

When you install Windows on a Mac that includes a Fusion Drive, the Windows partition is created on the mechanical hard drive part of the Fusion Drive (not the SSD). Boot Camp Assistant helps you create a partition on your drive that's compatible with Windows.

You can install Windows 10 on an internal drive in your Mac. The current version of Windows support software (drivers) available from Boot Camp Assistant includes support for the following features of your Mac in Windows 10: You can use Boot Camp to install Windows 10 on supported Mac models that have OS X Yosemite or later installed. Make sure to update those as you follow the instructions.Use Windows 10 on your Mac with Boot Camp (Please note that certain names and numbers above will vary depending on locale or configuration. wimlib-imagex split /Volumes/CCCOMA_X64FRE_EN-GB_DV9/sources/install.wim /Volumes/w11/sources/install.swm 4000.rsync -avh -progress -exclude=sources/install.wim /Volumes/CCCOMA_X64FRE_EN-GB_DV9/ /Volumes/w11.diskutil eraseDisk MS-DOS "w11" MBR disk5.It'll be something like /dev/disk5 – I'll pretend it is for the rest of these instructions. Use diskutil list at the terminal to find your USB stick.Mount the Windows 11 ISO in macOS so it appears on the desktop and is available at /Volumes/CCCOMA_X64FRE_EN-GB_DV9 or similar.

BalenaEtcher, an otherwise useful and common tool for copying images to USB sticks, doesn't like Microsoft's offering for annoying, complicated reasons. Wrong.Ĭreating a USB stick from the Windows 11 ISO that actually boots is tricky on macOS. Microsoft has a Windows 11 ISO you can download now, so I figured I'd use BalenaEtcher to 'burn' it on to a USB stick and boot the NUC from it. An unused Intel NUC has been staring at me from across my living room for months, so I decided to torture it with a Windows 11 install.
