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Boot Camp Help

With Boot Camp, you can use Windows 7 or 8, or OS X on your Mac.

To use Boot Camp, you need the keyboard and mouse or trackpad that came with your Mac. (If they arent available,

use a USB keyboard and mouse.)

To install Windows using an installation disc you need the following:

A built-in disc drive or a compatible external optical drive.

For information about using your Mac with an external optical drive, see the documentation that came with your

Mac.

An installation disc with the 64-bit version of Windows 7 Home Premium, Windows 7 Professional, Windows 7

Ultimate, Windows 8, Windows 8 Pro, Windows 8.1, or Windows 8.1 Pro.

You must use a single full-install Windows installation disc. You cannot use an upgrade version of Windows.

An external USB drive formatted as MS-DOS (FAT).

After you install Windows, you need to install support software that lets Windows work with your Mac hardware.

You can download the support software to an external USB drive. To format an external USB drive as MS-DOS

(FAT), use Disk Utility, located in the Other folder in Launchpad.

You may be able to install Windows using an external USB drive that contains a Windows ISO image (a disk image that

contains the entire contents of a DVD) downloaded from Microsoft and Windows support software. To find out if youcan install Windows using a USB drive, open Boot Camp Assistant, click Continue, then see if the option Create a

Windows 7 or later install disk is available.

To install Windows using an external USB drive you need the following:

An ISO image of the 64-bit version of Windows 7 Home Premium, Windows 7 Professional, Windows 7 Ultimate,

Windows 8, Windows 8 Pro, Windows 8.1, or Windows 8.1 Pro downloaded to your Mac.

An external USB drive that is 8 GB or larger.

Boot Camp Assistant erases the external drive and copies the Windows ISO image and support software to it.

If you need help determining the best size for your Windows partition, refer to your Windows installer documentation.

For Windows 8, create a partition that is at least 30 GB.

Back up your files

Before you install Windows, make sure you back up important files.

You can use Time Machine or several other methods to back up your files. For information about backing up files, click

your desktops background, choose Help > Help Center, then search for back up.

Check for software updates

Before you install Windows, install all OS X updates.

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1. Log in to an administrator account on your Mac, quit all open apps, then log out any other users.

2. Choose Apple menu > Software Update, then install all available updates.

If your Mac restarts after installing an update, choose Apple menu > Software Update again to install any

additional updates.

3. Go to the Boot Camp Support site to see if you need additional updates.

Prepare your Mac for Windows

Boot Camp Assistant helps prepare your Mac for Windows by creating a new partition for Windows and then starting

the Windows installer. Optionally, you can install Windows using an external USB drive that contains a Windows ISO

image downloaded from Microsoft and Windows support software.

Important:If youre using a portable computer, connect the power adapter before continuing.

1. Insert an external drive into the USB port on your Mac and keep it inserted while you install Windows and

Windows support software.

2. Open Boot Camp Assistant, located in the Other folder in Launchpad.

3. Select the option to install Windows, select other options you need, then click Continue.

Here are the other options you can choose:

If you want to install Windows from an external USB drive and you have a Windows ISO image, select the

option to copy the image to an external USB drive. If this option isnt available, your Mac doesnt support

installing Windows from an external USB drive.

If you havent already downloaded the Windows support software for your Mac, select the option to download

it. In a later step, youll install the Windows support software on your Windows partition.

4. Follow the onscreen instructions for the options you selected.

5. When youre asked to create a Windows partition, specify a partition size. If you have multiple hard drives in your

computer, you can select a different hard drive and create a single partition on that drive, so that the drive is solely

used for Windows.

Note:You cant resize the partition later.

If you need help determining the best size for your Windows partition, refer to your Windows installer

documentation. For Windows 8, create a partition that is at least 30 GB.

In a later step, youll format the Windows partition.

6. If you are using an installation disc for the 64-bit version of Windows, insert it into the optical drive in your Mac or

the external optical drive. Otherwise, keep the external USB drive with the 64-bit version of Windows inserted.

