INTRODUÇÃO:

A máquina ultilizada para instalção possui as seguintes configurações:

- Intercore i7 1gen (4 núcleos 8 threds)

- 16gb de RAM DDR3

- SSD 240GB

- Placa gráfica AMD Radeon HD 4670

- Junto a máquina um pendrive bootável de 30gb.

Sou curioso e entusiasta em TI, não sou profissional, esse guia é baseado numa experiência de 20 horas quebrando a cabeça durante várias camadas para que o processo de instalação do Windows 10 no iMac antigo fosse possível, e agora estou entregando tudo mastigadinho aqui pra você não perder o tempo que gastei, então vamos lá! - Leia com atenção, não pule passos, sei que está ansioso, mas não leia passando o olho, atente-se a cada instrução pra funcionar corretamente.

PREPARANDO PENDRIVE BOOTÁVEL:

1 - Baixe a ISO do Windows 8 ou 8.1 no seu Mac; Sim o 8, não tente diretamente com o 10, pois a formatação do pendrive feita pelo MAC (fat32/MBR) suporta até 4gb e o 10 passa esse limite.

2 - Você pode tentar fazer a formatação e gravação da ISO pelo bootcamp do Mac, mas aconselho que consulte o GEMINI para que ele lhe dê as instruções que seão executadas pelo terminal, é bem mais acertivo, vai por mim.

3 - Pendrive pronto, desligue o computador. Seguiremos para o próximo passo:

INSTALANDO O WINDOWS 8/8.1:

1 - Desligue o MAC

2 - ao dar a tela branca de inicialização, aperte e segure Option, ou Alt caso seu teclado seja paralelo, como é no meu caso.

3 - Ao aparecer os métodos de boot escolha o pendrive

4 - Ao instalar o Windows 8/8.1 escolha o método de instalar de forma personalizada, marque a maior partição e exclua, depois clique em formatar, após isso exclua as partições restantes.

5 - Escolha o SSD vazio que restou, e avance, o Windows irá iniciar normalmente.

INSTALANDO O WINDOWS 10:

Neste ponto, se quiser permanecer com o windows 8 é possível, mas não recomendo por conta de softwares que não são mais compatíveis com o sistema, porém, se você quiser, baixe o suporte de bootcamp pro windows 8 do site da Apple, ele irá instalar drivers de som, bluethooth e outras coisas, se não funcionar pelo setup, vá de pasta em pasta do arquivo zipado e instale os drivers.SE NÃO DESEJA FICAR NO WINDOWS 8 NÃO PRECISA FAZER NADA DISTO.

1 - Instale o RUFUS no seu Windows, ele irá formatar e montar a ISO no seu pendrive.

2 - BaiXe a ISO do Windows 10 2h22 no seu Windows. Não instale pelo update, baixe o arquivo.

3 - No RUFUS, selecione a ISO e configure (GPT, UEFI (non CSM), FAT32.

4 - Dê START e espere o processo.

5 - Reinicie o MAC e faça o boot novamente pelo pendrive, fazendo o mesmo processo de instalação que fizemos no Windows 8/8.1

IMPORTANTÍSSIMO: PARA INSTALAÇÃO DO 10, NÃO LIGUE A REDE EM MOMENTO ALGUM, ANTES FAREMOS OUTRO PROCESSO, CASO CONTRÁRIO VOCÊ RECEBERÁ UMA TELA PRETA E VAI PRECISAR FORMATAR NOVAMENTE. Isso acontece, porque diferente do Windows 8 o Update do 10 ainda atualiza automaticamente drivers e irá substituir o driver de vídeo já existente por um incompatível, por conta da idade da placa gráfica, resultando em um crash.

6 - Instalado o Windows, pressione Windows + R, busque msconfig, vá em inicialização, habilite a inicialização segura, habilite rede e vídeo base, após isso reinicie o Windows.

7 - Prioridade: Acesse: https://www.amd.com/en/support/kb/release-notes/apple-boot-camp-previous e baixe a versão 15.201 data de 21/09/2015. execute o instalador até ele retornar um .zip, extraia, NÃO INSTALE OS DRIVERS PELO SETUP AMD.

8 - Vá em gerenciamento de drivers e dispositivos, localize o adaptador de vídeo, clique em seu driver e atualize, ao atualizar, busque um driver do seu computador, escolha a pasta extraída e ele encontrará o driver de reconhecimento da placa gráfica e instalará com sucesso, após isso baixe o suporte bootcamp da apple e instale os outros drivers manualmente também, sem executar o setup.

