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Apple finally refreshed their with refreshed designs, a new Touch Bar and many controversial decisions when it comes to ports. Despite most reviews being ho-hum about the new hardware many users are still tied to the Apple ecosystem and feel obliged to continue with their hardware. Nonetheless, if you do have a new MacBook Pro, you can still try the zesty new world of Windows 10 for free and little effort.
Today, I'll show you how to do that and give you some tips on what to expect! Update 29 January 2017: With new MacBooks comes a new guide. With Touch Bars and giant trackpads, there's now more to configure for an optimal Windows 10 experience. One of the main reasons Mac users want to use Windows is for the superior gaming experience.
Additionally, there are still many Windows-only desktop apps that some users may want or need to run. Finally, there is just the allure. Windows 10 is making many headlines these days and what better way to nab some Apple fans than with a (virtually) free new operating system?
Apple makes the process of installing Windows 10 very comfortable. In this video, I'll show you how in about 45 minutes, you can load Microsoft's latest OS on any new MacBook Pro. In this case, we are using a 13-inch late-2016 MacBook Pro with 512 GB of storage, Touch Bar, and Intel Iris Graphics 550 for the article. In the video posted below, we're using a mid-2015 MacBook Pro 15-inch with Intel HD graphics. Nonetheless, the same principles apply.
How to get the Windows 10 ISO. Plug your USB drive into your MacBook. In macOS, open Safari or your preferred web browser. Go to. Select your desired version of Windows 10. Most users should choose Windows 10 or Windows 10 Single Language ISOs.
Note: The KN and N versions just have reduced (non-baked in) media capabilities due to legal challenges in South Korea and the European Commission from a ruling in 2004. They are best to skip.). Click Confirm. Select your desired language.
Click Confirm. Click on 64-bit download. Save the ISO onto your USB drive.
It is a large file (around 4GB), so the download may take a while depending on the speed of your internet connection. How to set up Boot Camp and install Windows 10 on a Mac Before continuing with the next steps, save anything you're working on, and quit all running apps.
Leave your ISO-carrying USB drive plugged in. Open the Boot Camp Assistant app. You'll find it in the Utilities folder in Applications. Click Continue. Boot Camp Assistant will automatically locate the ISO file on your USB drive. Click and drag on the partition slider to adjust how much space will be allocated to the Windows partition.
By default, 49GB will be set aside. You can leave the majority to macOS if that is your primary OS, or give most of it to Windows 10 — it's up to you, but you cannot resize the Windows 10 partition at a later point without deleting the entire Windows 10 install and starting over. Click Install to start the process of partitioning the drive and installing Windows 10. You computer will restart automatically and without warning.
You may see a black screen for several seconds as the partitioning process takes place. After the partitions are set, the Windows 10 installation will begin.
The display drivers will not yet be scaling Widows 10, so everything will be tiny (we'll fix this later in this guide). Select your language, number formats, and keyboard if prompted. Click Next. Click Install Now. Enter your product key to activate Windows 10.
If you do not have a product key, select 'Skip' instead. Select the Windows 10 version you want to install. Most users will be fine with Home instead of Pro. Click Next. Accept the license terms. Click Next. Select the partition labeled Drive 0 Partition X: BOOTCAMP and that its size matches the size you set earlier with the Boot Camp Assistant.
Do not select any other partition, as you could overwrite your macOS installation. Double check that you've selected the right partition.
Drive 0 Partition X: BOOTCAMP. Nothing else. Click Format. The Windows 10 Installer will reformat the partition. Click Next to begin installing Windows 10. Follow the on-screen prompts to install Windows 10. It will take several minutes to copy the Windows 10 files off the USB drive and install the OS.
The computer will reboot after finishing installation and prompt you to again enter your activation key. If you do not have an activation key, you can instead click 'Do this later'. You do not need to Activate Windows 10 to install it, but. How to set up Windows 10 on a Mac.
Set up your Windows 10 Account. You will have to enter a username, password, and password hint.
Windows 10 will then set up the account and install some additional files, which will take several more minutes. On first boot, the Boot Camp Installer will open in Windows 10. Accept the license terms. Click Install. This will install various drivers and bits of software to ensure compatibility with the MacBook Pro's hardware, including the display, trackpad, and Wi-Fi. After the installation is finished, click Finish.
The new Boot Camp app will be in the Windows 10 taskbar. With this app you can reboot back into macOS and change some settings for the keyboard and trackpad. How to update Windows 10 on a Mac Although you are downloading the latest version of Windows 10, you want to do an immediate update. Doing so will get you the most recent security updates and the necessary Intel Iris Pro graphics drivers for the computer.
This update fixes any graphics stuttering you may have noticed. Click on the Start menu.
Click on Settings. It is the gear icon in the left column.
Click on Update & Security. Click on Windows Update.
Click on Check for updates. Windows will automatically search for, download, and install any available updates. You will likely have to restart your computer when prompted to complete the installation. Click on the Start menu. Click on the Store button. Click on the user icon in the top right corner.
Click on Downloads and updates. Click on Check for updates.
