In the appeared Boot Camp Assistant window click on.
If you lack an optical drive or have removed it in favor of a secondary HDD/SSD, you will receive a warning message when launching Boot Camp that an optical drive is required to install Windows ( Figure F). Delete Boot Camp partition Open Finder > Applications > Utilities > Boot Camp Assistant. You are now free to install Windows 10 from optical media by completing the Boot Camp Assistant process.
Once Boot Camp is open, you'll notice the restriction has been lifted, and the checkbox is now titled Install Windows 7 Or Later Version ( Figure E). On your Mac, if you have booted into Windows 10 and wished to remove Boot Camp from Windows 10, you cannot remove it using Program and Features option in Control Panel. To sign the code and remove the message in the future, enter the command below: sudo codesign -fs - /Applications/Utilities/Boot\ Camp\ Assistant2.app Unlike the Boot Camp creation + Windows 10 installation process, removing a Boot Camp partition couldn’t be easier. However, sometimes it can fail, and causes you trouble, other times, you just want to remove the partition and free that space for other purposes.
You may receive a warning message-this is due to the changes made requiring the app to be resigned. Bootcamp is an incredibly useful tool for Mac users to be able to install Windows in a separate partition on Mac. The file will be closed upon saving, and you'll return to the Terminal prompt ( Figure D).ĥ. At the exit prompt, type Y to acknowledge you'd like to save, and then press Enter to save the file. Boot Camp is a great tool for running Windows on an Intel-based Mac. Also, for this, you don’t have to format the Mac drive and restore data from a Time Machine backup. Removing this partition will help you recover the storage used by it. Scroll down the file until you find the section Win7OnlyModels and delete the entire section ending in the ( Figure C).ĥ. If you want to remove Windows from Mac, you will have to uninstall Windows boot camp on Mac. sudo nano /Applications/Utilities/Boot\ Camp\ Assistant2.app/Contents/istĤ. Then, enter the command below to edit the plist file, which controls the configuration of the Boot Camp app. If you see this screen, your Mac is restricted from installing any Windows OS beyond Windows 7 ( Figure B).ģ. On older Macs, when launching your duplicate of Boot Camp, the second wizard screen will have a checkbox titled Install Windows 7. In the example, I renamed it BootCamp2.app ( Figure A).Ģ. Right-click on the app and select Duplicate from the context menu to create a copy of the application. Navigate to /Applications/Utilities and locate BootCamp.app.