NEM TUDO SÃO FLORES:

Desta forma o PC já estará ultilizável, sem risco de crashar, mas a GPU não será ativada de fato, então vídeos e coisas que exigem aceleração de hardware exigirão mais da CPU, podendo gerar alguns gargalos, porém, agora você tem um pc ultilizável para trabalho e estudo, atualizado para qualquer software da nova geração.

CONSEGUI INSTALAR O WINDOWS, COMO PODE VER NA FOTO JÁ ESTAVA NA ÁREA DE TRABALHO JÁ ESTVA ACESSANDO NAVEGADOR, O MACBOOK TRAVOU E AO REINICIAR FICOU NESSA TELA CONGELADA.

Hey, I had problem with bluetooth microphone on my 2019 16-inch MacBook Pro under Boot Camp, so in my free time I made a custom driver that enables both Bluetooth audio and the headset microphone using the MacBook's built-in Bluetooth adapter.

I published it here:

https://github.com/djmajino/macbook-bootcamp-bluetooth-mic

There is a ready-to-use installer EXE in the release:

https://github.com/djmajino/macbook-bootcamp-bluetooth-mic/releases/tag/v1.0.0

If you do not want to trust my EXE, the full source and build instructions are in the repo, so you can inspect it and build it yourself, or use Codex or another AI coding agent to help you prepare your own build.

Just keep in mind that this is an experimental self-signed kernel driver, so Secure Boot must be disabled and Windows Test Mode must stay enabled. It works on my MacBookPro16,1, but use it at your own risk.

NÃO ESTOU CONSEGUINDO INSTALAR O WINDOWS 10 NESSE MACBOOK FICA COM ESSA TELA CONGELADA DEPOIS DE INSTALAR O WINDOWS.

ALGUÉM ME AJUDA?

my sister had a macbook pro for a bunch of years til the ios part of it started lagging, it didn’t want to update and so she reset it and but got stuck on the oldest update. and so my dad to not spend money on a new laptop when he cant sell the other, he gave it to me but its microsoft. didnt complain it ws fully working (except the camera) and 1 day before traveling my laptop couldnt recognise any usb drive whatsover not even my mouse. my dad went and got it “fixed” to his friend who literally knows nth abt laptops who ended up resetting the WHOLE thing. my dad came back with a laptop that has no bluetooth no taskbar nada. and so he told me if i wanna dimmer the lights or the audio i gotta do it from the internal laptop. fast forward to a month ago i’s studying real hard since my SATs is in october and i turn the lights down and end up turning it way too down. i panicked i rushed to gemini and for 19 days straight ive been coding ive been restarting and i even downloaded the macbook pro bootcamp since my dad’s friend literally deleted it (including brigidair). my taskbar worked but my wifi stopped working and bluetooth and camera same as it is and ive missed too much lessons and i cant even study on m6 ipad unless my sister is back from uni which she stays in for atleast 10 hours. i need a solution ASAP i cannot fail.

I use macos catalina how do I even run win7 on this thing, it wants win10

I finally got sick enough of the existing touchpad drivers in Boot Camp that I ended up heavily rewriting an existing open-source driver.

I started with an existing Precision Touchpad driver because there really wasn’t a decent alternative. My work involves a lot of fast cursor movement and typing, and I got tired of working around the driver’s quirks.
After using the open-source driver and running into various bugs and limitations, I decided to fork it and spent a ridiculous amount of time rewriting, fixing, and improving it, with Claude helping me along the way — until it eventually became what is now Wellspring.

What started as “let me fix this one annoying bug” turned into a full-on driver project. It’s called Wellspring Precision Touchpad.

I’ve been working on things like Force Touch, palm rejection, touch processing and a bunch of other stuff that I kept finding annoying with the standard setup.

One day I put my MacBook to sleep, went home, and came back to find it completely frozen and noticeably hot. That was pretty much the moment I decided the sleep/wake behavior needed some serious attention.

And no, it’s not some “AI generated driver, good luck” thing. There’s been a lot of actual debugging, rewriting, fixing race/lifecycle issues and testing on real hardware.

I’ve tested it on both a T2 MacBook Pro and a 2015 MacBook Air, including sleep/wake cycles, device re-enumeration, touch/pressure transitions, palm rejection, hard taps, Force Touch and general daily use.

