You will be asked to restart when done. For example, if your Mac has GB of memory, its startup disk must have at least GB of storage space available for Windows.
To see how much storage space is available, click the Storage tab in the same window. These Mac models were offered with GB hard drives as an option. Information about products not manufactured by Apple, or independent websites not controlled or tested by Apple, is provided without recommendation or endorsement.
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When Boot Camp Assistant asks you to set the size of the Windows partition, remember the minimum storage-space requirements in the previous section. Set a partition size that meets your needs, because you can't change its size later.
Install Windows Unplug any external devices that aren't necessary during installation. If the Boot Camp installer never opens, open the Boot Camp installer manually and use it to complete Boot Camp installation.
Parallels is also the only way to run Windows on M1 Macs. You can download a free trial of Parallels and you can can read our full Parallels review for a more detailed look. For the needs of most Mac users that want to run Windows only programs on Mac, using a virtual machine is by far your best option. At the moment, we do not recommend installing Windows 11 on a Mac.
Our advice is to wait until Windows 11 is officially released in the Fall when there will be more official methods to run Windows 11 on a Mac. Note that If you want to install Windows on an M1 Mac, the following procedure is slightly different and you can find instructions how to install Windows on an M1 Mac for free here. Parallels is updated frequently to keep apace of updates to macOS and Windows so this may work out cheaper in the long run than having to buy a new version every year if new versions of macOS and Windows are released.
However, even when running it on a MacBook Pro with a 2. The latest iMac Pros have 8, 10 or 18 Core processors which will handle Parallels virtualization software with ease. You can see the full set of preconfigured actions and configurations built into Parallels by default below:. You can pretty much configure the Touch Bar to work however you want although it can get quite complicated to setup specific actions as you need to know a little about XML code but you can find full instructions how to do so here.
We hope this tutorial has shown you how easy it is to install Windows 10 on your Mac for free but if you have any questions, problems or suggestions, let us know in the comments below. Very helpful article. Appreciate the info. Parallels is working on a M1 Mac based preview but even that application will only run ARM based operating systems. I think Apple switched to its chips purely on locking in users and making more profits.
