Remember when Apple promised that Boot Camp would be updated to officially support Windows 7 in late 2009? It turns out that promise was a few weeks off, but the company has finally delivered, only one week after Microsoft's beloved Patch Tuesday.
Boot Camp 3.1 for 32-bit Windows and 64-bit Windows, recommended for all users of Boot Camp 3.0, finally brings official support for the Apple wireless keyboard and everybody's favorite Apple Magic Mouse. There are also a few bugs fixed for the Apple trackpad, and the infrared sensor on all MacBooks now turns off on when it's not being used, to help conserve battery power.
Unfortunately, i had a copy of Windows which is 32 bit. As expected, the Bootcamp support software doesnt seem to work on this. It would be great if someone could give me some tip on how to install Bootcamp support software for 32 Bit Windows 7. This site was created in January 2016 to supply the newest AMD graphics drivers to Boot Camp users who run Windows on their Mac. Official AMD PC drivers are not compatible with Mac versions of the graphics cards by default, leaving Boot Camp users stuck with dated and poorly optimized drivers that are not compatible with the latest games.
Apple has just updated Boot Camp with full support for running Windows 10 on select Mac computers. Now up to version 6, Boot Camp lets you dual-boot OS X with Windows on a Mac computer. Boot Camp 6 officially supports 64-bit version of Windows 10 on the following Mac models. 32-bit version of. Boot Camp Support Software 4.0.4255 This download contains the Windows Support Software (Windows Drivers) you will need to support Windows 7 on your Mac. For more information on which operating systems are supported on different Mac systems, click here.
But wait, there's more. For ladies and gents planning to do a straight upgrade to Windows 7 from Windows Vista instead of a clean install, there's this lovely Boot Camp Utility upgrade. It fixes an error that occurs because the Windows 7 installer foolishly tries to write to your computer's read-only Mac OS X partition. Just download the file while you're in Windows Vista, follow the rest of the directions in this tech note, and you're good to go.
If you've got a Mac Pro or an iMac, you'll want to grab these firmware updates. Graphics Firmware Update 1.0 lets your GPU play nicer with Windows 7. Download the 1.20MB update from Apple's site if Software Update doesn't grab it for you, and run the installer as usual.
If you have a 21.5-inch or 27-inch iMac that was first introduced in October, 2009, there's a driver update for Windows just for you. This one is a bit trickier, as it requires a spare USB drive to move the drivers from OS X to Windows Vista or Windows 7. Just leave the USB drive plugged in while you're installing Windows 7, and the installer should grab the necessary drivers right off the drive with no muss or fuss. There's a fourteen-step tech note to help walk you through the whole process.
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Phew! Some of these procedures don't exactly feel “Mac-like,” but at least Apple's provided thorough documentation. Then again, I suppose Steve Jobs isn't much of a Windows fan.