Boot Camp Update Windows 10



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Boot Camp Update Windows 10

Boot Camp is a utility that comes with your Mac and lets you switch between macOS and Windows. Download your copy of Windows 10, then let Boot Camp Assistant walk you through the installation steps for Intel-based Macs.

Install Windows 10 using Boot Camp with an external drive. I’ve received tons of requests about installing Windows 10 on an external drive using Boot Camp, so we made another tutorial to explain. Boot camp assistant says there isn't enough space for a partition, but when I check, there's plenty of space. Latest reply by Loner T Latest update on the question. Apple now supports Windows 10 in Boot Camp. If you have Windows 7 or 8.1 installed on a Mac, you can take advantage of the free upgrade offer and get Windows 10. Just ensure you’ve updated your Apple software first. The keyboard and mouse or trackpad that came with your Mac. If they aren’t available, use a USB keyboard and mouse. A full-installation, 64-bit version of Windows 10 on a disk image (ISO file) or other installation media.

Luckily I’ve discovered a nifty tool that will update your Windows registry to make the Apple key act like ctrl in Windows. Here’s the simple step by step guide. Download and install SharpKeys. Run SharpKeys and click the “Add” button. In the “From key” column click “Type Key” and press the Apple key.

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Heavy computer users are familiar with keyboard shortcuts such as ctrl-c to “copy” and ctrl-v to “paste.” If you’re a Mac user and you switch back and forth from Windows to OS X often you’ve probably felt some pain using keyboard shortcuts.

For some silly reason Apple decided to default standard keyboard shortcuts to use the Apple key (also called the Command key) instead of the ctrl key. That means to copy text in Windows you press ctrl-c, but to copy text in OS X you press Apple-c. RIDICULOUS!

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Never the less, I’ve gotten use to working with the default OS X keyboard layout, and this has made switching back and forth from Windows Boot Camp to OS X incredibly confusing. I’ve started pressing ctrl when I should be pressing the Apple key and vice versa.

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Luckily I’ve discovered a nifty tool that will update your Windows registry to make the Apple key act like ctrl in Windows. Here’s the simple step by step guide.

  1. Download and install SharpKeys.
  2. Run SharpKeys and click the “Add” button.
  3. In the “From key” column click “Type Key” and press the Apple key. Click “OK.”
  4. In the “To key” column click “Type Key” and press your left ctrl key. Click “OK.”
  5. Click “OK” to dismiss the key mapping menu.
  6. Click “Write to Registry” and reboot your Mac.

Alternatively, you can set your ctrl key to behave like the Apple key in OS X by going Settings -> Keyboard -> Modifier Keys : then swap “Control” and “Command” key functions in the drop down, and click “OK.”

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Now you can have some hot-key sanity when switching back and forth from Windows Boot Camp to OS X.