Install Windows 10 on your Mac with Kicking Camp Assistant

With Kicking Camp, you lot can install Microsoft Windows x on your Mac, then switch between macOS and Windows when restarting your Mac.

What yous need to install Windows x on Mac

  • iMac introduced in 2012 or afterwards1
  • iMac Pro (all models)
  • Mac Pro introduced in 2013 or later

Thelatest macOS updates, which can include updates to Boot Camp Banana. You will utilize Kicking Camp Assistant to install Windows 10.

64GB or morefree storage space on your Mac startup disk:

  • Your Mac can have as little equally 64GB of free storage space, merely at least 128GB of free storage infinite provides the best experience. Automatic Windows updates crave that much space or more.
  • If you have an iMac Pro or Mac Pro with 128GB of retentivity (RAM) or more than, your startup deejay needs at least as much free storage infinite every bit your Mac has retentivity.two

An external USB wink drive with a storage chapters of 16GB or more, unless you're using aMac that doesn't need a flash drive to install Windows.

A 64-bit version of Windows 10 Home or Windows 10 Pro on a disk image (ISO) or other installation media. If installing Windows on your Mac for the first time, this must be a total version of Windows, not an upgrade.

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How to install Windows ten on Mac

To install Windows, use Kicking Camp Assistant, which is included with your Mac.

1. Check your Secure Boot setting

Learn how to cheque your Secure Kicking setting. The default Secure Boot setting is Total Security. If you lot changed it to No Security, change it back to Full Security before installing Windows. After installing Windows, you can use any Secure Kicking setting without affecting your power to starting time upwards from Windows.

2. Use Boot Camp Assistant to create a Windows partition

Open Boot Camp Banana, which is in the Utilities folder of your Applications folder. Follow the onscreen instructions.

  • If y'all're asked to insert a USB drive, plug your USB flash drive into your Mac. Boot Camp Assistant will use it to create a bootable USB bulldoze for Windows installation.
  • When Boot Camp Assistant asks you to set the size of the Windows partition, remember the minimum storage-space requirements in the previous section. Set a partition size that meets your needs, because y'all can't change its size later.

three. Format the Windows (BOOTCAMP) partition

When Kicking Military camp Assistant finishes, your Mac restarts to the Windows installer. If the installer asks where to install Windows, select the BOOTCAMP partition and click Format. In nearly cases, the installer selects and formats the BOOTCAMP partition automatically.

iv. Install Windows

Unplug whatever external devices that aren't necessary during installation. Then click Next and follow the onscreen instructions to brainstorm installing Windows.

5. Apply the Boot Camp installer in Windows

After Windows installation completes, your Mac starts up in Windows and opens a "Welcome to the Kick Camp installer" window. Follow the onscreen instructions to install Boot Military camp and Windows support software (drivers). You lot will be asked to restart when done.

  • If the Boot Camp installer never opens,open up the Boot Army camp installer manually and utilize information technology to consummate Boot Campsite installation.
  • If yous have an external display connected to a Thunderbolt 3 port on your Mac, the display will be bare (black, gray, or blue) for up to 2 minutes during installation.

How to switch betwixt Windows and macOS

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If you accept one of these Intel-based Mac models using Os X El Capitan or later, y'all don't demand a USB flash drive to install Windows:

  • iMac introduced in 2015 or later
  • iMac Pro (all models)
  • Mac Pro introduced in late 2013 or later

1. If you're using an iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Belatedly 2014) or iMac (27-inch, Late 2013) or iMac (27-inch, Late 2012) with a 3TB difficult drive and macOS Mojave or later, learn about an alert you might run into during installation.

2. For example, if your Mac has 128GB of retention, its startup disk must have at least 128GB of storage space bachelor for Windows. To see how much memory your Mac has, cull Apple menu  > About This Mac. To see how much storage infinite is available, click the Storage tab in the same window.

iii. These Mac models were offered with 128GB difficult drives as an option. Apple tree recommends 256GB or larger difficult drives so that yous can create a Boot Camp partition of at least 128GB.

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