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Just download the ISO image, launch Boot Camp Assistant, and you’re greeted with the following window: Boot Camp Assistant on a Mac with a single drive If you’re installing Windows on a Mac with a single drive, things are much easier. Creating a bootable installation USB drive using Boot Camp Assistant The process of moving the Windows files from the ISO image file to the USB drive and downloading the necessary support files and saving them to the installer drive can take a while.

The next screen (see screenshot below) has you select the location of the Windows ISO image and the USB flash drive as the destination to create a bootable USB drive for Windows installation, and then click continue. Next, I launched Boot Camp Assistant, checked the first two options - “Create a Windows 7 or later version install disk” and “Download the latest Windows support software from Apple”, then clicked Continue. Once launched, the app displays a screen with three options: Selecting Tasks in Boot Camp Assistant To do this, I first downloaded a Windows 10 ISO disk image from this Microsoft web page into the Download folder. Boot Camp Assistant can be found in the Applications > Utilities folder. Heeding Apple’s advice, I used Boot Camp Assistant on a Mac running OS X El Capitan to create a USB flash drive Windows Installer disk. Making an install USB disk for a multi-drive Mac

A Mac with space for a Windows partition that fits Apple’s requirements to run Windows 10 ( check the list at the bottom of this page for a complete list of compatible Macs) or a second drive.

A 32GB USB flash drive (if you’re installing Windows on a multi-drive Mac).

However, if you need apps such as Microsoft Access or proprietary apps that don’t have Mac equivalents, Boot Camp is the most compatible and speedy way to run those apps. Microsoft Office was often cited as an excuse why companies needed to have employees use Windows, and the newest Mac versions are surprisingly similar to those on Windows.

Remember, you might not need to install Windows on your Mac in order to run compatible applications. In this Tech Tip, I’ll show you how to install Windows 10 on a Mac using Boot Camp. Fortunately, Apple has long supported a way of running Windows in a partition on a Mac, creating a dual-boot computer that can run both Mac OS X and Windows. There are virtual machines that can run on Macs such as Parallels Desktop, but in my experience none run quite like “real” PCs, even on fast Macs. Some of those same companies require their employees to also be able to run Windows on their Macs. With a growing number of companies allowing employees to “BYOD” (Bring Your Own Device), more and more people are buying Macs.