7. Click Install.

Boot Camp Assistant creates the Windows partition, restarts your Mac, then opens the Windows installer.

Install Windows

Follow these instructions to install Windows on your Mac. For general information about installing and setting up

Windows, see your Windows documentation.

1. In the Windows installer, follow the onscreen instructions.


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7. Use the Windows setup screens to configure Windows.

After you configure Windows, an installer appears.

Install Windows support software

After installing Windows, the support software installs Boot Camp drivers to support your Mac hardware, including

AirPort devices, the built-in camera, the Apple Remote, the trackpad on a portable Mac, and the function keys on an

Apple keyboard. The software also installs the Boot Camp control panel for Windows and the Apple Boot Camp system

tray item.

You can download the support software by selecting the Download the latest Windows support software from Apple

option in Boot Camp Assistant. The support software must be copied to an external USB drive formatted as MS-DOS

(FAT).

1. After you configure Windows, if you kept the external USB drive that has the Windows support software inserted,

an installer starts automatically. Otherwise, insert the external USB drive, then double-click the setup.exe file

located in the BootCamp folder.

2. Follow the onscreen instructions.

Important:Do not click the Cancel button in any of the installer dialogs.

If a message appears that says the software youre installing has not passed Windows Logo testing, click

Continue Anyway.

You dont need to respond to installer dialogs that appear only briefly during installation, but if a dialog asks you to

install device software, click Install.

If nothing appears to be happening, there may be a hidden window that you must respond to. Look behind open

windows.

3. When the support software finishes installing, click Restart, then click Yes.

4. After your Mac restarts, follow the instructions for any other installers that appear.

5. Check for updated Windows support software by using Software Update or going to the Boot Camp Support site.

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Solve partition creation problems

Solve Windows installation problems

Solve Windows support software installation problems

Solve hardware problems

Start up using OS X or Windows

After installing Windows, you can set the default operating system.

Set the default operating system in OS X

1. In OS X, choose Apple menu > System Preferences, then click Startup Disk.

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2. Select the startup disk with the default operating system you want to use.

3. If you want to start up using the default operating system now, click Restart.

Set the default operating system in Windows

You cant change your startup volume to an external FireWire or USB drive while youre using Windows.

1. While viewing the Windows desktop, click the Boot Camp icon in the system tray, then choose Boot Camp

Control Panel.

If youre viewing the Windows 8 Start screen, click Desktop to view the Windows desktop.

If you dont see the Boot Camp icon in the system tray, click the triangle to show hidden icons.

2. If a User Account Control dialog appears, click Yes.

3. Select the startup disk with the default operating system you want to use.

4. If you want to start up using the default operating system now, click Restart. Otherwise, click OK.

Restart in OS X using the Boot Camp icon in the system tray

In Windows, click the Boot Camp icon in the system tray, then choose Restart in OS X.

This also sets the default operating system to OS X.


Start up using OS X or Windows

You can remotely set the startup disk. When the computer restarts, it starts up using the specified disk.

The Mac must have Boot Camp installed and be using Windows. You need to use software on your server that can

remotely send commands to your computer.

Send this command to the Mac from a server:

Bootcamp.exe -StartupDisk [DiskName]

DiskNameis the name of the startup disk. If DiskNameis omitted, the startup disk is the first OS X startup disk

that Bootcamp.exe finds.

The Bootcamp.exe command is located in:

c:\Program Files\Boot Camp\Bootcamp.exe

Use Windows on your Mac

Set the startup disk remotely from a server

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You can share data between your OS X and Windows partitions.

When youre using Windows, you can open and view files on the OS X partition. To modify a file, copy it to your

Windows partition.

You can use Windows Explorer (in Windows 7) or File Explorer (in Windows 8) to browse partitions and files. Both

partitions are listed under Computer on the left.

When youre using OS X, you can open and view files on your Windows partition. If the Windows partition uses the

MS-DOS (FAT) format, you also can modify files on your Windows partition. Otherwise, copy a file to your OS X

partition to modify it.

