Boot Camp is an application that allows to install Microsoft Windows on a Mac computer released by Apple. With this latest update you can install the operating system Microsoft's latest Windows 10 computer to your Mac. Anyone running Win 10 in Bootcamp on a 2011 MBP? I could run it as a virtual machine, but would like to use Bootcamp. Apple page doesn't show it as supported.

How to Install / Bootcamp Windows 10 on a mid-2011 iMac using USB Apple has released support for bootcamping Windows 10, but only on 2012 Macs and later. Despite not being supported.

It is possible to install Windows 10 on earlier iMacs and it seems to run quite well. IMPORTANT: Unplug all external and physical hard drives (where possible) that you won't be installing to to avoid accidentally erasing them. Also make note of which drives and partitions remain (e.g.

System and Storage hard drives), and be super careful to not erase the wrong one. RECOVERY: If you nuke your machine, restore your time machine backup. Requirements • A mid-2011 iMac or similar running OSX El Capitan • An 8GB or larger USB drive • An ISO containing Windows 10 (I used ) • 50GB free disk space, 100GB recommended Step 1: Disable El Capitan's System Integrity Protection El Capitan ships with a new OS X feature: System Integrity Protection (SIP), also known as 'rootless' mode. This reduces the attack surface for malware that relies on modifying system files by preventing any user, whether with system administrator ('root') privileges or not from modifying a number of operating system directories and files. It is necessary to disable OSX's System Integrity Protection so you can modify the Bootcamp Utility in the next step. • Restart your Mac. • Before OS X starts up, hold down Command-R and keep it held down until you see an Apple icon and a progress bar.

This boots you into Recovery. • From the Utilities menu, select Terminal.

• At the prompt type exactly the following and then press Return: csrutil disable • Terminal should display a message that SIP was disabled. • From the  menu, select Restart.

Once you have finished installing Windows you should enable SIP again by following the same steps but run csrutil enable instead. Step 2: Modify Bootcamp to allow creation of a bootable USB For some reason Apple decided that if your Mac has an optical drive, there could be no reason you need to Bootcamp off a USB. If you're like me, you haven't touched an optical disk in a few years and prefer the ease and speed of using a USB flash drive instead. • Find out your Macs Model Identifier and Boot ROM Version: • Open Terminal and run system_profiler SPHardwareDataType. Note down the values. • My mid-2011's Model Identifier was 'iMac12,2' and the Boot ROM Version was 'IM121.0047.B23'. • Open terminal and navigate to /Applications/Utilities/Boot Camp Assistant.app/Contents • Change directory: cd /Applications/Utilities/Boot Camp Assistant.app/Contents • Show files in directory: ls • The file we are going to edit is the Info.plist file.

• Make a backup of this file by running: sudo cp Info.plist Info.plist.bak • You will need to enter your OSX user account password. • If you get the error saying cp: Info.plist.bak: Operation not permitted, SIP is still enabled, please refer to step 1. • Open the Info.plist in your favorite text editor, to keep this guide simple, I'll use nano. • sudo nano Info.plist • You want to edit FOUR things: • Add your Boot ROM Version to DARequiredROMVersions • Delete the word 'Pre' from UEFIModels and add your Model Identifier • Delete the word 'Pre' from USBBootSupportedModels and add your Model Identifier • Remove your model from Win7OnlyModels (if it's there) • Close and save the file by pressing Ctrl+x followed by y on your keyboard. • The last step is to do a code sign. Boot Camp Assitant will not run if it's been edited. You need to resign it. Paint program for mac.

Open Terminal (use spotlight to find it) and type this: • sudo codesign -fs - /Applications/Utilities/Boot Camp Assistant.app • It will probably ask for your password. Then it will say you need to download a developer tool from Apple. Agree to download it. (You don't need to install the whole X-Code, if it asks.) Once its been installed (it's automatic), you need to go BACK to Terminal and run that command again. This time it will work. Step 3: Download the Bootcamp Windows Support Software This download will contain the Windows drivers you will need to run Windows on your Mac.