#MAC OS BOOT CAMP INSTALL#

If you want to play games, you'll probably want to go and find the latest drivers for the particular graphics card in your Mac from either AMD or NVIDIA. While you can set up tap-to-click and two-finger right-clicking, it just doesn't feel as nice as in macOS. Unfortunately, the trackpad doesn't behave so well on Windows, either. Your mileage may vary, but it definitely doesn't stand up to macOS. You'll most likely lose a few hours of battery life running Windows-with some reports of a 50% reduction in battery life. Windows, designed to run on lots of different hardware, is nowhere near as optimized, and it shows. We've covered both methods in our detailed guide to creating a Windows installation disk on your Mac. You can also choose to create the installer in Terminal.

#MAC OS BOOT CAMP INSTALL#

When you launch Boot Camp Assistant (found in Applications > Utilities), you'll have the option to create a bootable install disk using a USB drive. You can download Windows directly from Microsoft. This guide assumes that you've bought Windows from Microsoft's online store and you have an ISO file to start the installation. It makes it easy to partition your drive, download the drivers you need, and create a bootable USB drive using an ISO file. Boot Camp Assistantīoot Camp Assistant is Apple's built-in utility for running Windows natively on your Mac (meaning that you shut down macOS and boot into Windows). So, let's look at Boot Camp Assistant below. You'll also need a lot of storage space on your Mac for the partition. Like the virtualization method, Boot Camp has its pros and cons, but the biggest con is the inability to run Windows and Mac simultaneously.

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