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General Boot Camp questions about installing Windows 8 on a Mac

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What is Boot Camp 5?
Boot camp 5 is an Apple release of Windows Support Software which is drivers for Windows OS. This allows you to run Windows 8 or Windows 7 and Vista on your Mac.

For more information on how to install boot camp 5 on your Mac see the 123myIT tutorial on how to install Windows 8 on your Mac.

The following Macs support Windows 8.
 MacBook Air (Mid 2011 or newer)
 Mac Book Pro (15-inch and 17-inch, Mid 2010) and MacBook Pro (Early 2011 or newer)
 Mac Pro (Early 2009 or newer)
 Mac Mini (Mid 2011 or newer)
 iMac (27-inch, Mid 2010 or Mid 2011 or newer)

How can I install Windows 8 on my Mac?
To install Windows 8 on your Mac you need to run the Boot Camp Assistant. The Boot Camp Assistant will help you partition your internal hard drive and install Windows 8.

Can I upgrade my Windows 7 installation to Windows 8?
Yes. However you need to download and install the latest version of Boot Camp support software, which is currently Boot Camp 5. Do this before attempting to upgrade the version of Windows 7 to Windows 8.

When doing an upgrade from Windows 7 to Windows 8, I get an “Uninstall USB 3.0 eXtensible Host Controller Driver” message, What does this mean?
Do not click Uninstall. Click on the back button and do not proceed with the upgrade. Download the most recent Boot Camp Assistant in OS X Mountain Lion and then try the upgrade again.

My Thunderbolt devices are not recognized after I upgraded Windows 7 to Windows 8. Is there a way to fix this?
You need to disable the Windows 8 Fast Boot feature, this will allow the Thunderbolt devices to be recognized.

What OS X version do I need to run to use the Boot Camp 5 support software?
To run Boot Camp 5 you will need OS X Mountain Lion v10.8.3 or later installed on your Mac to download boot camp 5 support software.

Can I download a copy of the Boot Camp 5 Support Software if I don’t have a Mac running OS X Mountain Lion v10.8.3?
You can download the Boot Camp 5 Support Software from the Apple website. The link is here.

After downloading the Boot Camp 5 Support Software, what do I do next?
Once you download the Boot Camp 5 Support Software you will need to unzip it to extract it.

1. Double click the zip file to extract it.
2. Click on the Boot Camp disk image.
3. Copy the Boot Camp and “$WinPEDriver$” folders to the USB flash drive or any hard drive that is formatted with the FAT file system (you will need to format the drive with FAT to allow the files to be read in both OS X and Windows).
4. Start the install of Windows and leave the USB flash or hard drive attached to your Mac.
5. Let the installation run until it completes.
6. Let your system restart and your Windows 8 installation is complete.

NOTE: If you didn’t have the USB or Hard drive attached when you were doing the install of Windows 8 you can install the Windows Support Software by going into the USB drive into the Boot Camp folder and then double click the “setup.exe” file. This will install all the drivers and software to make you sound Wifi and other devices work.

How do I format a USB or Hard drive with FAT file system?
Want to know how to format a disk to be used on a Windows computer? Read more below.
Important: Be careful when formatting your USB drive as formatting the drive will delete all the data on the drive.

1. Login to OS X
2. Open Disk Utility.
3. Click on the disk you want to format with FAT.
4. Click Erase, and depending on the size of the drive you will have two options.
 If the size is less than 32 GB, you will need to choose MS-DOS (FAT).
 If the size is greater than 32 GB, you will need to choose ExFAT.
5. Next you will need to type a name for the disk.
6. Click on the Erase button and then click on Erase again.

Which versions of Windows are supported with Boot Camp 5?
Important details about Boot Camp 5.
Windows 8 and Windows 7 64-bit versions are supports by Boot Camp 5 Support Software. If you want to use a 32-bit version of Windows 7 you will need to use the Boot Camp 4 Support Software. Currently Windows 8 32-bit version is not supported via Boot Camp.

How to remote control an iPhone with Veency and Java on a Mac.

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This video will show you How to remote control an iPhone with Veency and Java on a Mac.

Step 1.Download the TightVNC Java appfor Macfrom the link below.

