apple Support for reference. The BCA Action menu uses your Mac's Model Identifier to give you the correct drivers for the Apple-specific drivers that you need. IN the past, with downloadable drivers, many attempts have been made to install incompatible drivers on the incorrect Windows versions. For example, many MacPro users use BC5.x driver on W10, even though they are not certified. Apple Software Update on Windows provides any updates to the base BC drivers package obtained from the Action Menu.

The BC5.x drivers are still downloadable from Install Windows 7 on your Mac using Boot Camp - Apple Support, which support W7/W8.1. BC5.x drivers do not support releases older than W7, which would require BC4 or BC3 drivers.

If apple is worried about users installing the wrong drivers, I'd respond from the world of Windows by saying "we call that Tuesday". Well actually installers are pretty good at detecting devices and doing things right nowadays without the help of using a model identifier, but I get it. Apple's going to limit the options for users to mess things up.

So I can't really find any documentation about what the latest version of the software is but I heard they've only incremented to 6.1. But I can't be sure because I'm stuck with whatever the BCA gave me. When I poke around on the BCA stick, the drivers are dated 2016.

On the internet I've seen news about 6.1 being released in Spring 2016, and Wikipedia says there was the latest version released in September 2017 and that's all the info I have. I'd say it's probable that the files on my memory stick are from 6.1 given their date stamp. (BTW I'm on a mid 2014 13" macbook pro).

At this point I'd like to blame the BCA procedure, but it looks like the Boot Camp Installer isn't programmed to check if the existing installation is old. Some version history note on Wikipedia says "only support new installation." Would they really mess with the users by doing this on purpose?

It looks like I'm going to have to find some hack to get the new drivers to install, or risk uninstalling everything I currently have for boot camp so I can get the installer to install, and cross my fingers that I can run my system in-between boot camp installations.

If this is a 2015 Mac, unfortunately, you cannot combine them. Your Mac also needs a PreBoot environment, which AppleBcUpdate.exe does not provide. The PE environment provides appropriate drivers to allow the Windows installer to function.

I think the PITA description is an underestimation. After the support software was finally finished (about 6 hours) BC fails to partition the startup disk. So I partition it as one OSX Journaled partition (using the disk utility), back to BC it asks me to repartition it as 2 partitions (one for os x and the other for windows), then it starts the support software download all over again. This is sick.

I agree it's a bad UI. All the buttons seem to screw me one way or another. For example, after clicking Continue on the first screen, I can only stop the download to start over again later. I can't pause it or something.

I wanted to know where BC saves the software file. I tried lsof grep -i softwareupdated (softwareupdated is the process in Activity Monitor that is actively downloading in the network tab right now) but nothing comes out. I hate to download the update for a third time and want to keep it.

When the download was finished, BC was stuck at "Saving windows support software..." window for some time. In the meantime I found WindowsSupport.dmg (1.63GB) file in the location you suggested (/Library/Application\ Support/Bootcamp) so I copied it over somewhere else.

It seems now that BCA was not really stuck when it was saying "Saving Windows support software" but rather waiting for one of my full screen apps to close. The app opened a confirmation dialog so that probably stopped it.

If you saw a partition error, can you boot in Internet Recovery and run the repairDisk? If you are still getting errors there is an alternative method using EFI boot which does not require BCA, but does require installing BC6 drivers after Windows 8/10 is installed.

I actually installed Windows 10 pretty much normally and it all worked. I extracted the ISO to a flash drive and booted that, gone through the routine install, unpacked the WindowsSupport.dmg file stolen from BCA using 7-Zip and then used Bootcamp.exe to install everything.

I have Macbook Pro Mid 2014 model. I have updated to latest Yosemite and updated all the App Store apps to their latest version.

I have my Win 8.1 iso copied to Mac HDD and 32GB USB connected. Opened Bootcamp and elected all three options and continued.

Above error is displayed when progress is around 60%. I repeated the same for 4-5 times and even tried it after restarting Mac. But, the same error keeps popping up. I am attaching the screenshot of the same.

Its not mandatory for the Support Software to be present to install Windows. The first option creates the bootable USB. You can have the copy of Support Software downloaded manually in another machine from the apple support software download link, based on your Mac model.

I am having this same issue and can't fix it. Yours just worked one day? Doing them separate i get to the windows install but since my keyboard and mouse won't work I can't go further. how did you by pass this? I am trying one more time and then going to take my usb keyboard and mouse from work and do it. but iv'e had windows on this computer prior to this. but it got a virus so deleted it and re installing and now won't let me.

I tried over numerous days, even bought a new USB stick, and I kept getting the same error. Today, I found another solution online, and that one worked for me. Insert the USB stick (don't remove it until everything's done), reboot in Safe Boot mode (hold left Shift key when you hear the startup chime), start Disk Utility, erase the entire USB stick itself (not its partition) as FAT (it won't mount the stick's partition afterwards since it's in safe mode), then reboot normally and restart Boot Camp Utility to save to the newly-formatted stick.

Hello all. I am trying to install Windows 7 using bootcamp however it keeps getting stuck on Downloading Windows Support Software. The loading bar gets about half way and then stops. I have done this before however I used a blank CD to copy the support software onto and I tried doing the same thing this time around however bootcamp would not let me so I am stuck with using a USB. I have tried restarting my computer however that did nothing. Any advise would be appreciated. Thanks.

Sometimes, Boot Camp Assistant can't download the Windows support software. I suggest you to download the drivers from the Apple website depending on the MacBook Pro model you have and the Windows version you want to install.

Start in OS X holding the X key while your Mac is starting. Then, insert the USB drive and access to it in Finder. Choose all the content of the USB drive pressing Command and A keys, right-click them and choose Burn. After that, insert a DVD and burn them. Finally, start in Windows and install Windows support software

i know this is an old thread but the reason why you can't see your USB drive when you switch to windows is almost 99% likely that you formatted in the Mac OS file system that is not supported by Windows. You must format that USB drive in MS FAT or NTFS.

Thank you that helped me get pass the downloading screen however i've come across a new problem. When I click install, it says the installer says disc could not be found. I have a USB drive in my Mac and it has the Windows ISO image on it. Any help on this? Thanks.

Ok. I installed the Windows ISO image I had onto a DVD and got windows to install. The only problem I have is I do not know how to install the Apple Support Software that I have on my USB Drive. The first time I put it into my computer (when running Windows) It said "Installing USB drivers" However after that nothing happened. I can't find where to open the USB drive. It is as if it is not even in the computer.

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