What you need • The keyboard and mouse or trackpad that came with your Mac. (If they aren’t available, use a USB keyboard and mouse.) • A blank 16 GB or larger external USB 2 flash drive, formatted as MS-DOS (FAT). To format an external USB drive as MS-DOS (FAT), use Disk Utility, located in /Applications/Utilities. For the scheme, choose Master Boot Record.

May 9, 2017 - If you're not using a portable Mac with a built-in keyboard and trackpad, you'll. The USB flash drive needs to be formatted to accept the Windows software that Boot. 3) Your Mac will boot from the external Windows drive. Aug 31, 2017 - An eligible Mac; An external drive (preferably an SSD like the. For more details, visit Apple's Boot Camp support page for Windows 10. Your browser does not currently recognize any of the video formats available. The disk will be erased and formatted, which will prepare it to be used in later steps.

• A Windows ISO image (a disk image that contains the entire contents of a DVD) downloaded from Microsoft, or both a Windows full-install installation disc (not the upgrade version of Windows) and a built-in disc drive or compatible external optical drive. To download Windows ISO images, see. • Free disk space on your startup drive.

For information about the amount of free disk space needed, see the Apple Support Article. Important: If you’re using a portable Mac, connect it to a power source before continuing.

• Connect an external USB drive or insert a flash drive into the USB port on your Mac; keep it connected or inserted while you install Windows and the Windows support software. • On your Mac, open Boot Camp Assistant, located in /Applications/Utilities. • At the introduction screen, click Continue.

• At the Select Tasks step, select all the tasks, then click Continue. If the Select Tasks step doesn’t appear, you don’t need a USB flash drive or hard drive to install Windows. Follow the instructions in.

• At the Create Bootable USB Drive for Windows Installation step, choose the Windows ISO image and the USB flash drive, then click Continue. • At the Create a Partition for Windows step, specify a partition size by dragging the divider between the macOS and Windows partitions. If you have multiple internal hard drives, you can select a different hard drive from the one running macOS and create a single partition on that drive to use solely for Windows. WARNING: Do not create or delete a partition, or select any other partition. Doing so may delete the entire contents of your macOS partition. • Click Format, then click OK.

• Click Next. The installer formats the Windows partition using the NTFS file system. • Follow the onscreen instructions to finish installing Windows. After you install the Windows software, your Mac automatically restarts using Windows. • Use the Windows setup screens to configure Windows.

After you configure Windows, an installer appears. Important: Do not click the Cancel button in any of the installer dialogs. If a message appears that says the software you’re installing has not passed Windows Logo testing, click Continue Anyway. You don’t need to respond to installer dialogs that appear only briefly during installation, but if a dialog asks you to install device software, click Install. If nothing appears to be happening, there may be a hidden window that you must respond to.

Look behind open windows. • When the support software finishes installing, click Finish, then click Yes to restart your Mac. • After your Mac restarts, follow the instructions for any other installers that appear.

• Check for updated Windows support software. In macOS, choose Apple menu > System Preferences, click Software Update, then install all available Windows support software updates. If your Mac restarts after installing an update, open Software Update again to install any additional updates.