What you need to install Windows 10 on Mac
- MacBook introduced in 2015 or later
- MacBook Air introduced in 2012 or later
- MacBook Pro introduced in 2012 or later
- Mac mini introduced in 2012 or later
PS: For anyone interested you can also see Mac OS partitions with Paragon HFS. For newer APFS file system (Mac OS X 10.13 or higher) use Paragon APFS instead. These are if you need to backup a Mac disk from Windows or share an external hard disk formatted in Mac file system. For more information about using Windows on your Mac, open Boot Camp Assistant and click the Open Boot Camp Help button. If you're using an iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2014) or iMac (27-inch, Late 2013) or iMac (27-inch, Late 2012) with a 3TB hard drive and macOS Mojave or later, learn about an alert you might see during installation. Since Apple transitioned to the Intel processor for the brains of the Mac, the company provided an easy way to setup and install Windows in a dual boot configuration with OS X with its Boot Camp. Install macOS Catalina on VirtualBox on Windows PC New Method How to Dual Boot macOS Catalina & Windows 10 on PC. Dual boot is more useful because, with dual boot, you will be able to experience all the features of macOS Catalina. And even with a high performance.
- iMac introduced in 2012 or later1
- iMac Pro (all models)
- Mac Pro introduced in 2013 or later
The latest macOS updates, which can include updates to Boot Camp Assistant. You will use Boot Camp Assistant to install Windows 10.
64GB or more free storage space on your Mac startup disk:
- Your Mac can have as little as 64GB of free storage space, but at least 128GB of free storage space provides the best experience. Automatic Windows updates require that much space or more.
- If you have an iMac Pro or Mac Pro with 128GB of memory (RAM) or more, your startup disk needs at least as much free storage space as your Mac has memory.2
An external USB flash drive with a storage capacity of 16GB or more, unless you're using a Mac that doesn't need a flash drive to install Windows.
A 64-bit version of Windows 10 Home or Windows 10 Pro on a disk image (ISO) or other installation media. If installing Windows on your Mac for the first time, this must be a full version of Windows, not an upgrade.
- If your copy of Windows came on a USB flash drive, or you have a Windows product key and no installation disc, download a Windows 10 disk image from Microsoft.
- If your copy of Windows came on a DVD, you might need to create a disk image of that DVD.
How to install Windows 10 on Mac
To install Windows, use Boot Camp Assistant, which is included with your Mac.
1. Check your Secure Boot setting
Learn how to check your Secure Boot setting. The default Secure Boot setting is Full Security. If you changed it to No Security, change it back to Full Security before installing Windows. After installing Windows, you can use any Secure Boot setting without affecting your ability to start up from Windows.
2. Use Boot Camp Assistant to create a Windows partition
Open Boot Camp Assistant, which is in the Utilities folder of your Applications folder. Follow the onscreen instructions.
- If you're asked to insert a USB drive, plug your USB flash drive into your Mac. Boot Camp Assistant will use it to create a bootable USB drive for Windows installation.
- When Boot Camp Assistant asks you to set the size of the Windows partition, remember the minimum storage-space requirements in the previous section. Set a partition size that meets your needs, because you can't change its size later.
3. Format the Windows (BOOTCAMP) partition
When Boot Camp Assistant finishes, your Mac restarts to the Windows installer. If the installer asks where to install Windows, select the BOOTCAMP partition and click Format. In most cases, the installer selects and formats the BOOTCAMP partition automatically.
4. Install Windows
Unplug any external devices that aren't necessary during installation. Then click Next and follow the onscreen instructions to begin installing Windows.
5. Use the Boot Camp installer in Windows
After Windows installation completes, your Mac starts up in Windows and opens a ”Welcome to the Boot Camp installer” window. Follow the onscreen instructions to install Boot Camp and Windows support software (drivers). You will be asked to restart when done.
- If the Boot Camp installer never opens, open the Boot Camp installer manually and use it to complete Boot Camp installation.
- If you have an external display connected to a Thunderbolt 3 port on your Mac, the display will be blank (black, gray, or blue) for up to 2 minutes during installation.
How to switch between Windows and macOS
Restart, then press and hold the Option (or Alt) ⌥ key during startup to switch between Windows and macOS.
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If you have one of these Intel-based Mac models using OS X El Capitan or later, you don't need a USB flash drive to install Windows:
- MacBook introduced in 2015 or later
- MacBook Air introduced in 2017 or later3
- MacBook Pro introduced in 2015 or later3
- iMac introduced in 2015 or later
- iMac Pro (all models)
- Mac Pro introduced in late 2013 or later
To remove Windows from your Mac, use Boot Camp Assistant, not any other utility.
