WEBVTT 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 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 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, 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 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 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 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 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. 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, 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, 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 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 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 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 00:01:10.800 --> 00:01:16.240 getting Windows 11 to run, because despite all of their security technology, Intel Macs don't 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, 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 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. 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 00:01:36.160 --> 00:01:41.360 installation media like you do on a regular PC. Afterwards, go to Applications, then Utilities, 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, 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, 00:01:51.680 --> 00:01:54.960 whereas newer Macs can just use the ISO file directly from the internal drive. 00:01:55.760 --> 00:01:58.800 Select the size you want for your new Windows partition, making sure you have enough free 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 00:02:03.520 --> 00:02:08.080 setup menu after your Mac reboots. Finish setting up Windows as you normally would, 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 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 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 00:02:22.480 --> 00:02:28.160 to boot into. Simple, right? But what if you have a newfangled Apple Silicon Mac? Unsurprisingly, 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 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 00:02:40.000 --> 00:02:45.040 a workaround, a piece of software called Parallels Desktop that can virtualize Windows, although 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 00:02:49.520 --> 00:02:53.440 actually developed with Windows in mind, so the performance will be closer to native than you 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 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 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 00:03:10.240 --> 00:03:15.120 programs, including those from the Microsoft Store, are automatically emulated in Windows for ARM, 00:03:15.120 --> 00:03:19.760 and installation is as simple as opening up Parallels and installing the Windows for ARM ISO, 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. 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 00:03:28.320 --> 00:03:32.400 inside your virtual machine. Just do some research to see how well the programs you'll 00:03:32.400 --> 00:03:37.360 specifically be using actually run on Parallels before you take the plunge of buying an expensive 00:03:37.360 --> 00:03:43.120 Mac and assuming Windows will run just fine on it. 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