You get an alert that Apple Software Update has stopped working.

You have issues with Bluetooth or Wi-Fi in Windows.

You can't adjust the brightness of your built-in display in Windows.

One or more screen resolutions are unavailable for your display in Windows.

The built-in microphone or camera of your Mac isn't recognized in Windows.

You don't hear audio from the built-in speakers of your Mac in Windows.

Your Apple mouse, trackpad, or keyboard isn't working in Windows.įorce Touch isn't designed to work in Windows.

When you install Microsoft Windows on your Mac, Boot Camp Assistant automatically opens the Boot Camp installer, which installs the latest Windows support software (drivers). If that doesn't happen, or you experience any of the following issues while using Windows on your Mac, follow the steps in this article. thanks.Boot Camp requires a Mac with an Intel processor. I just wanted a second opinion of is it worth trying bootcamp with this specific setup and if there are any work arounds I could try if not? Googling people’s problem threads is not very useful because every macbook/MacOs/ssd is different and posts from a few years ago may not be applicable to my computer. One person said it should be ok, another person with much more experience in the matter told me that there will be issues, “macOS works on third-party SSDs, but the Apple SSD drivers used to install Windows will not.” I’ve been told the 4gb ram will make VM not a pleasant experience so that’s out, I would like to run boot camp, but I’ve read and recieved conflicting opinions about whether boot camp will play nice with third party ssds.

I don’t have enough money to buy something better, it’s running fine but I decided to upgrade the ssd with this adapter:Ĭomments on amazon seem to indicate that this combo works fine for MacOS, and it’s a lot cheaper than OWC/transcend, I know it might not be as compatible but I can’t afford those and it’s not worth it to me to put much money into a laptop this old that big sur will drop soon.Īnyway, I would like to use some of the space for Windows, I thought it would be easy but after ordering I found out there might be problems, I recently started using my macbook air 2012 11” as my main pc.

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