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Step 2. Run the download and go into nossh folder and right click the TightVNC Java viewer. Click open.
Step 3. Connect your iPhone to your local wireless network.
Step 4. Go to settings then wifi and get your iPhones IP address.
Step 5. Enter in the IP address of your iPhone into the Tight VNC screen.

And you should be able to connect from your Mac to your iPhone.

How to setup Yahoo mail on a Mac using Mac Mail.

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Step 1:Choose Apple menu, System Preferences, and then click Mail, Contacts & Calendars.
Step 2: If you have already added an account, click the Add Account button.
Step 3: Select an account type, In this example we are choosing Yahoo.
Step 4: Enter your account information, and then follow the onscreen instructions.
Step 5: Choose the apps you would like to use with your mail account.
Do you want Chat? Do you want Calendars?

How to connect to file servers, computer shares or Windows shares on a Mac.

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This video is a step by step guide on how to connect to file servers or Windows server shares on a Mac.
Step 1: Click on go.
Step 2: Connect to a server.
Step 3: Type in the Ip address of the server or PC you want to connect to.
If you are connecting to another Mac use this format.
afp://IPaddress
If you are trying to connect to a Windows PC or Windows server use this format.
smb://DNSname/sharename
smb://IPaddress/sharename

To browse available shares that are on the same network as you. Do the following steps.
Step 1: Click on go.
Step 2: Go to Connect to a server.
Step 3: Click Browse
This will allow you to browse other PCs on the network that have enabled file sharing.

How to remove a bootcamp partition and install Windows support software from Apple.

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This video is a step by step guide on how to remove a bootcamp partition and install Windows support software from Apple.
1. Log into your Macbook Pro.
2. Open up finder and in the spotlight bar type: bootcamp.
3. Select bootcamp from the menu.
4. On the introduction screen click continue.
5. You will have two options, Uninstall Windows 7 and download Windows support software.
6. Choose either of these two options and you can download Windows support software and remove the partition as needed.
7. When you boot back into Windows 7, go into the usb where you have downloaded the Windows support software and run the setup file.
This will install all the Windows drivers for her laptop.

How to upgrade memory and hard drive on a Macbook Pro.

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This video is a step by step guide on how to upgrade memory and hard drive on a Macbook Pro.
1. Turn your Macbook over so the bottom is facing up.
2. Remove the screws from the bottom of the Macbook Pro.
3. Remove the bottom of the Macbook from the rest of the shell.
4. Slide the two plastic leavers away from the memory.
5. Slide the memory back in and push it into place.
6. Put the lid back in place and screw all the screws back into place.
And then you are done.

How to install Windows 7 on an Apple Mac running bootcamp.

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This video is a step by step guide on how to install Windows 7 on an Apple Mac Book Pro running OSX and bootcamp.

1. Log into your Macbook Pro.
2. Open up finder and in the spotlight bar type: bootcamp.
3. Select bootcamp from the menu.
4. On the introduction screen click continue.
5. Make sure that the download the latest support software from Apple option is ticked. If you already have a Windows partition installed you will have an option called Remove Windows 7. If you dont already have Windows installed you will have an option called Install Windows 7. Make sure you tick install Windows 7.
6. Have your 1GB USB key handy to download the Windows Support Software from Apple.
7. Now you can choose to save a copy of the Windows support software to DVD or USB. I prefer USB.
8. Select save a copy to an external drive. You can run this software after Windows have been installed.
9. The Windows support software will download to the USB.
10. At the create a partition for Windows screen you can make the partition as big as you want. However press divide equally so you will have a shared amount of space on both drives.
11. In-cert your Windows 7 DVD and click install.
12. Boot camp will start to Partition the drive.
13. Your Macbook will restart.
14. Windows is loading files screen.
15. At the Windows 7 install screen select your Language, time and currency format and Keyboard and input methods. Click next.
16. Click install now.
17. Accept the licence terms and agreements and click next.
18. Click on custom menu.
19. Select your bootcamp partition and click drive options. Hit Delete then click Ok.
20. Select the partition again and click on New, Apply and Next. And Vista will start to install.
21. The Mac will restart.
22. Setup your new Windows 7 profile and you are done.