Re: How To Install Windows 10 On Macbook Pro With Usb
Macabeo Eastman
i have been trying to install windows with utm in my m2 MacBook, but I don't have a usb disk or something similar to connect to my Mac, and I don't know if you guys know a way to use my ssd instead and install windows. or alternatives instead of UTM. (parallels is too expensive and im a student).
I see, I got the impression you were looking for another solution besides Parallels and UTM. UTM has a guide on installing Windows 11, and it looks like they have some options for simply downloading an ISO instead of adding it to a USB disk drive: Make sure you generate the right ISO for your architecture (arm64 is for Apple Silicon).
So I made a post earlier about a Mac I got, and I figured out I can make a usb stick with macOS on it, but this is the first Mac I ever had, and my earlier pc has windows 10. So is there any way I can make a bootable usb stick with windows?
The best way to make a bootable macOS USB is on a Mac with the help you createinstallmedia command. Apple has a step-by-step guide for that: Create a bootable installer - Apple Support
However, if you could not get a Mac to do this and only have a Windows PC, then it is also possible to make a macOS bootable USB installer. Instead, the process is a bit more complicated. First, you should download a copy of macOS DMG file and burn it to a USB drive in order to make the USB bootable for macOS installation. Here is an easy guide for doing this: Burn DMG to USB on Windows 10 PC The Ultimate Guide Medium
Did you read the linked Apple article provided by @ku4hx and others including myself? @ku4hx gave a sample command taken from the linked Apple article for creating a bootable macOS 13.x Ventura USB installer. The command differs slightly for different versions of macOS you are creating. Plus the instructions to get the full macOS installer differs depending on which installer you need.
No one can assist you with the errors encountered without knowing exactly what command you used and which macOS installer you are trying to create. It is best if we see a screenshot of the Terminal window showing the command used and the complete error message. The instructions in these two articles work if followed precisely (although the macOS 10.12 Sierra will fail due to a problem with its installer.....known bug Apple decided to ignore instead of fixing). Access to another compatible Mac is necessary to perform those instructions if your current Mac is unable to boot normally or into Safe Mode. Macs generally from Late-2009+ do have access to Internet Recovery Mode as well in order to access the online macOS installer if you don't have access to a compatible Mac to create a bootable macOS USB installer.
If you have a Mac from 2010+ (perhaps even a Late-2009 model), then that Mac may have access to the online macOS installers through Internet Recovery Mode....using Command + Option + R is best since it should access the most recent installer compatible with your Mac, or if there is only a local recovery mode, then it should allow you to access the installer without authenticating with an AppleID which would fail since your AppleID never "purchased" any of the older macOS installers.
Otherwise, you would need access to another Mac which is able to utilize an OS your own Mac can use. For example if your Mac is compatible with macOS 10.13, then you would generally need access to another Mac from Late-2009 to 2018 in order to create a bootable macOS 10.13 USB installer since only those model Macs are compatible with macOS 10.13 (the Macs can currently be running any version of macOS 10.6+). You can use this article to determine which versions of macOS are compatible with various Apple hardware in order to determine the versions of macOS your Mac is compatible and to verify whether any other Macs you have access to are also compatible.
FYI, you should always provide the exact model of Mac so we can provide as many options as possible since some older Macs used macOS DVD installers, while newer Macs (2018+) have options for a firmware "Restore" although the latter still requires access to another newer Mac. You can get the exact model by clicking the Apple menu and selecting "About this Mac", or if it has no bootable macOS, then enter the system serial number here:
Please provide the exact model of the Mac. Use the "Check Coverage" link in my earlier post to get the exact model of your Mac. We need to know the exact model in order to know which options are available to you for reinstalling macOS.
When the Mac is booting into the "utilities", is it asking for a WiFi connection & WiFi password? Does this Mac have a wired network connection when it enters the "utilities" screen? Again, this is important to know how you are actually accessing recovery mode.
I seriously do not understand why people always want to answer questions no one asked. What if a mac is left in an unbootable state you still going to tell them it is simple on the mac when they can't boot it ? Maybe they are fixing it for a friend and have 20 years experience on macs but do not have one any more and need to do so on windows i mean seriously
On the first step- Can you please clarify what you mean by saying you need the "Windows ISO file", also how would I find this on the Windows website? I have an iPhone, a macbook pro (just purchased, but still had old owner's apple ID as the admin, so we were forced to factory reset, but now can't reinstall OS; hence trying to install from backup), and a pc. Currently, I'm trying to just boot from the USB, but don't have a bootable file on my USB, so I need to create one, and I'm hoping to be able to do so using my PC. Hoping there is a way without paying for the UltraDMG program...if that even works.
I currently own a Mac and would like to install the Windows operating system on it. However, I want to explore alternative methods as I'd like to avoid using Boot Camp Assistant, the default utility provided by Apple for this purpose. Unfortunately, I'm unaware of any other reliable methods or tools to accomplish this task.
Hence, I kindly request your assistance and expertise in guiding me through the process of installing Windows on my Mac without using Boot Camp Assistant. I understand the importance of compatible software and the potential risks involved in altering the operating system, so I seek lawful and secure methods only.
It is still possible to install Windows 10/8/7 on an Intel based Mac. For dual-boot, you can go with Bootcamp Assistant if it is available on your Mac. If not, then you should first make a Windows bootable USB on Mac and install Windows from the USB drive.
It is possible to use the Windows ARM version with a Parallels' VM, but there are a lot of limitations & restrictions with this option (still requires a proper Windows' license). Both Microsoft and Parallels have some documentation on how this works and the various limitations & restrictions.
Another option would be to use the third party UTM app which uses QEMU at its core which is a free open source machine emulator & virtualizer to mimic different CPU architectures so you can run an OS for a completely different CPU architecture on an Apple Silicon Mac. With UTM you can install the Intel version of Windows OS (you will need a proper Windows' license). However, there are a lot of limitations....the performance will be slow since you are emulating a different system plus running a virtualized instance of an OS as well. Plus you won't have access to any GPU hardware acceleration. For some apps this option may work fine, but for others it will be insufficient.
When you post a question such as yours, it would serve you better to state that you have an Intel or Apple Silicon architecture Mac running a specific operating system version. That reduces the fishing expedition as to what specifically will work in your case.
Microsoft has only publicly sanctioned Parallels for running Windows 11 ARM on Apple Silicon Macs. VMware is now offering a free, non-commercial user license for their Fusion VM client, but very likely will want personal information that at minimum may result in ramped email SPAM. Nothing is truly free with these vendors.
Stack Social has Windows 11 Pro licenses in the $25 range (today) and you should have a Microsoft account because an aspect of the purchase process requires one to sign into a Microsoft account so the license purchase is registered with Microsoft. I purchased Office 2021 for Mac and Office 2021 Professional Plus for Windows through them and never paid more than $35 each.
The problem with this is that Windows WILL NOT install onto the disk because it needs MBR on the destination disk, MacOS REALLY TRIES to use GPT, which is extremely annoying, and the only thing I've been able to do to temporarily make this not the case is to just use Bootcamp which I can no longer do due to having MacOS 10.8.5 on one partition and MacOS 10.13 on another partition, and Bootcamp not even trying to do anything when there are already 2 partitions. I'm trying to install Windows on a 3rd partition. This is after I already installed Windows BEFORE I restored my 10.8.5 partition, so bootcamp would actually work, but as soon as I put the 10.8.5 partition back, Windows would no longer boot, and trying to simply reinstall it on that same partition would say that the disk is "of the GPT partition style". Whoever made this a thing needs to go under the jail, but I really need to do this. Any ideas?
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