How To Switch Back And Forth From Mac To Windows

Mac vs. Windows. Windows vs. Mac. Why cull when you can get the best of both worlds by dual-booting? Here's how to install Windows on your Mac using Boot Campsite and then yous tin can jump back and along betwixt the two operating systems on the aforementioned computer.

What You lot'll Need

Before you lot start, make sure you lot have enough infinite on your hard drive for both Windows and Mac. We recommend at least 30GB for each, merely the more space you have, the better. You'll too need a USB flash drive (4GB or larger) and a Windows 10 ISO disk image, which you tin download here from Microsoft (opens in new tab), and a valid Windows 10 license. Finally, make sure your Mac model tin can support Windows 10 in Kicking Camp--cheque this list (opens in new tab) to find out.

Install Windows 10 on Your Mac

In the steps below, nosotros'll use Boot Camp Assistant to create a bootable USB drive and install Windows ten on a new sectionalization. Then you'll exist able to cull which Os you lot want to use whenever y'all commencement the Mac upwardly.

1. Download the Windows 10 ISO disk image from Microsoft using this link (opens in new tab). Cull the 64-bit version of Windows. As well, some people, including myself, have gotten an error message if the ISO image is saved to your default Downloads binder, and so save the ISO image to your Documents folder or somewhere else to avert problems.

ii. Open up Kick Camp Assistant. Y'all'll find this in the Utilities folder or y'all tin can striking CMD + Spacebar to search for "Boot Campsite Assistant."

3. Click Keep at the Introduction screen.

4. Click Continue again at the Select Tasks screen.

5. Choose the Windows ISO image and select the destination USB bulldoze. Annotation that the USB drive volition be reformatted, so make sure you accept a copy of any of the files on it somewhere else before proceeding.

6. Click Continue then Proceed again. Your Mac will format the USB drive and create the Windows installation media.

7. Click Install to have the segmentation size for each Bone. Past default, Windows will have a 32GB partition, but you could as well click the Divide Equally button to dissever your Mac'southward hard drive space equally between Os 10 and Windows.

vii. Follow the prompts to end installing Windows. The Mac will need to restart to complete the procedure and will automatically boot into Windows 10 when information technology's done.

Set the Default Startup OS or Toggle Between Bone X and Windows

Once you lot have Windows installed, you lot can fix the default OS that volition showtime each time you boot your Mac. To practice this, head to the Startup Deejay preference setting in Settings.

Every time the Mac starts, you can also toggle betwixt OS 10 and Windows by holding downward the Pick (Alt) key immediately upon startup.