To see the format for your Windows partition, use Windows Explorer or File Explorer.

You can access data on any external disk with the MS-DOS (FAT) format with both OS X and Windows.

To format a disk using the MS-DOS (FAT) format, restart your Mac in OS X, then use Disk Utility (located in the

Other folder in Launchpad) to format the disk. For information about using Disk Utility, choose Help > Disk Utility

Help, then search for formatting a disk for Windows.

Use Windows on your Mac ! Use the keyboard

The following Apple Support article describes Windows-equivalent key commands when youre using an Apple

keyboard.


By default in Windows, pressing function keys on a portable Mac and some other Apple keyboards controls hardware

features. Boot Camp supports the volume, brightness, keyboard illumination, and media keys.

You can use function keys to control app features by holding down the Fn key. For example, if you open iTunes and

press Fn-F1, iTunes Help opens.

In the Boot Camp control panel, you can change how function keys work, so that they control app features by default,

and you have to hold down the Fn key to control hardware features.


Control Panel.




3. Click Keyboard.

4. Select or deselect Use all F1, F2 etc. keys as standard function keys.

Windows commands on an Apple keyboard

Boot Camp: About keyboards and key assignment for Microsoft Windows

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Some portable Mac computers have a group of keys with small numbers on them that can be used as a numeric

keypad. To use these keys as a keypad, press the Num Lock (F6) key, or hold down the Fn key while you press the

keys on the keypad.


The keyboards on some portable Mac computers provide backlighting, so that the keys are visible in low light

conditions. If keyboard backlighting is on, the keys light up automatically whenever the ambient light is low.

Press the F5 key to decrease keyboard backlighting or press the F6 key to increase keyboard backlighting. You

may need to hold down the Fn key as you press the F5 and F6 keys.

If the F5 and F6 keys dont adjust backlighting, make sure you installed the Boot Camp drivers.

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Use Windows on your Mac ! Use the mouse or trackpad

Depending on your trackpad, youll see only some of these configuration options.


Control Panel.




3. Click Trackpad.

4. Select any of the following under One Finger:

Tap to Click:

Dragging:

Drag Lock:

Secondary Click:

5. Select the following under Two Fingers:

Secondary Click:

Adjust your keyboards backlighting

Set trackpad options

If you select this option, you can tap the trackpad to click.

If you select this option, you can move an item by tapping it, then immediately placing your finger on

the trackpad and moving your finger.

If you select this option, when you drag an item, you can release it by tapping the trackpad.

If you select this option and choose a corner from the pop-up menu, you can perform a

secondary click by placing one finger on the trackpad in the chosen corner and clicking.

If you select this option, you can perform a secondary click by placing two fingers on the


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6. Select the following under Palm Rejection:

Ignore accidental input when typing:

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Right-click with a mouse or trackpad

Use Windows on your Mac ! Use the mouse or trackpad

You can right-click using an Apple Mighty Mouse or Magic Mouse. If you use a portable Mac, you can right-click using

the trackpad.

Using a Mighty Mouse or Magic Mouse: Click the upper-right corner of the mouse.

Using a trackpad: There are two ways you can right-click; you can choose which ones are available in the

Trackpad pane of the Boot Camp control panel.

If Secondary Click is selected in the One Finger section, click the selected corner of the trackpad.

If Secondary Click is selected in the Two Finger section, place two fingers on the trackpad, then click.

For more information about setting up trackpads, see Set trackpad options.


You can set display options and change the brightness of your built-in display and your Apple Cinema Display.

You can adjust your displays brightness in a control panel or with the brightness control keys on your Apple keyboard.

You may need to hold down the Fn key as you press the brightness keys.

Set display options

1. In Windows 7, click the Boot Camp icon in the system tray, then choose Boot Camp Control Panel.

In Windows 8, move the cursor to the upper-right or lower-right corner of the screen, then click Search. Search for

Boot Camp, click Settings, then click Boot Camp.


