I'm setting up my MacBook Air for a Windows-only boot setup.This was easy enough. It already had rEFIt on it, I just connected a Windows 7 boot thumb drive, and away I went.However, it seems Apple does not let you download Bootcamp drivers outside of their assistant tool. Reinstalling OS X just for the drivers is ridiculous.This laptop no longer has OS X on it at all.
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How do I get the required drivers? I cannot find them anywhere on Apple's support pages.Every other manufacturer has their drivers available for download.How do I download the Windows drivers for my 2010 MacBook Air without the BootCamp Assistant? Yes, It is possible to download the Bootcamp drivers outside of the Bootcamp tool:Updated:.will make your life so much easier, go there first.For Windows 7 through 10, Apple have published a table of 'which download you need for which model' at.
Windows 7 drivers free download - Apple ViCAM Drivers Set, Microsoft Windows Phone 7 Connector, Epson Stylus Color 900 Series Drivers, and many more programs.
Win 7 download might work for Vista.For WinXP, see robmathers' answer.The hard way which follows here, taken fromis your fallback if you want or need to work it from scratch. Download from Apple the file.
Don’t double-click it. Open the index-lion-snowleopard-leopard.merged-1.sucatalog file in a text editor or word processor. Search for each occurrence — as at August 2012 there were 6 — of BootCampESD.pkg. For instance, the one I needed is. Notice in each such URL, the /041-2011/ or similar /041-XXXXX/ bit of it. Below each such occurrence, notice the URL for a file with the same 041-XXXXX in it and ending in English.dist, e.g. 041-2011.English.dist.
Paste the URL for each such English.dist file into your browser and open that url. Here’s a list of them:. Search for the Model Identifier for your Mac. I have written a tool that helps me deploy Boot Camp in an organization where we manage a dual-boot lab environment, and one of its features is that it can download the driver package for arbitrary models:Either git clone or download an archive of the repo, then within the root of the repo (using an iMac15,1 here as an example)./brigadier -model iMac15,1The -model option can be omitted and it will download the latest version for the current model. In cases where multiple installers exist on Apple's software update server, you specify an alternate package.It runs on both OS X and Windows.
For Windows I provide a compiled exe so that a Python installation isn't required.
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.
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If your Mac has an AMD video card and is having graphics issues in Windows, you might need to update your AMD graphics drivers instead.
Install the latest macOS updates
Before proceeding, install the latest macOS updates, which can include updates to Boot Camp.
Format a USB flash drive
To install the latest Windows support software, you need a 16GB or larger USB flash drive formatted as MS-DOS (FAT).
Download the Windows support software
After preparing your USB flash drive, complete these steps:
Learn what to do if you can't download or save the Windows support software.
Install the Windows support software
After downloading the Windows support software to your flash drive, follow these steps to install the software. (If you're attempting to resolve issues with a Bluetooth mouse or keyboard, it might be easier to use a USB mouse or keyboard until these steps are complete.)
Learn more
If you can't download or save the Windows support software:
If a Mac feature still doesn't work after updating the Windows support software, search for your symptom on the Apple support website or Microsoft support website. Some features of your Mac aren't designed to work in Windows.
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