


One of the downsides to Boot Camp and the Windows installer is that it restricts you to only installing Windows on your Mac’s internal drive. It’s a nice capability that lets you select – at boot time – which operating system you wish to use: macOS or Windows. An exclusive deal between Microsoft and Qualcomm would be one of the reasons why there’s no commercial versions of Windows available for ARM-based computers.Boot Camp and Boot Camp Assistant allow you to install Windows on your Mac. Macs with an Apple Silicon chip (M1 and M2) can only run Windows through virtual machines with software like Parallels.

Apple Silicon Macsīoot Camp remains available exclusively for Macs with Intel processors. The same version also fixed some issues related to the Bluetooth driver and Sleep and Hibernation modes.Įarlier this year, another Boot Camp update added support for Studio Display, so that Mac users running Windows can work with Apple’s new external display on both operating systems. A few days ago, Apple had already released a Boot Camp update to add support for the WPA3 Wi-Fi protocol for Windows users. In addition to the new drivers, the latest update to the Boot Camp Utility also fixes overall bugs. This includes the 2020 27-inch iMac, iMac Pro, 2019 Mac Pro, 2018 Mac mini, and Intel MacBooks introduced from 2018 and later.

It’s worth noting that only Macs with an Apple T2 chip are compatible with the Windows Precision Touchpad drivers. Trackpads with Windows Precision Touchpad support offer options such as single tap to click, precise scroll, pinch-to-zoom, and other gestures using three or four fingers. These drivers, which were first released in 2021, enable advanced multi-touch trackpad gestures in Windows for those with a compatible MacBook or Magic Trackpad. Boot Camp 6.1.19Īccording to the Boot Camp 6.1.19 release notes (via MacRumors), the update comes with new Precision Touchpad drivers. This time, the tool has been updated with improvements to the Windows Precision Touchpad drivers, as well as other bug fixes. Although it is not available for Apple Silicon Macs, Apple has been working on a series of updates to make Boot Camp more reliable. Boot Camp is a tool from Apple that lets Mac users run Windows natively on their computers.
