1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:05,520 Installing macOS on a PC or building a hackintosh is something that's been discussed in modern 2 00:00:05,520 --> 00:00:10,240 forums for years, even though it's officially unsupported and has made the powers that be at 3 00:00:10,240 --> 00:00:16,720 Apple very upset. I'm very happy about that. But what if you're facing the opposite situation, 4 00:00:16,720 --> 00:00:21,760 where you own a totally legit Mac and you just want to install Windows on it? This is actually 5 00:00:21,760 --> 00:00:26,160 quite a bit more straightforward and we're gonna tell you how to do it. But first, why would you 6 00:00:26,160 --> 00:00:31,040 bother with this in the first place? I mean, you bought a Mac, right? Well, you might want to run a 7 00:00:31,040 --> 00:00:35,440 Windows program that has no Mac equivalent. You could be sharing your computer with a user that 8 00:00:35,440 --> 00:00:41,840 much prefers Windows, or you may just want a game, which can be notoriously tricky to do on a Mac. 9 00:00:41,840 --> 00:00:46,880 And while it's true that you can run Windows inside of a virtual machine in macOS itself, 10 00:00:47,600 --> 00:00:53,120 doing it that way often leads to degraded performance. If you have a slightly older Intel-based Mac, 11 00:00:53,120 --> 00:00:57,120 then you can save yourself the hassle and just install a clean version of Windows that'll run 12 00:00:57,120 --> 00:01:01,120 natively on your Mac's hardware, similar to installing Windows on a new PC that you've 13 00:01:01,120 --> 00:01:06,320 just built. And if you have a newer Apple Silicon Mac, well, we'll tell you how to install Windows 14 00:01:06,320 --> 00:01:10,800 a bit later in this video. Do note that on an Intel Mac, you might actually have some issues 15 00:01:10,800 --> 00:01:16,240 getting Windows 11 to run, because despite all of their security technology, Intel Macs don't 16 00:01:16,240 --> 00:01:21,920 have TPM 2.0 support. But the good news is that you can work around this if you really wanted to, 17 00:01:21,920 --> 00:01:26,560 and you should be able to use Windows 10 without any issues. Before you do anything else, ensure 18 00:01:26,560 --> 00:01:31,120 that macOS is up to date and that secure boot on your Mac is turned on and set to full security. 19 00:01:31,680 --> 00:01:36,160 Then download Windows from the Microsoft site, make sure to save it as an ISO instead of creating 20 00:01:36,160 --> 00:01:41,360 installation media like you do on a regular PC. Afterwards, go to Applications, then Utilities, 21 00:01:41,360 --> 00:01:46,160 then open up Bootcamp Assistant. It'll ask you to select the ISO file you just downloaded, though, 22 00:01:46,160 --> 00:01:51,680 keep in mind that on some older Macs, you might need to have the ISO file on a USB flash drive, 23 00:01:51,680 --> 00:01:54,960 whereas newer Macs can just use the ISO file directly from the internal drive. 24 00:01:55,760 --> 00:01:58,800 Select the size you want for your new Windows partition, making sure you have enough free 25 00:01:58,800 --> 00:02:03,520 space to do so first, then click Install and you'll eventually get to that familiar Windows 26 00:02:03,520 --> 00:02:08,080 setup menu after your Mac reboots. Finish setting up Windows as you normally would, 27 00:02:08,080 --> 00:02:12,000 then follow the prompts to install the Windows version of Bootcamp to allow you to better manage 28 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:17,440 your now dual OS setup. You're basically done at this point. The switch between macOS and Windows 29 00:02:17,440 --> 00:02:22,480 just hold down the option key after pricing power and you'll get a menu asking which OS you want 30 00:02:22,480 --> 00:02:28,160 to boot into. Simple, right? But what if you have a newfangled Apple Silicon Mac? Unsurprisingly, 31 00:02:28,160 --> 00:02:34,240 the versions of Windows we're all used to today are written for x8664 processors, not for the 32 00:02:34,240 --> 00:02:40,000 ARM-based Apple Silicon, so the Bootcamp method won't work with a new Mac. Fortunately, there is 33 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:45,040 a workaround, a piece of software called Parallels Desktop that can virtualize Windows, although 34 00:02:45,040 --> 00:02:49,520 it's not quite as efficient as running Windows natively. The good news is that Parallels was 35 00:02:49,520 --> 00:02:53,440 actually developed with Windows in mind, so the performance will be closer to native than you 36 00:02:53,440 --> 00:02:58,560 might think and it can run Windows 11 and even support games as long as you keep your expectations 37 00:02:58,560 --> 00:03:03,760 in check. Unfortunately, you'll need to cough up some money for it and you'll need to use the 38 00:03:03,760 --> 00:03:10,240 ARM version of Windows, so you still may not be able to run every program you want. But many x64 39 00:03:10,240 --> 00:03:15,120 programs, including those from the Microsoft Store, are automatically emulated in Windows for ARM, 40 00:03:15,120 --> 00:03:19,760 and installation is as simple as opening up Parallels and installing the Windows for ARM ISO, 41 00:03:19,760 --> 00:03:24,080 though Microsoft will ask you to join the free Windows Insider program in order to download it. 42 00:03:24,640 --> 00:03:28,320 Go through the installation wizard and in a few minutes you'll have Windows 11 up and running 43 00:03:28,320 --> 00:03:32,400 inside your virtual machine. Just do some research to see how well the programs you'll 44 00:03:32,400 --> 00:03:37,360 specifically be using actually run on Parallels before you take the plunge of buying an expensive 45 00:03:37,360 --> 00:03:43,120 Mac and assuming Windows will run just fine on it. 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