Download and install Windows support software on your Mac

After using Boot Camp Assistant to install or upgrade Microsoft Windows on your Mac, yous might also need to install the latest Windows support software (drivers) from Apple.

Boot Camp requires a Mac with an Intel processor.

When you install Microsoft Windows on your Mac, Boot Camp Banana automatically opens the Boot Military camp installer, which installs the latest Windows support software (drivers). If that doesn't happen, or you lot experience whatsoever of the following bug while using Windows on your Mac, follow the steps in this article.

  • Your Apple mouse, trackpad, or keyboard isn't working in Windows.
    Force Touch isn't designed to work in Windows.
  • You don't hear sound from the built-in speakers of your Mac in Windows.
  • The built-in microphone or camera of your Mac isn't recognized in Windows.
  • One or more than screen resolutions are unavailable for your display in Windows.
  • You tin't adapt the brightness of your congenital-in display in Windows.
  • Y'all have problems with Bluetooth or Wi-Fi in Windows.
  • You get an alarm that Apple Software Update has stopped working.
  • You get a message that your PC has a driver or service that isn't ready for this version of Windows.
  • Your Mac starts up to a black or blue screen after you install Windows.

If your Mac has an AMD video card and is having graphics issues in Windows, you might demand toupdate your AMD graphics drivers instead.

Install the latest macOS updates

Format a USB flash drive

To install the latest Windows support software, you need a 16GB or larger USB wink drive formatted as MS-DOS (Fatty).

  1. Beginning your Mac from macOS.
  2. Plug the USB flash drive into your Mac.
  3. Open Disk Utility, which is in the Utilities folder of your Applications binder.
  4. Choose View > Show All Devices from the menu bar.
  5. From the sidebar in Deejay Utility, select your USB flash drive. (Select the drive proper noun, non the book name below it.)
    Disk Utility window
  6. Click the Erase push button or tab.
  7. Cull MS-DOS (FAT) as the format and Master Boot Tape every bit the scheme.
  8. Click Erase to format the drive. When washed, quit Deejay Utility.

Download the Windows back up software

After preparing your USB flash bulldoze, complete these steps:

  1. Make certain that your Mac is continued to the Internet.
  2. Open Kick Military camp Assistant, which is in the Utilities binder of your Applications folder.
  3. From the carte bar at the peak of your screen, choose Activeness > Download Windows Support Software, then cull your USB flash drive every bit the save destination. When the download completes, quit Boot Camp Assistant.
    Save dialog

Learn what to do if you tin't download or save the Windows back up software.

Install the Windows back up software

Afterwardsdownloading the Windows support software to your wink bulldoze, follow these steps to install the software. (If you're attempting to resolve problems with a Bluetooth mouse or keyboard, it might be easier to use a USB mouse or keyboard until these steps are complete.)

  1. Make sure that the USB wink drive is plugged into your Mac.
  2. Start up your Mac in Windows.
  3. From File Explorer, open the USB wink drive, so open Setup or setup.exe, which is in the WindowsSupport folder or BootCamp folder. When you're asked to allow Boot Army camp to make changes to your device, click Aye.
  4. Click Repair to begin installation. If you get an alert that the software hasn't passed Windows Logo testing, click Continue Anyhow.
  5. After installation completes, click Finish, so click Yes when y'all're asked to restart your Mac.

Larn more

If you tin can't download or save the Windows support software:

  • If the assistant says that the Windows support software could not be saved to the selected drive, or that the USB flash drive tin't be used, make certain that your USB flash bulldoze has a storage chapters of at least 16GB and isformatted correctly.
  • If the banana doesn't see your USB flash drive, click Become Dorsum and make certain that the drive is connected directly to the USB port on your Mac—not to a brandish, hub, or keyboard. Disconnect and reconnect the drive, then click Proceed.
  • If the banana says that it can't download the software because of a network problem, make certain that your Mac is connected to the Internet.
  • Make sure that your Mac meets the system requirements to install Windows using Boot Camp.

If a Mac feature however doesn't work after updating the Windows back up software, search for your symptom on the Apple back up website or Microsoft support website. Some features of your Mac aren't designed to work in Windows.

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