Boot Camp Mac Mini Late 2012

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Mac Mini late 2012, issues with bootcamp + win 10 I started with a clean and fully up to date install of Mojave to the Primary drive (machine came from Apple with 2 SSDs as ordered/configured). Ran bootcamp assistant and selected the second SSD as the install location, USB installer created and rebooted as instructed. Nov 17, 2020 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. Feb 15, 2014 Boot Camp is a Mac OS X utility that lets you run Windows on your Mac without relying on virtual machines or crippled emulators. Mac mini (Mid 2011) - Mac mini (Late 2012). Downloads for Mac Mini Late 2012 Windows 10 Drivers. . When running Windows, locate the Boot Camp folder on the USB media you created in Step 3 and double click to open it. Double click on setup to start installing the Boot Camp Support Software. When prompted to allow changes, click on Yes and follow the onscreen instructions. Installation can take a few minutes.

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This worked for me; it might not work for you. Remember I’m just same random guy on the internet so I take no responsibility for anything that happens to your machine. Okay?

The Problem

As yet (5th Aug 2015) there’s no official support from Apple for Windows 10 running through Boot Camp. So, when I upgraded from Windows 8.1 to 10, I was expecting there to be a couple of issues. One of these was a lack of Bluetooth. Also getting the fn key working.

But, it turns out to be easy to fix.

Get the Driver

The driver for Windows 8.1 works with 10, so you just need to grab that.

Go to https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204048 and find your machine in the list. You want to look for the zip file download of the Boot Camp Assistant software.

For me, it was this one:

Download that file (it’s pretty big – 882Mb for my one) and unzip that once done.

Install the Driver

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Inside the unpacked folder, go into the BootCamp folder and then into the $WinPEDriver$ folder under that.

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The driver needs to be installed via device manager so just confirm that the AppleBluetoothBroadcom64 folder is there for now.

In Windows, open up device manager (the easiest way to do this is just hit the Windows key and type ‘device manager’ – it’ll be the first result).

Expand other devices and you should see an unknown device.

Right click it and select Update driver software.

Chose the second option on the pop up to browse your computer for the driver software.

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Browse to the $WinPEDriver$ from your downloads and select that. Make sure Include subfolders is checked and then click Next and Windows will install the Bluetooth driver for your Mac Book.