Parallels allows us to run a Windows VM on macOS. On older Macs, we were able to run Windows on Boot Camp, which was an alternative to a VM. Interestingly, if we install Windows on Boot Camp we can, from macOS Parallels, run that Windows as a VM. Now to the question: we generally say a VM will be a little bit slower than Windows running directly on hardware. What about a VM from the Boot Camp partition vs. a VM on a macOS partition? Which one is supposed to be faster?

How can I get Cirrus Logic CS4208 drivers that include .inf & .sys for my Windows installed on a MacBook Pro 2015?

I have *Apple Wireless Keyboard (A1255, from 2007, US English layout)* and I want to use it on *non-Apple, Windows PC*. But I have two problems. **Firstly**, Windows does not detect when "fn" and "eject" is pressed on. **Secondly** - I want to rebind/swap these keys: "fn" to "control" (and "left control" to "fn") and "eject" to "delete". I installed BootCamp on my machine but it has not changed anything. Thanks for any help.

I'd like to move the entire Notes.app database (all the notes, all the folders, all the file attachments inside the notes) from iPhone to Windows PC? I've scanned a lot of documents with my iPhone's Notes.app, and I want to back them up (and view them on my PC should the need arise).

I have an Apple Watch but I don't have an IPhone or Mac. I want to use my Windows 10 PC, or my android phone with the Apple Watch. How do I do this? (Maybe using an Iphone emulator on PC? There must be some way to use the apple watch with Android, or Windows)

I had a dozen or so windows with some tabs open in Finder for a long time. Today I find out it's randomly lost them all. Is there a way to restore the open windows/tabs using a Time Machine backup? Thanks! EDIT: I tried restoring "com.apple.finder.plist" from /Users/[User]/Library/Preferences but it doesn't work. I don't think the system is letting me do this properly while Finder is running. Is there a way to keep it killed while I swap the file? Or how could I do this from recovery? Does this file even store the open folders?

I have a domain server mydomain.com and a DFS server which is part of mydomain.com. DFS server has a share with namespace //mydomain.com/Datashare, which points to a TestData folder inside the machine. TestData has a few files 1.txt, 2.txt. When I access my DFS share on a Windows machine it mounts the share and shows the folder TestData with files 1.txt and 2.txt. When I access the same share on my Mac machine it mounts the share and displays the TestData folder. however, it does not show any files inside this folder. Someone discussed a solution of setting the same search domain on a Mac machine as AD sets on Windows but that solution does not work for me.

I installed windows 10 and everything was running smoothly until a day later when my earphones suddenly started emitting a high pitch noise whenever any sound was played at a constant level. It is pretty much unusable unless I want tinnitus :( I'm not sure what the issue is, I’ve tried reinstalling the drivers but that hasn’t helped. I have cirrus logic cs8409 (ab 51) drivers and when I switch drivers to generic or endpoint, I get no audio.

I have a MacBook Pro Mid-2009. Unfortunately, I erased my internal drive which led me to OS X Utilities only. When I clicked on *reinstall OS X*, it asked me to sign into my Apple ID. But, it ended with a popup saying, *This item is temporarily unavailable.* So I tried installing Windows 7 on that dead MacBook. I created a bootable USB, plugged it, pressed the power button while holding ⌥ Option key, selected my bootable USB (EFI Boot). After that, I saw an installation screen of Windows 7. All the processes went well. I selected my internal Drive to install Windows. At last, I saw a popup, *Restarts in 10 seconds*. But after the restart my MacBook turned on with a blank white screen. Can anyone please help me to get rid of this problem?

I finally got Bootcamp working on my Mac so I could play Windows Steam games on it. The only problem is that I don’t have enough storage on Bootcamp to download games from Steam and I ran out of space on my Mac to put more space on Bootcamp. I bought a 64 GB SD card to fix this, but I can’t figure out how to actually store the SD card storage on my Mac. I converted the SD card to an external drive but that still didn’t solve it because I can only partition the SD card and I can’t add it to my Mac’s storage. I also can’t add the external drive to my Bootcamp storage, and whenever I try to use it on Bootcamp (like installing Steam on it or installing Steam games), it won’t work. Is there any way to just add the external drive to my main Mac storage or to the Bootcamp storage?

I have installed Windows 11 to a Macbook pro early 2011 Audio does not work out of the box, I belive for the reasons described in this [post](https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/278518/macbook-pro-late-2011-sound-issues-in-windows-10-no-bootcamp/350469#350469) Long story short, "DSDT table root bridge definition (ACPI PNP0A08 or PNP0A03) is usually confined to a reserved 32-bit space (under 4GB) budgeted to be large enough to host the notebook's PCIe devices" Although audio works using the "registry" method, but only in Windows "Test Mode" so I would like run without test-mode. What setup using "clover" mode has functioning audio without test mode with Windows on Mac hardware?