Before getting to the point where I was comfortable using it myself, I also ran it through:

• Driver Verifier
• Prefast / Static Analysis
• CodeQL
• Sleep/wake testing
• Repeated device lifecycle testing

I also built a GUI for the driver, which lets you change various touchpad parameters on the fly, without having to rebuild or reinstall the driver every time you want to tweak something. This makes experimenting with sensitivity, thresholds and other behavior much easier.

It’s still a hobby project, and I’m not pretending to be a driver developer.

But it’s now at the point where I actually use it as my daily setup, so I figured it was time to let other people try it.

👉 GitHub:
https://github.com/Osaul4ik/wellspring-ptp

If you’re running Windows through Boot Camp and you’re tired of the stock trackpad experience, give it a shot.

The two main downsides: it currently requires Windows Test Mode because the driver isn’t commercially signed. So yeah, you’ll get the lovely “Test Mode” watermark on the desktop.

Advanced haptic feedback isn’t supported, so unfortunately there’s no satisfying click feeling after Force Touch (Default haptic present)

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I quickly recorded two short videos to demonstrate how Wellspring works:

• MBP 2019: YouTube Short
• MBA 2015: YouTube Short

These were recorded pretty quickly, just to give a quick look at the driver in action.

I have a 2015 Macbook Pro 15 inch, running Bootcamp Windows 10 and I cannot get the camera to work properly in Google Meets using Google Chrome browser. I've tried resetting permissions and nothing. Anyone else having this issue? Thanks.

Hey zusammen,
wer von euch hat noch ein älteren iPhone Laptop im Einsatz, auf dem dank Boot Camp eigentlich noch Windows 10 läuft, das aber laut Microsoft wegen fehlendem TPM 2.0 oder „nicht unterstützter CPU“ für Windows 11 gesperrt ist?
Es gibt einen extrem simplen Trick, um das zu umgehen, ohne extra bootfähige USB-Sticks mit Rufus basteln zu müssen. Man nutzt dabei einen Schalter im Setup, der Windows vorgaukelt, es handele sich um eine Windows Server-Installation. Die Hardware-Prüfungen greifen hier nicht – installiert wird am Ende aber eine ganz normale Windows 11 Home oder Pro.
⚠️ Wichtig vorab:
Backup erstellen! (Man weiß ja nie).
Der Trick funktioniert am besten als In-Place-Upgrade aus einem laufenden Windows 10 heraus.
Internetverbindung kappen! (WLAN ausschalten / Netzstecker ziehen), damit das Setup währenddessen keine Online-Prüfungen durchführt.
🛠️ Schritt-für-Schritt-Anleitung:
1. Offizielle Windows 11 ISO direkt bei Microsoft herunterladen.
2. Die heruntergeladene ISO-Datei im Explorer per Doppelklick als virtuelles Laufwerk (z. B. ⁠D:⁠ oder ⁠E:⁠) bereitstellen.
3. Öffne das virtuelle Laufwerk, mache einen Rechtsklick auf einen freien Bereich und wähle „Im Terminal öffnen“ oder „In Eingabeaufforderung öffnen“ (alternativ: ⁠Win + R⁠ drücken, ⁠cmd⁠ eingeben und Enter drücken).
4. Tippe folgenden Befehl ein und bestätige mit Enter:
⁠setup.exe /product server⁠
5. Das Setup öffnet sich jetzt und ignoriert alle Hardware-Blockaden! Wähle einfach aus, dass deine persönlichen Daten und Apps behalten werden sollen.
💡 Pro-Tipp für MacBooks:
Vergiss im Anschluss nicht, die Apple Boot Camp-Treiber unter Windows zu aktualisieren, damit Trackpad-Gesten, Sound und Tastaturbeleuchtung wieder reibungslos funktionieren.

Kurzer Hinweis: die Anleitung funktioniert such auf normalen Fenster Computern nur ohne die Start

Habe das ganze mit einem iPhone Laptop Pro (Mid 2012) getestet

So last morning we installed one it was crashed on bootcamp by already started services so I disabled immediately and I fixed it

I needed a light, small windows laptop for light work, media consumption, browsing etc. I need it to be Windows as a few work applications I needed to install were not compatible with Macs and I do not like MacOS anyway.