3. To change the brightness for your computers built-in display, click Brightness.

If you dont see a Brightness button, use the Power Options control panel. Click Start, click Control Panel, click

Hardware and Sound, then click Power Options.

4. If an Apple Cinema Display is connected to your Mac, click Cinema Display.

trackpad, then clicking.

If you select this option, the computer ignores the trackpad while you

type.


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You can choose what happens when you press the displays power button and the brightness buttons.

Change your displays brightness in Windows 7

1. Click the Boot Camp icon in the system tray, then choose Boot Camp Control Panel.

2. Click the Brightness tab, then use the slider.

If your Mac has both internal and external displays, you may see brightness controls in both the Boot Camp control

panel and the Power Options control panel. In that case, the brightness control in the Boot Camp control panel is for

the external display, and the brightness control in the Power Options control panel is for the internal display.

Change your displays brightness in Windows 8

1. Position the cursor in the upper-right or lower-right corner of the screen.

2. When the Charms bar appears, click Settings.

3. Click Brightness, then use the slider.

Use Windows on your Mac ! Use other hardware

If your Mac is equipped with a built-in infrared receiver, you can pair it with an Apple Remote to control iTunes and

Windows Media Player, if theyre installed on your Mac. You can use the remote to open iTunes, change the sound

volume, start or pause playback, and skip to the next or previous item.

If the remote has an unobstructed line of sight to the receiver, it can work at a distance of up to 30 feet.

Pair your Mac with a remote

If you have more than one infrared-equipped Mac in the same location, you can pair each Mac with a specific Apple

Remote, so each Mac takes commands only from a specified remote. A Mac not paired with a remote can take

commands from any remote within range.

You can pair a Mac with only one remote at a time.

1. Hold the remote close to the Mac (3 to 4 inches away), then point the remote at the front of the Mac.

2. Press and hold the Menu and Next buttons on the remote for about 5 seconds, until a chain link symbol appears

onscreen.

Unpair your Mac from an Apple Remote

If you want to use your Mac with a different remote, you must unpair it from the first remote.

1. Open the Boot Camp control panel, then click Remote.

2. Click Unpair.

Disable remote control

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To prevent your Mac from being controlled by a remote control, turn off infrared reception.

1. Open the Boot Camp control panel, then click Remote.

If you dont see the Remote pane in the Boot Camp control panel, your Mac cant be controlled by a remote

control.

2. Select Disable remote control infrared receiver.

Open iTunes using an Apple Remote

Press the Menu button.


If your Mac or Apple display has a built-in camera, you can use it for video chatting and other apps that use video when

youre using Windows.

If the camera isnt working, make sure you installed the Boot Camp drivers.

Note: Windows doesnt support external iSight cameras.

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Before you can use a Bluetooth wireless device with Windows on your Mac, you must pair the device with your Mac

while using Windows.

Add Bluetooth devices in Windows 7

1. Open the Bluetooth Devices control panel.

2. In the Devices pane, click Add.

3. Follow the Bluetooth Device Wizard to set up your device.

To make your Bluetooth device discoverable, turn the device off and then on again.

If you need to enter a passkey, in the Passkey pane, select Let me choose my own passkey, then enter a

numeric code using the number keys along the top of the keyboard. (You cant use the numeric keypad to enter

the passkey.)

Add Bluetooth devices in Windows 8


2. When the Charms bar appears, click Search.

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3. Type Bluetooth in the search field in the upper right, click Settings, then click Add a Bluetooth device.

4. Follow the Bluetooth Device Wizard to set up your device.




the passkey.)

Add Bluetooth devices in Windows 8.1


2. When the Charms bar appears, click Search.

3. Type Bluetooth in the search field in the upper right, then click Bluetooth settings.

4. Select a discoverable Bluetooth device, then click Pair.




the passkey.)

5. Follow the onscreen instructions to set up your device.


There are several ways to eject a CD or DVD when youre using Windows.

Press and hold the Media Eject key at the top of your Apple keyboard until the eject symbol appears onscreen.

Right-click the disc icon in Windows Explorer (in Windows 7) or File Explorer (in Windows 8), then choose Eject

from the menu that appears.