For more information about using Windows on your Mac, open Boot Camp Assistant and click the Open Boot Camp Help button.
1. If you're using an iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2014) or iMac (27-inch, Late 2013) or iMac (27-inch, Late 2012) with a 3TB hard drive and macOS Mojave or later, learn about an alert you might see during installation.
Dual Boot Mac Os Sierra And Windows 10
2. For example, if your Mac has 128GB of memory, its startup disk must have at least 128GB of storage space available for Windows. To see how much memory your Mac has, choose Apple menu > About This Mac. To see how much storage space is available, click the Storage tab in the same window.
3. These Mac models were offered with 128GB hard drives as an option. Apple recommends 256GB or larger hard drives so that you can create a Boot Camp partition of at least 128GB.
In this Post, we will cover How to Dual boot macOS Mojave and Windows 10 on PC on Single Drive. If you think it that really possible because Windows 10 and macOS Mojave partition types are totally different, it’s like east and west. MacOS Mojave runs on Mac Extended Journaled with other partition type and windows runs on MS-DOS or another type of partitions. That’s the reason why I’m asking this question.
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So anyway still it is possible to Dual boot macOS Mojave and Windows on PC on Single Hard Drive. So, let’s get started.
Required Files:
- Download TransMac
- Download macOS 10.14 Mojave Dmg file
- Download Clover Configurator
- Download Rufus
- Download Windows 10
- Download macOS 10.14 Mojave Kexts
How to Install macOS 10.14 Mojave on PC?
Step 1. Prerequisites of macOS Mojave to Dual Boot
The very first thing you have to prepare the required files in order to dual boot macOS 10.14 and Windows 10. Since We are about to Install macOS 10.14 Mojave on PC first, you need to Prepare A bootable USB of macOS Mojave.
Creating a Bootable USB of macOS Mojave takes time, and most importantly you have to prepare a 16 GB USB Flash Drive and macOS 10.14 Mojave dmg file.
Once the required files are ready it is time to deploy creating bootable USB for macOS Mojave.
If you are a Mac User and want to create a bootable USB for macOS 10.14 Mojave on mac, then click on the below link and follow the instructions on How to Create a Bootable USB for macOS 10.14.
Well, if you are a windows user you can also create a Bootable USB for macOS Mojave on Windows too. Actually, there are two ways, such as the Transmac and VMware Workstation Pro. So, it is your decision which one you are interested to use.
Step 2. Install macOS Mojave on PC
Once you are ready to Attach the USB Flash Drive to your Computer and Hit the Boot key of your Computer.
After that wait until you reach the Clover Boot Manager and from their select the USB Flash Drive and move to the next step.
Well if you are using a Nvidia Graphic on your PC then certainly you have to check the Nvidia, if not leave it as it is.
Use Nvidia Web Driver
Once you check the Nvidia Web Driver, select boot macOS with selected options and hit enter on the keyboard.
Once you reached the Disk Utility window you have to select Disk Utility to partition that for macOS 10.14 Mojave.
Disk Utility
When all the drives are listed you have to select the drive where you want to install macOS 10.14 Mojave and Erase that with any name which you wish but with partition type of Mac OS X Extended (Journaled).
Once the drive is partitioned close the disk utility and you will be back to the main window. From their select Install macOS.
Install macOS Mojave
After this step the Installation process is so simple, that’s why I have not provided any screenshot.
- To setup macOS Mojave Click Continue.
- Agree to the terms and conditions and click continue.
- Select the Drive which you just partitioned and click continue.
- After that, you have to Wait until the installation is complete, once it is done it will restart.
Once the System restarts, again hit the boot key of your computer and select the USB Flash Drive. After that again select Nvidia Web Driver and select boot macOS with selected options and hit enter on the keyboard just like before.
After that it will be on apple logo completing the Installation process, just don’t do anything and wait until it restarts the system once again.
After restart again enter the boot key and this time select the UEFI OS and hit enter. It means that macOS 10.14 Mojave is installed on your system but some configuration is still remaining.
You can also select the UEFI Option too but further you will also select this option called boot from HDD.
Boot from Hard Disk
Once you select the UEFI OS, then you will be headed to the Clover Boot Manager, there you have to select the Boot From HDD. Basically, HDD is the Name which was given while partitioning the Drive.