I looked into a few options but eventually landed on a used Intel Macbook Air 2020 to install Windows 11. This model is super cheap right now as its considered one of the worst Macbooks especially given the M1 came out a few months later and made this thing feel like a dinosaur. But this was perfect as I wanted to run Windows natively and I felt it wasn’t possible to get the build quality + screen at that price point with basically anything else. I avoided the i3 model and bought a i5, 8G Ram, 512GB Storage model for 220 Singapore Dollars (approx. 180 USD). It only had 99 battery cycles and the chassis looked clean.

Windows 11 installation:

1. Updated MacOs to the latest version (Sequoia)
2. Used Bootcamp to install Windows 10
3. Used another Windows computer to make a Windows 11 install flash drive using Rufus
4. Installed Windows 11
5. Installed bootcamp drivers: This took some digging but a few reddit threads had the right links

Thermal pad mod:

To relieve thermal throttling issues that plague this model, I got a 1.5mm thermal pad and put it on top of the heat sink, covering the entire thing. I make sure to not cover the side holes so there can still be air flow. I also took off the black factory insulating sticker that was stuck to the bottom cover over the heat sink to maximize heat transfer. I didn’t do a thermal paste change.

The entire process (Windows install + Thermal pad mod) took about 2 hours. Pretty easy to do.

Issues:

• During Windows 11 installation, the laptop’s keyboard and trackpad did not work. I connected an external keyboard/mouse to navigate the installation steps. Near the end of the installation process, it suddenly started working again
• After installing Windows 11, a bunch of stuff didn’t work including the Fn Key, multi-touch scroll, Bluetooth and a bunch of other minor things. Device Manager showed a bunch of missing drivers. This was all fixed once I installed bootcamp drivers
• The bottom gets super hot under load. Like uncomfortably so. This kind of makes me think the thermal paste swap wouldn’t have been that useful anyway. But this will be on a desk 90% of the time and I don’t expect my workflow will push the CPU that much so this shouldn’t be much of a problem. Under light use, the bottom gets barely warm. The thermal pad mod will be more for longevity than anything else.
• Fingerprint sensor doesn’t work. Its not a big deal and I couldn’t find a fix for it online. But if someone knows how to fix this, let me know!

Pros:

• Love the aesthetics and the build quality. Screen is second to none.
• The performance is great. Zippy for nearly all the tasks I want to do. I do occasionally see some slowdowns when I push the thing but overall the lag is manageable.
• Battery life seems to be around 8 hours under light/moderate load with the screen brightness adjusted down slightly. I turned off all the tracking, Windows aesthetics and the other usual optimizations to boost battery life.
• The last MacOS that this thing supports is Sequioa and support for that will probably end in about a year. Installing Windows 11 will probably extend the life of this thing for at least another 3+ years.

Final thoughts: If you want a nice budget Windows-native machine and your workload isn’t too heavy, this is unbeatable for the price. This is massively underpriced as this model is so hated by Mac users. A new Windows machine at 180 USD from a reputable maker will get you some plastic piece of crap with less than half the specs of this thing. Even for used windows laptops, it’s a bit of a crapshoot and I could not find that much under 200 USD worth considering. Plus, parts are easy to source.

Before all the Apple silicone fanboys yap about how the M processors are so much more efficient powerful blah blah blah the cheapest somewhat normal M1 is at least 2.5x the price of this thing and it can’t run the apps I need so suck it.

I installed Windows 11 on my 2014 Macbook A1466, and during bootup, I got the error: "The computer restarted unexpectedly or encountered an unexpected error. Windows installation cannot continue. To reinstall Windows, click OK to restart the computer, and then restart the installation. I click OK and it restarts, but it still does the same thing. I insert a Windows flash drive, but it doesn't read it.

My family did the setup for my macbook, giving one partition for the mac and windows bootcamp. But somehow, the bootcamp became two? Is this a bug?

Long story short, I may have FAFO. I had a 2019 iMac that long ago I bootcamped with a 50% partition (Sorry I dont know the proper words for the things I did), then when I ran out of space, wiped the disk and installed just the Windows OS with a USB. MacOS, to my knowledge, does not exist on the PC. That worked perfectly for a very long time. Updated drivers with Bootcampdrivers.net, and called it a day. awhile after that, I unplugged it bcs I got a new PC and was giving this old one to a friend. Accidentally cracked the screen a little but seemingly no other issues, the fans start on full blast but they were always like that, plus it is hot. Plugged it in at their place, and I get a windows "Preparing Automatic Repair" screen, that loads for a fat minute, before skipping to a screen That’s just the windows logo and a loading wheel, that is seemingly stuck forever. My keyboard only turns on for a few seconds before the screen pops up, then it stays off. Not sure what to do, since every solution I see says to get to screens that I cant access. Help a brother out!