Select the disc icon in Windows Explorer, then click Eject.

As your Mac is starting up, hold down the primary mouse or trackpad button until the disc is ejected.

To open or close the second optical drive of a Mac Pro computer, press Option-Eject.

You cant eject a disc when the Windows Welcome Screen is displayed. Log in to a user account, then try again.

If the Media Eject key doesnt work, make sure you installed the Boot Camp drivers. The function keys on Apple

keyboards work in Windows only after you install the Boot Camp drivers.

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Before installing and using a third-party disk utility for Windows, check with the developer to make sure the utility is

compatible with Boot Camp.

WARNING:You could lose the information on your disk if you use a disk utility thats not compatible with Boot Camp.


You can set your Mac to always restart after a power failure. You might want to do this if you need to access your Mac

remotely or it performs other functions for you when youre not around.

You can set power options if your computer does not have a built-in battery. Portable computers such as the MacBook

Pro and MacBook Air have built-in batteries.


Control Panel.




3. Click Power.

4. Select Restart automatically after a power failure.

How you remove Windows from your Mac depends on whether you installed Windows on a disk that has multiple

partitions or one that has a single partition.

Important:Back up all important data stored on your Windows partition.

If you installed Windows on a disk that has multiple partitions

1. Start up your Mac in OS X.

2. Quit all open apps and log out any other users.

3. Open Boot Camp Assistant, then click Continue.

4. Select Remove Windows 7 or later version, then click Continue.

5. Do one of the following:

If your Mac has a single internal disk, click Restore.

If your Mac has multiple internal disks, select the Windows disk, select Restore disk to a single OS X

Use third-party utilities

Restart automatically after a power failure

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partition, then click Continue.

If you installed Windows on a disk that has a single partition

1. Start up your Mac in OS X.

2. Open Disk Utility, located in the Other folder in Launchpad.

3. Select the Windows disk, click Erase, choose the Mac OS Extended (Journaled) format, then click the Erase

button.

Solve problems

If you have problems creating a Windows partition, check the following:

Before you install Windows, the disk on your Mac must be a single partition, formatted as Mac OS Extended

(Journaled). If the disk already has more than one partition, you must repartition it.

The disk on your Mac must be an internal disk. You cannot use Boot Camp Assistant to install Windows on an

external disk.

If you have a Mac Pro with more than one internal disk and you want to install Boot Camp on a disk that isnt in the

first hard drive bay, remove the drives in the lower-numbered bays. You can reinstall the drives after you install

Boot Camp.

If a dialog appears in Boot Camp Assistant that says verification failed, try repairing the disk using Disk Utility

(located in the Other folder in Launchpad), then opening Boot Camp Assistant again. If that doesnt work, back upall the information on your Mac, then reinstall OS X. For more information about how to do these tasks, click your

desktops background, choose Help > Help Center, then search for repair disk or reinstall OS X.

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Prepare your Mac for Windows

Solve problems

If you have problems installing Windows, try the following solutions.

If you get a message saying Installer Disc Not Found when installing Windows

Make sure youre logged in to OS X as an administrator.

If Windows doesnt install properly

Verify that youre using a single full-install installation disc or an ISO image of the 64-bit version of Windows 7 Home

Premium, Windows 7 Professional, Windows 7 Ultimate, Windows 8, Windows 8 Pro, Windows 8.1, or Windows 8.1

Pro downloaded from Microsoft.

Restart your Mac and hold down the Option key until one or more disk icons appear on your screen. Insert the

Windows installation disc into the optical drive or insert the external USB drive with the copied Windows ISO image

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contents into a USB port on your Mac. Select the Windows installation disk icon, then click the arrow beneath it. Quickly

press any key on your keyboard to start the installer. Follow the onscreen instructions to repair or reinstall Windows.

If the Windows installer isnt responding

Be sure you are using the original keyboard and mouse that came with your Mac.

If youre using an Apple mouse, the Windows installer may not respond if the mouse is connected directly to your Mac.

