Problem downloading windows support software -- boot camp
Attempting to download windows support software on MacBook Air 13.3" running version 10.7.4. The download is just hanging up. I was able to install Windows 7 with the boot camp and now don't have any drivers in the windows environment.
Thanks for the response. I had been attempting the download for 6-8 hours. A bit after the last reply was posted, the download started to make progress and eventually completed. I successfully installed all the drivers.
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Can't download Windows support software (Boot Camp Assistant)
Hello,
I have OS X Mavericks in a early 2009 MacBook Pro unibody and I tried to install a legal copy of Windows 7 through Boot Camp Assistant.
The problem is while downloading the Windows support software to a 8 GB USB pendrive (which works fine), I obtain this message from Boot Camp Assistant:
So I can't carry on with the Windows 7 installation with Boot Camp.
I tried restarting the system and with different USB pendrives, and I obtain always the same issue.
Can anybody help me?
Thanks you.I think I have solved the problem.
Looking into Apple's Support Webpage, I found this:
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1630
Here you can download the Boot Camp Support Software for running Windows 7 for my MacBook Pro (15 inch, early 2009).
Later, I will install Windows and then install this Boot Camp Support Software and see if it works. -
Problems downloading windows support software
Funny, I was doing a search for this problem was give this window to start a new discussion. Is this a hint?
Anyway, I'm installing Boot Camp on my MacBook Pro running 10.8.2. Everytime I get to place where it's downloading the windows support software is stalls on me and I can't tell if it's going really slowly or has simply stopped completely. My internet speed is fast enough and Boot Camp is the only application running (not counting Safari to send this inquiry). Am I missing something here or is this a several hour download even with 6Mb of bandwidth?It could take several hours. The download servers are extremely slow. Look to the right under More Like This to see other similar discussions.
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Problem Downloading Windows Support Software
Hello,
I opened up Boot Camp Assistant and tried to download the Windows Support Software, however, when I click Continue, I get a pop-up saying,
"The start-up disk does not have enough space to be partitioned. You must have at least 10GB of free space available."
I tried deleting some files and applications, so now I have 14.25GB available, but I'm still getting the same error.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
WooThe space must be contiguous, not fragmented, but in addition to that you do not have enough space at all.
40-50G for Windows 7, 20G for XP, plus OSX needs 10% free, you will never make it. -
Is there any way to download these files manually from another source? The download from boot camp keeps stopping at around 25% and then produces the error "Can't download Windows Support Software because of a network problem". Thx!
No. This issue is dicussed here frequently. The only option is to be patient and try often. Search this forum for other posts about this issue.
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I am having problems with downloading Windows Support Software by using Boot Camp Assistant. Is there somewhere else I can download from?
No. There is no other location. Be patient. Read the posts in the Bootcamp Forum. There are hundreds of posts about your issue and what to do. https://discussions.apple.com/community/windows_software/boot_camp
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Hello, I wish to install Linux Ubuntu on my macbook pro by using boot camp to set aside space. Whenever I load the Boot Camp Assistant application out of the utilities folder in applications, it only gives me the options to download windows support software and install windows 7. I do not want this, I just want to be able to slide that little bar to set aside the space on my hard drive that i can use for Linux. I tried just downloading the windows support software but my internet is immensely slow and it has been an hour or so since it started and it's not even half way done. When this download is finished will i get the option to partition or will i just be faced with those same options?
I am on a 13" macbook pro, with apple OS X snow leopard version 10.7.2
A lot of the data on this macbook was transferred over from my old macbook i had.
Any ideas on how to fix this problem?
Thank you for reading.Well thank you for your honesty. Apple requires you have to have a Mac to develop iPhone apps, ergo my foray into OS-Xland. No way around it that one except for running OSX in a VM, which would have probably saved me some quid, true enough.
BUT for those interested parties: VirtualBox has a startup script in /Library/StartupItems/VirtualBox that will prevent OSX from fully booting on the initial (and required) rEFIt boot cycle. Once I temporarily moved that out of the StartupItems rEFIt went in as expected.
FYI, the openSUSE desktop running native is a little peppier than OSX native which was a nice surprise. Now if the Mac just had more open source software we would have a deal. (: -
Downloading windows support software through boot camp stuck around 20 percent of the way.
downloading windows support software through boot camp stuck around 20 percent of the way. tried several times same thing. I don't have original snow leopard disks. MBP mid 2010 8gb ram 15'. is there any other way to get the drivers for Windows? I do have latest LION...
I personally never had problems with these downloads in Lion but it seems to be flaky for others.
In this threadhttps://discussions.apple.com/message/16605226#16605226there's a link to download the BootCamp 4.0 Driver package.
Stefan -
Hello.