After that once again select the Nvidia Web Drivers with selected boot options to move to the next step.
Options for Boot From HDD
After that, the system will restart once again and you will be on the actual installation of macOS 10.14 Mojave.
- Select Your Country and click continue.
- Select your keyboard and click continue.
- Agree to Data & Privacy and click continue.
- Select Don’t Transfer any information to this mac and click continue
- Decide to add an Apple ID or no, and select continue.
- Once again agree to the terms and conditions and click continue.
- Enter your name and password and click continue.
- Click agree to express and setup and click continue.
- Choose your look dark or light and click continue.
- Wait until the desktop should be ready for first use.
Step 3. Post Installation
Post Installation is really important, if it is installed and fixed then you will certainly hate the macOS. So Click on the below link and download the Clover Configurator.
- Download Clover Configurator
After downloading the Clover Configurator open it and move to the mount UFEI Section and mount the UEFI by entering your password.
Also, Please mount the UEFI the other drive too which is from mac os.
Before getting to any confusion, I will call the white EFI Drive EFI 1 and another one EFI 2.
Ok Now open the EFI Drive and copy all the three items and move to the EFI 2 and delete that, instead of them paste these ones which you copied from EFI 1.
Paste 3 items
Once you have configured the bootloader, it is time to restart your system.
Well, sometimes it may happen that it may not work for configuring the bootloader then that I recommend you to Install the Multibeast and configure all the Kext. Without the Multibeast you can also try the Clover bootloader too.
For Sound Problem you have to install the Voodoohda.
Here is the other Kexts where you need to Install them in case the clover configurator doesn’t work.
- AppleIntelE1000e.kext
- AtherosE2200Ethernet.kext
- FakeSMC.kext
- IntelGraphicsFixup.kext
- IntelMausiEthernet.kext
- Lilu.kext
- NullCPUPowerManagement.kext
- NvidiaGraphicsFixup.kext
- RealtekRTL8111.kext
- Shiki.kext
- USBInjectAll.kext
- VoodooPS2Controller.kext
Download macOS 10.14 Mojave Kexts.
Create Empty Storage for Windows 10
Now that you have installed and configured the MacOS Mojave is time for you to install windows 10. But Before Installing Windows 10 you have to make at least 12 GB Free storage for windows in order to Install their the windows 10.
I know Windows 10 only requires 12 GB Storage, but depending on your work you have to decide How much amount of storage you are going to add.
To create an empty amount of storage for Windows 10, first, open Disk Utility by searching in the spotlight. Spotlight Can be accessed by holding the Windwos+Space button or simply click on the search logo at the right side of the menu.
Once you have Opened the Disk utility Select the Drive from the left pane then select Partition.
After that click on the Plus icon, then on the right side specify the amount of storage, Partition type and Name of the Volume.
Create a New Volume
Once you are done with the settings, simply select Apply> Partition> Continue> Done.
After that, you have to need to format the partition type to MSDOS, to do that, select the Windows 10 Volume and erase that. While erasing you have to change the partition type from Mac OS Extended (Journaled) to MS-DOS.
In order to install windows 10 on over the macOS 10.14 Mojave, first, you have to prepare a bootable USB of Windows 10. Creating a bootable USB of Windows 10 really Simple, all you need is an 8GB USB Flash Drive, Windows 10 iSO and Rufus.
Dual Boot Mac Os And Windows 10
However, you can also create a bootable USB of Windows 10 with CMD too but I suppose it is hard for you. that’s why I recommended you to use the Rufus.
OKAY! let’s dig into the Installation of Windows 10.
- Step 1. Insert the USB Flash Drive.
- Step 2. Press the boot key of your computer.
- Step 3. Select the USB after pressing the boot key.
- When you reached the windows setup page simply click next. Because there they will ask you to select your language, country keyboard language.
- Then select Install.
- Select a Windows 10 version and click next.
- Agree to the license and agreement by checking the box.
- Then select Custom: Install Windows only.
- Once you reached the partition section, select the windows 10 drive and delete it.
Delete the Windows 10 Volume
Once the drive is deleted, scroll down and select empty space and simply select next. The empty space will create a new drive of Windows 10.
Now, wait until the installation process is complete.
Once the windows 10 restarts, press boot key of your computer and select the Windows Boot manager. After that, you have to set up the basic stuff, like username, password and more.
That’s all with How to Dual Boot macOS Mojave and Windows 10 on PC. I hope it was helpful and understandable. if you have any question don’t hesitate from asking them.