In addition, Windows 10 has caused several known issues with Boot Camp Assistant as well, especially when trying to install the Windows 10 October Update 2018 edition. Unfortunately, Boot Camp Assistant has started becoming more unreliable since the release of macOS 10.12 Sierra, and there have been no updates since August 2016. Similarly, Boot Camp 6.0 came with macOS 10.12 Sierra and brought support for Windows 10.
For example, Boot Camp 4.0 came with Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard and brought support for Windows 7. Each major version came with the release of a new OS version. Since its initial launch in 2006, it has gone through five major iterations and is currently on version 6. Over the years, Boot Camp Assistant has gone through many iterations.
It's been tremendously useful for Mac users who can't find specific equivalents for Windows apps, which are far greater in number. Essentially, it allows you to dual-boot a Mac computer with one partition running Mac and the other running Windows. Open Boot Camp Assistant and try installing Windows again.īoot Camp Assistant has been the mainstay of Apple solution to install Windows on a computer.Click Apply, then click Partition to confirm.OSXRESERVED and BOOTCAMP are empty partitions that Boot Camp Assistant created during the failed installation. Click BOOTCAMP in the graph, then click the remove button (–).Click OSXRESERVED in the graph that appears, then click the remove button (–) below the graph.If Disk Utility asks whether you would like to add a volume to the container or partition the device, click Partition.In the Disk Utility toolbar, click Partition.Select your Mac startup disk (Macintosh HD) in the sidebar.
One needs to install required Boot Camp support software or drivers to make sure that keyboard, touchpad, displays and other components of Mac computer work great with Windows operating system.