I am just trying to install Windows on my late 2011 Macbook Pro. I clicked "Finder" -> Utilities -> Boot Camp Assistant and started downloading Windows support software. Problem is that it is stuck at 50 %. Is this a known problem? How do I solve it? Do I just have to be patient? Is there another way around?
Also, do I need an actual CD to burn or can I use an external hard drive?
I appreciate any help I can get : ) I don't know much about boot camp.Welcome to the Apple Support Communities
Try downloading the Windows support software from the Support site > http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1638
Apple only supports now the external drive as the method to install the Windows support software, but if you download it from Apple Support, you can decompress the file downloaded, right-click the folder with the drivers and burn them into a CD/DVD -
Can't download windows support software with Boot Camp
I'm trying to install windows 7 on my MacBook Pro using Boot Camp, I start downloading windows support software but the download is very slow (compared to my usual download speed) and it seems it fall in loop, the downloading bar doesn't move... What can I do?
coglia wrote:
I'm trying to install windows 7 on my MacBook Pro using Boot Camp, I start downloading windows support software but the download is very slow (compared to my usual download speed) and it seems it fall in loop, the downloading bar doesn't move... What can I do?
Wait, it can take hours (as much as 4 hours has been reported, 1 is more common) -
Why can't I download Windows Support Software
For just over 60 hours I have been attempting, unsuccessfully, to download Windows support software for Boot Camp. I have mad 71 attempts, at all hours of day and night and have received the following message each and every time:
"Can't install Windows Support Software because it is not currently available from the Software Update server."
I have installed Windows 7 in a Boot Camp Partition, but am unable to use my Apple wireless keyboard and mouse. In fact I cannot even use a USB keyboard and mouse.
In Windows I am only able to use a USB keyboard and mouse by hitting F8 as Windows 7 boots and going into safe mode. I would have thought I should be able to go into Windows normally and have USB keyboard and Mouse functionality.
From within Windows I have attempted to run the menu selection "Apple Software Update" - but installation is not possible in Safe Mode.
Here's are two other behaviors that puzzles me:
1. When I boot Windows into Safe Mode I can use the wireless keyboard to select which safe mode option.
2. I can use the USB keyboard to log in to a normal boot up of Windows, but after that there is no response to either keyboard.
Any help on how to download the needed drivers will be appreciated.
Thanks!!Your using 10.7.2 on what model/year computer?
As far as not being able to download the files you'll have to do a search in the forums as there are a few that have had your problem, mostly form last fall, but different issues for different models.
Can you use the internet from the Apple Store, Library, friend, neighbor, etc, to try downloading them. You might have to give Apple a shout as this is just a user to user forum.
Can't use wireless mouse/keyboards as Windows doesn't have dirvers for wireless items, at least not Apple compatible. Only WIRED mice/keyboards are supported. As far as using them in Safe Mode, that is curious.
Maybe boot from the Mac's "Repair Partition" and Repair Disk and Repair Permissions in Disk Utility.
Well that's as far as my knowledge goes so good luck.... -
Can't complete downloading windows support software
When i strat downloading windows support software from Bootcamp in my imac 2012 its freez in half and not completed? its look like miss seeding from server or somthing else , any one have same issue plz help
Instead of downloading the Windows support software from Boot Camp Assistant, download it from the Support site to avoid problems. As you have a 2012 iMac, you have to download this support software version > http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1638 Note that this Windows support software only works in 64-bit Windows 7 and 8
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Bootcamp is taking too long to download windows support software
i dont know if this is normal but i have been trying to download the windows support software from bootcamp the whole afternoon and it gets stuck in the middle of the bar.
Same problem - did all updated on my Macboor Air 11" with Lion OSX
Boot Camp Assistant 4.0.1 (429)
'Downloading Windows support software' is very very slow / hanged? left it for 5 hours and the bar is not moving.
I install windows without the support software. After installing Windows tried downloading BootCamp 3.3 for Windows, but tells me it is not required - I still need the Windows Drivers for my air..... wish if there were an offline version to download! -
Bootcamp Assistant: Downloading Windows support software... STUCK.
I've been trying for 2 days to get Bootcamp Assistant to run on my iMac 5K, and every time I've tried I get to "Downloading Windows support software..." and it just stalls. I even left it over night in hopes maybe it would advance some how, but nothing at all, just stuck at maybe 10%,
Anybody else get past this? I see tons of people having installed Bootcamp already, how the **** did you manage it when you can't get appropriate drivers or software?Wireless or wired doesn't matter (have tried both).
I've got a 150mbit down connection, which I've routinely run speed tests and other things since setting up the machine. So I'm going to assume the connection isn't the issue.
Here's a dump of everything from the Console. Any of it make sense?