Connect the mouse to a USB port on your keyboard.

If you insert the wrong disc during installation

Eject the disc by holding down the Eject key on your keyboard while restarting your Mac.

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Solve problems

If the Windows support software doesnt install successfully, your hardware may not work as expected.

Install or repair the Windows support software

1. Start up your Mac in Windows.

2. Connect the external USB drive that has the Windows support software.

3. Open Windows Explorer (in Windows 7) or File Explorer (in Windows 8), browse to your external USB drive (listed

under Computer on the left), then double-click the setup.exe file in the BootCamp folder.

4. Click Install or Repair, then follow the onscreen instructions.

If a message appears that says the software youre installing has not passed Windows Logo testing, click

Continue Anyway.

Reinstall a specific driver

If you need to reinstall specific drivers, you can install one driver at a time. For example, if the built-in camera on your

Mac isnt working, you can reinstall just the camera driver.

Individual drivers are in the BootCamp/Drivers/ folder on the external USB drive that has the Windows supportsoftware.

1. Start up your Mac in Windows.

2. Insert the external USB drive that has the Windows support software.

3. Using Windows Explorer (in Windows 7) or File Explorer (in Windows 8), locate the driver that you want to

reinstall.

4. Open the driver to start the installation.

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Solve problems

If you experience unusual hardware problems, try the following solutions.

For more troubleshooting information, go to the .

If you see No Boot Disk Attached when starting up your Mac

You may have formatted your Windows partition incorrectly so it cannot start up your Mac. Start up your Mac with

OS X, then open Boot Camp Assistant. Remove the Windows partition, then install Windows again, being sure to

correctly format the partition. For information about installing Windows and formatting partitions, see Install Windows on

your Mac.

If the screen is blank, distorted, or doesnt fill the screen

Some graphics cards may not work with both OS X and Windows on a Mac computer. If youre having trouble with your

screen display when using Windows, try the following:

Use the graphics card that came with your Mac.

Make sure youve installed the Boot Camp drivers.

Adjust the screen resolution setting in the Display control panel.

Go to the Boot Camp Support site and check for compatibility information and updated software for your computer.

If you cant rename the Windows partition

You can rename the Windows partition only in Windows.

If you have a RAID configuration

RAID configurations using Boot Camp are not supported. For more information, go to the and

search for RAID.

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Solve problems

You must be connected to the Internet to maintain the correct date and time when switching between OS X and

Windows.

If you arent connected to the Internet, set the date and time manually when you change operating systems.

Solve problems

You must install the Boot Camp drivers to use all the features of your Mac with Windows, such as using a built-in

camera. If some features arent working, you may need to repair the Boot Camp drivers.

Solve hardware problems

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Solve date and time problems

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1. Insert the external USB drive with the Windows support software.

If you cant find the external USB drive with the support software, start up your computer in OS X, open Boot

Camp Assistant, then download the support software again to another USB drive. You can quit the assistant after

you save the software to an external USB drive.

2. Open Windows Explorer (in Windows 7) or File Explorer (in Windows 8), browse to your external USB drive (listed

under Computer on the left), and double-click the setup.exe file located in the BootCamp folder.

3. If you are repairing Boot Camp drivers that are already installed, click Repair.

4. Follow the onscreen instructions.

If a message tells you that the software you are installing has not passed Windows Logo testing, click Continue

Anyway.

Periodically, Apple may provide updated Boot Camp drivers on the .

Solve problems

You cant resize the Windows partition after you create it, but you can replace it with a larger Windows partition.

WARNING:Use only the Boot Camp Assistant to set up and size Windows partitions on your Mac. Dont use other

utilities, or Windows itself, to resize your Windows partition. They can damage your hard drives file system, and you

may not be able to start up your computer or recover any of your data.

1. Back up all the information on your Windows partition.

2. Follow the directions in Remove Windows from your Mac.

3. Follow the directions in Install Windows on your Mac, then create a larger partition.

4. Restore the information you backed up.


Resize the Windows partition
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