I have problems with a windows game on Bootcamp that used to work fine, and now doesn't. So I tried making a bootable bootcamp on a USB. Bootcamp runs on the USB but I would say it doesn't run as well as on my mac's internal HDD. Windows tend to not respond a lot. Also, the 32bit windows game on the USB crashes from memory errors even though I use LargeAddressAware. The game does not crash on my original bootcamp and I can get the game to use over 2GB RAM and it doesn't crash. I think maybe getting my original bootcamp setup on the flash drive might fix my issue. I also want to use this USB to be able to test doing things without it messing up my original bootcamp. I have read that bootcamp can have problems from USB and it's better to clone your existing bootcamp to the USB. Using WintoUSB seems like a great option, but I have Windows 10 Pro, and you can't use WintoUSB with Windows 10 Pro. I have also read that you can create a .CDR image using Disk Utility and then convert it to an .iso; then I guess I can use Rufus maybe to burn it to the usb. But the problem is, the BOOTCAMP uses 100GB but is a 230GB partition. I have more than 100GB available on my mac, but not 230GB and it told me there's not enough space. Also, everything I try takes so long, so I want to know what will work because I'm getting nowhere when trying things myself. Can anyone suggest an easy way to clone BOOTCAMP (with Windows 10 Pro) to a USB? I have access to both Mac and Windows to do this from. Ideally I want it to clone directly so I don't have to store the 100GB or 230GB somewhere other than the USB drive.

I am attempting to use Windows 7 for overall looks. (I am aware of the risks and I don‘t care.) However, whenever I attempt to boot into the partition that I installed it on, The following occurs. 1. The screen goes black. 2. Next, the top of the screen creates this strange loading flickering effect. 3. Finally, it stops and reverts to a black screen. I have Open Core installed and that didn't change the boot process. Even without it the same results occur. I have used Windows 7 with and without UEFI booting. I suspect something is wrong with the recovery drive. If someone can, please respond, because I haven't seen anyone else experience this. The strangest part is that Windows 7 used to work and stopped after I uninstalled it once. Here‘s a an image for description: Heres another image with stock bootloader

I want to run Windows 10 on my flashed 2009 Mac Pro 5, 1 with Bootcamp. Currently OS X 10.11.6 and the Nvidia GT 120 are present. I am able to start the process to create the bootable USB drive but every time the progress bar stops midway and says that there is not enough space on my USB drive. The USB is 123GB and completely cleared. The Windows 10 ISO is around 6GB. I have also tried reformatting it to FAT32 and exFAT, with no luck. I have also disabled Time Machine and automatic backups. Does anyone know a fix to this or should I just install Windows 10 via DVD?

Had a 1TB hard drive in a Windows laptop that I replaced with an SSD. I've put the old hard drive in a USB enclosure so I can use it as an external drive. I plugged it into my Mac and opened disk utility where I saw two new mounted drives:

WINDOWS
RECOVERY

I clicked on the WINDOWS drive (981.9GB) and erased it to the ExFat format. However, the RECOVERY drive is still there (16.85GB). I've tried unplugging it, using the MacOS format, etc. but they still show up as separate drives. How can I merge these into one external hard drive?

I have a mid-2012 Intel Macbook Air (256GB) which is physically fine. I had bought it second-hand in 2017 & the seller specified that it was only running Windows 10 & did not have macOS installed. He had updated Bootcamp Windows 7 to Windows 10. Now I want to use it for macOS but I can't access the Mac partition because it doesn't exist on that machine. I tried all the Command+R, Command+Option+R key combinations, but nothing worked. The Bootcamp assistant software is also missing. Also tried to use a USB stick to boot from but wasn't successful. :( The disk partitions currently looks like this: How can I restore macOS function while preserving my windows installation?

I am using a MacBook Pro & a Windows PC. I use Google Chrome's Remote Desktop to control the MacBook from the Windows PC. It works well but on the Windows PC, I have to use the Win key to copy & paste and Alt-Tab. Is there any way we can map the Window desktop key to the Ctrl key? so that I can use Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V even when I use the MacBook via Chrome's Remote Desktop?

I've just installed windows 10 x64 on my mac, a partition that I made with Disk Utility. I was going to use BootCamp however the way BootCamp formatted the partition in El Capitan didn't allow Windows to be installed (I believe it was because of not formatting it correctly). So now I've got it all installed however the drivers aren't (headphones and Wifi don't work; plus I'm not sure it's using my graphics card either). How do I go about installing the drivers I need for this version of Windows?

I have a 2018/2019 (sometime around there) 15" MacBook Pro, and installed Windows 10 through a USB, making it a solely Windows machine with Bootcamp support software. I'm wondering how I can upgrade to Windows 11 as it requires TPM 2.0. I'm not sure I can create a bootable USB using Rufus as I read somewhere that Bootcamp's support tools affect the installer and otherwise won't work, so I'm not sure where to go from here.

So I used the procedures in this link to try and set up windows in my iMac , but when it reached the part where they asked where do you want install Windows and after I select BOOT CAMP, I got an error - " We couldn't create a new partition or locate an existing one."