10/23/14 2:41:32.782 AM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.quicklook[2185]) Endpoint has been activated through legacy launch(3) APIs. Please switch to XPC or bootstrap_check_in(): com.apple.quicklook
10/23/14 2:47:51.372 AM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.CoreLocationAgent[2202]) Endpoint has been activated through legacy launch(3) APIs. Please switch to XPC or bootstrap_check_in(): com.apple.CoreLocation.agent
10/23/14 2:49:39.614 AM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.CoreLocationAgent[2211]) Endpoint has been activated through legacy launch(3) APIs. Please switch to XPC or bootstrap_check_in(): com.apple.CoreLocation.agent
10/23/14 2:50:46.828 AM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.CoreLocationAgent[2222]) Endpoint has been activated through legacy launch(3) APIs. Please switch to XPC or bootstrap_check_in(): com.apple.CoreLocation.agent
10/23/14 2:54:10.970 AM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.quicklook[2245]) Endpoint has been activated through legacy launch(3) APIs. Please switch to XPC or bootstrap_check_in(): com.apple.quicklook
10/23/14 2:55:17.882 AM Boot Camp Assistant[2256]: Failed to connect (quitItem) outlet from (DAWindowController) to (NSMenuItem): missing setter or instance variable
10/23/14 2:55:17.999 AM Boot Camp Assistant[2256]: Disk 2 is not SATA or PCI.
10/23/14 2:55:17.999 AM Boot Camp Assistant[2256]: Disk 3 is not SATA or PCI.
10/23/14 2:55:18.035 AM Boot Camp Assistant[2256]: Disk 2 is not SATA or PCI.
10/23/14 2:55:18.035 AM Boot Camp Assistant[2256]: Disk 3 is not SATA or PCI.
10/23/14 2:55:19.426 AM Boot Camp Assistant[2256]: Disk 2 is not SATA or PCI.
10/23/14 2:55:19.426 AM Boot Camp Assistant[2256]: Disk 3 is not SATA or PCI.
10/23/14 2:55:30.449 AM Boot Camp Assistant[2256]: -[DAWindowController softwareUpdateDidBegin:]
10/23/14 3:04:10.507 AM mds[32]: (Volume.Normal:2464) volume:0x7f80b4022000 ********** Bootstrapped Creating a default store:0 SpotLoc:(null) SpotVerLoc:(null) occlude:0 /Volumes/Recovery HD
10/23/14 3:08:00.482 AM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.quicklook[2306]) Endpoint has been activated through legacy launch(3) APIs. Please switch to XPC or bootstrap_check_in(): com.apple.quicklook
10/23/14 3:35:00.062 AM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.bsd.dirhelper[2325]) Endpoint has been activated through legacy launch(3) APIs. Please switch to XPC or bootstrap_check_in(): com.apple.bsd.dirhelper
10/23/14 8:08:59.239 AM Boot Camp Assistant[2256]: -[__NSDictionaryM UTF8String]: unrecognized selector sent to instance 0x6080000476e0
10/23/14 8:09:00.162 AM Boot Camp Assistant[2256]: Disk 2 is not SATA or PCI.
10/23/14 8:09:00.162 AM Boot Camp Assistant[2256]: Disk 3 is not SATA or PCI. -
Downloading windows support software slow
Trying to install on new mac mini a windows partition. Been stuck on "downloading windows support software" for over an hour. Have a fast connection, already downloaded win7 ultimate 32 bit iso. Not sure why its taking so long.
Tried this already with win7 ultimate 64 bit. Would not connect to internet and no bluetooth support. Deleted partition and am trying again with 32 bit version. Taking for ever. Have latest updates to mac OS.
Any ideas?
Thanks!use Windows with VirtualBox VM for now.
oot Camp 4.0, OS X Lion: Frequently asked question
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4818
http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/boot_camp_install-setup_10.7.pdf
create a Windows support software (drivers) CD or USB storage media
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4407
Advanced Network: Proxy Settings, I uncheck "Auto Proxy detection" and make sure you have the interface you use selected and none others.
"Go into System Preferences - Network - Advanced - Proxies Uncheck "Auto Proxy Discovery", click OK, Apply"
After Unchecking "Auto Proxy Discovery" I also had to Uncheck "Use Passive FTP Mode (PASV)" and then Restart Boot Camp Assistant.
odiggy's comment and tried restarting Boot Camp Assistant. That did the trick, even though the Auto Proxy Discovery checkbox ended up the same as it started. Windows support software is now downloading... if you're downloading to an external drive make sure there's a least 1 GB of free space because the WindowsSupport folder is around 700 MB and presumably will grow with time.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3223773?start=15
Also, Change Domain Name Servers to OpenDNS IP address servers - that should be at the router firewall rather than the OS but may be in both for some people. You may be using the defaults your ISP uses, save those if you want, and try these:
208.67.222.222
208.67.220.220
Make sure you are not using LittleSnitch or Symantec (probably other 3rd party firewall)
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