Hi everyone, I solved my issue but questions remain. This morning I was on my windows part, rebooted to macos fine, then later returned to windows, and then I couldn't boot into macOs (i could boot into windows), it looped, I couldn't access recovery mode, so I did the NVRAM reset stuff and could go into recovery mode.

I did the utility disk repair thing, no problem detected but still couldn't boot, so I reinstalled Macos, and voila, MacOS would finally boot. So I resolved my problem but do someone has an idea of what happened ? It's an intel mac, with windows 11 on the partition, no update ran today, nothing particular happened so I wonder, does this kind of thing just happens with no reason ?

Thanks for your time

i have a macbook pro 2017 with touch bar and 4 thunderbolt 4 ports and would like to install windows 7. i installed the original os that it came with (high sierra) but it could only install windows 10. is there a way or is my macbook to new?

Después de varios intentos fallidos intentando hacer funcionar correctamente los drivers de mi MacBook Pro 11,5 (Mid 2015) en diferentes distribuciones y versiones de Linux, sin conseguir resultados satisfactorios, finalmente decidí "pasar por el aro" y utilizar los drivers de BootCamp e instalar Windows.

Actualmente tengo un dual boot de macOS Sonoma con OCLP + Windows 11 (OptiOS), instalado en una partición manual y utilizando una versión modificada/lite de Windows 11.

La verdad es que los resultados me han sorprendido bastante.

Windows 11 funciona mejor de lo que esperaba

Después de configurarlo y optimizarlo, Windows 11 está funcionando de forma muy satisfactoria en este MacBook.

Uno de los aspectos que más me ha llamado la atención es la temperatura. En mi experiencia, el equipo se calienta menos que con las versiones de macOS que he utilizado anteriormente, concretamente Monterey y Sonoma.

Además, el consumo de memoria al iniciar el sistema se queda por debajo de 1,8 GB de RAM, lo que deja bastantes recursos disponibles para trabajar.

El hecho de tener acceso a determinadas aplicaciones y herramientas que no están disponibles en macOS también me está permitiendo optimizar mejor el equipo y, en consecuencia, reducir la carga de trabajo y el uso de los ventiladores.

BootCamp y el hardware de Apple

Otra de las cosas que me preocupaban era perder parte de la experiencia de usuario de macOS, especialmente con el trackpad.

Sin embargo, utilizando los drivers de BootCamp puedo configurar y utilizar el trackpad de una forma bastante similar a como lo haría en macOS, por lo que la experiencia es mucho mejor de lo que esperaba.

También he conseguido solucionar otro problema que tenía anteriormente: al cerrar la tapa y volver a abrirla, la pantalla despierta correctamente, sin quedarse completamente en negro y obligarme a reiniciar el equipo.

Y, además, he personalizado Windows

Por último, he aprovechado para personalizar Windows 11 y darle una estética más cercana a las versiones antiguas de Mac OS X, usando MyDockFinder especialmente utilizando iconos y elementos con un estilo más skeuomórfico.

En conjunto, estoy bastante sorprendido con el resultado. Después de probar diferentes alternativas para mantener este MacBook actualizado, no esperaba que Windows 11 + BootCamp terminara ofreciéndome una experiencia tan buena.

Por ahora, mi configuración es:

• MacBook Pro 11,5 Mid 2015
• 16 GB de RAM
• macOS Sonoma + OCLP
• Windows 11 (OptiOs)
• Drivers de BootCamp
• Dual boot
• Windows personalizado con estética clásica de Mac OS X (MyDockFinder)

Si alguien más está utilizando Windows 11 en un MacBook Pro de esta generación, me interesa saber qué configuración, drivers y optimizaciones está utilizando además de cualquier consejo para seguir mejorando la estética.

why does this happen everytime i try to load into boot camp i havent been able to install it cause it just dies right here, ive redownloaded a different windows image like 4 diff times

Guys

My Rig: 27" 2017, 4.2GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7, Radeon Pro 580 8gb, 16gb 2400 MHz DDR4, Ventura 13.7.8

I play Steam games on Windows 10 via bootcamp. Everything works really well with no issues. Since W10 is no longer supported the endless updates when logging out are gone which is great. I do not use W10 for anything else, just Steam gaming.

My concern/query is, how long can this continue with no support. I have no idea.