The Store app will automatically download and install any available updates. Note: The Store app itself may receive an update, and it will automatically close itself to install the update. If this happens, simply reopen the Store app and it will continue to install the remaining updates. How to reverse trackpad and mouse scrolling on Windows 10 on a MacBook. If you use macOS, you are likely accustomed to the way the trackpad scrolls. Apple calls it 'natural' scrolling, where dragging two fingers up on the trackpad scrolls the content up on the display. This is the opposite from most PCs (and mouse scroll wheels), which typically use 'inverted' scrolling (drag down, scroll up).
You can fix that on the MacBook by using a registry modification (directions originally found on waded.org). Click on the Search bar on the left side of the task bar. Type Regedit. Press Enter. Answer Yes to the security prompt. In Regedit expand the folders on the left through HKEYLOCALMACHINE SYSTEM CurrentControlSet Enum HID. Under HID, you'll see some folders that start with VID.
Expand each VID folder to Device Parameters. (Note: only one VID folder has it, so you have to try them all.). Click each Device Parameters until you find the one that contains FlipFlopWheel in the right pane. Double-click FlipFlopWheel. Change the value from 0 to 1. Repeat steps 5-8 for FlipFlopHScroll. Close Regedit.
Restart Windows. Logging off and back on does not enable this entry. Luckily, there is a free third-party app called Trackpad that lets you add those gestures and more through a very easy user interface.
Apple's newest operating system, Mac OS X 10.7 'Lion' is coming next month, with Apple passing big savings to customers. But you'll need v10.6 'Snow Leopard' to get it. The announcement came earlier today during Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference. Lion will be distributed as a software download through the Mac App Store, which is available as an add-on to Snow Leopard. Mac App Store is built into Lion. The in-app upgrade is a new distribution mechanism for Apple, and the company is passing on savings to its customers.
Apple offered v10.6 Snow Leopard as a $29 upgrade from v10.5 Leopard on DVD. More typically Apple charged $129 for a single license and $199 for 5-license Family Pack. In a startling price cut, Lion will cost simply $29.99. Pay once and download for all your personal Macs.
However, those Mac users running older OS X versions will need to upgrade to Snow Leopard first, making their upgrade cost about $59 - and that's still considerable savings. By comparison, Microsoft's online store charges, get this, more for Windows 7 downloads than the box copies (because a disc is sent out, too). Windows Home Premium 7 upgrade is $119.99 or $199.99 plus $14.95 additional fee. Ultimate version, which is more comparable to Lion, costs $219.99 for the upgrade and $319.99 for the full version, plus the aforementioned fee. Suddenly Mac OS X looks like a bargain compared to Windows. Of course, Apple makes more of its money selling hardware, while Microsoft's business is selling software.
Lion Roars Phil Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of worldwide product marketing, introduced Lion to WWDC attendees. Jobs spent hardly any time on stage before handing the demo to Schiller. That Jobs didn't give the demo is commentary on his state of health. During healthier days, Apple's CEO would do most of the presentation himself.
Still, his presence is meant to convey something to Apple investors and Wall Street analysts. Lion is one of Mac OS X's biggest upgrades in years., under the marketing tagline: 'Back to the Mac.'
Jobs explained how iOS derives from OS X and that Lion would incorporate features from the mobile version back to its desktop relative. Mac App Store is one of the more notable features, as well as user interface changes. Among them: Launchpad - what Apple calls an iPad-like screen of apps that looks to me more like a secondary screen of icon shortcuts. Full-screen apps, which mimics iPad's presentation of them. Mission Control - a graphical task manager for showing what applications are open. Other new capabilities include auto-save, multi-touch gesturing, instant resume and document versioning. Regarding Mission Control, Gartner analyst Michael Gartenberg tweeted: 'Unified Expose and Spaces.
Yep, this will work much better I think.I can see how Mission Control will tie into the way I'd like to work on my computer. Lion shows Apple's continued commitment to Mac OS X, but iOS increasingly matters more. During, iOS device sales accounted for about two-thirds of Apple revenues. More Like iOS Schiller demoed many of the above features - and others, such as updated Photo Booth. But what perhaps was most startling - how much more Lion is like iOS than its predecessors.
This offers some advantages to developers creating apps for both platforms, with full-screen support being one of the most important additions. But as Gartenberg observed: 'Developers will have to do some work to make the full-screen optimized experience. Apple apps already done of course.' The new Mail client, while previously announced, demoed well. 'The Mail clients on iPhone and iPad are so easy, sounds like the new Apple OSX Lion Mail Client may enable users to switch from Outlook,' Saba Software's Jim Lundy tweeted.
Apple faces some unexpected competition. Last week, which features an exciting task-oriented user interface. Windows 8 made Lion look antiquated just four days before today's keynote.
Microsoft has taken one of the freshest approaches to operating system user interfaces since, well, the Macintosh in 1984. The new UI is fluid and modern, using HTML5 for rendering. The styling resembles the tiles used on Windows Phone 7. Microsoft delivered a big surprise in Windows 8 last week. There were few surprises during Schiller's Lion preview.
Apple already had disclosed most of the features. How many of these features introduced today will also come in Windows 8? Wes Miller, a research vice president for analyst firm Directions on Microsoft tweeted: 'As Microsoft watches the WWDC demos, they add the same autosave fundamentals to Windows 8 apps.