Issue in Downloading Windows Support Software

Hi, I'm trying to dual boot my macOS with windows using Boot Camp, I have an issue where the speed of the download is slow, as usual my internet speed is fine


How am I able to fix this?


Macbook Pro MD101 A1278 (13" Mid-2012)

macOS Mojave 10.14.6

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.14

Posted on Sep 24, 2020 5:33 PM

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Sep 26, 2020 8:04 AM in response to Shep29

Shep29 wrote:

Please explain like I'm five sir, this is stressing me out

😂 Hopefully the following content is suitable material for a 5-year old.


In the attached sample, the brigadier package was downloaded to the Downloads folder.


After the download is complete, and you have uncompressed the 'package', your Downloads will have this structure.




Here is an example of downloading the Driver package.



Sep 27, 2020 6:25 AM in response to Loner T

so I did this, what should I do after I fully download the .dmg?

MacBook-Pro-Shepherd:~ shepherd$ cd ~/Downloads/brigadier-master/
MacBook-Pro-Shepherd:brigadier-master shepherd$ ./brigadier -m MacBookPro9,2
Using Mac model: MacBookPro9,2.


Model supported in package distribution file at http://swcdn.apple.com/content/downloads/26/08/041-84821-A_AMCFPC3QDK/4fffs8qgdflw7pn1finqqd40gifh41mvs6/041-84821.English.dist.


Distribution 041-84821 supports the following models: MacBookAir4,1, MacBookAir4,2, MacBookAir5,1, MacBookAir5,2, MacBookPro6,1, MacBookPro6,2, MacBookPro8,1, MacBookPro8,2, MacBookPro8,3, MacBookPro9,1, MacBookPro9,2, MacPro4,1, MacPro5,1, Macmini5,1, Macmini5,2, Macmini5,3, Macmini6,1, Macmini6,2, iMac11,3, iMac12,1, iMac12,2, iMac13,1, iMac13,2, iMac13,3.


Model supported in package distribution file at http://swcdn.apple.com/content/downloads/62/58/041-98143-A_HN8B941A1T/nknv1gt3xcgylggwc11kl5e0j4296tjfo1/041-98143.English.dist.


Distribution 041-98143 supports the following models: MacBook8,1, MacBookAir5,1, MacBookAir5,2, MacBookAir6,1, MacBookAir6,2, MacBookAir7,1, MacBookAir7,2, MacBookPro9,1, MacBookPro9,2, MacBookPro11,1, MacBookPro11,2, MacBookPro11,3, MacBookPro11,4, MacBookPro11,5, MacBookPro12,1, MacPro6,1, Macmini6,1, Macmini6,2, Macmini7,1, iMac13,1, iMac13,2, iMac13,3, iMac14,1, iMac14,2, iMac14,3, iMac14,4, iMac15,1.


Model supported in package distribution file at http://swcdn.apple.com/content/downloads/36/49/041-98163/n3zau0xy5j0a121vnvud3jac2ahplizknu/BootCampESD.dst/041-98163.English.dist.


Distribution 041-98163 supports the following models: MacBookPro9,1, MacBookPro9,2.


There is more than one ESD product available for this model:
041-84821: PostDate 2019-10-22 15:58:14
041-98143: PostDate 2019-10-10 20:43:24
041-98163: PostDate 2019-10-13 02:50:24
Selecting 041-84821 as it's the most recently posted.
Making directory /Users/shepherd/Downloads/brigadier-master/BootCamp-041-84821..


Fetching Boot Camp product at URL http://swcdn.apple.com/content/downlohttp://swcdn.apple.com/content/downloads/26/08/041-84821-A_AMCFPC3QDK/4fffs8qgdflw7pn1finqqd40gifh41mvs6/BootCampESD.pkg.



Sep 27, 2020 8:52 AM in response to Shep29

You should have a WindowsSupport.dmg. You can double-click on it. It should have all the drivers. Use a USB2 Flash drive, format it as FAT32 and select the top level files from the .dmg and drag them to the USB2. This USB2 will be your drivers installation USB. You can run setup.exe in the Bootcamp folder to install all the drivers. If you need to install individual drivers, check the individual vendor folders.

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