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Bootcamp Windows 10 Drivers?

Hayy, I have a question about the Bootcamp Windows 10 Drivers. I run Windows 10 on my Mac (mid 2012) but I don’t have access to Wi-Fi and Bluetooth and more, so I want to install the Bootcamp Drivers. The problem is that I get an error in the Bootcamp Assistant. I saw a few articles about Brigadier, but they were unclear and didn’t work for me. If there’s someone who can help me with Brigadier please let me know!

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Dec 26, 2020 3:47 AM

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Posted on Dec 26, 2020 10:13 AM

tychoxr wrote:

But the download isnt a script, it’s a .exe file!

It is a script on macOS...


file brigadier
brigadier: Python script text executable, ASCII text


Here is a brief snippet of the script.


#!/usr/bin/python

import os
import sys
import subprocess
import urllib2
import plistlib
import re
import tempfile
import shutil
import optparse
import datetime
import platform

from pprint import pprint
from urllib import urlretrieve
from xml.dom import minidom

SUCATALOG_URL = 'http://swscan.apple.com/content/catalogs/others/index-10.11-10.10-10.9-mountainlion-lion-snowleopard-leopard.merged-1.sucatalog'
# 7-Zip MSI (15.14)
SEVENZIP_URL = 'http://www.7-zip.org/a/7z1514-x64.msi'


If you downloaded Brigadier on Windows, then it is a .exe file.


Please download the macOS version when booted in macOS.

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Dec 26, 2020 10:13 AM in response to tychoxr

tychoxr wrote:

But the download isnt a script, it’s a .exe file!

It is a script on macOS...


file brigadier
brigadier: Python script text executable, ASCII text


Here is a brief snippet of the script.


#!/usr/bin/python

import os
import sys
import subprocess
import urllib2
import plistlib
import re
import tempfile
import shutil
import optparse
import datetime
import platform

from pprint import pprint
from urllib import urlretrieve
from xml.dom import minidom

SUCATALOG_URL = 'http://swscan.apple.com/content/catalogs/others/index-10.11-10.10-10.9-mountainlion-lion-snowleopard-leopard.merged-1.sucatalog'
# 7-Zip MSI (15.14)
SEVENZIP_URL = 'http://www.7-zip.org/a/7z1514-x64.msi'


If you downloaded Brigadier on Windows, then it is a .exe file.


Please download the macOS version when booted in macOS.

Dec 26, 2020 9:00 AM in response to tychoxr

  • Download Brigadier on the macOS side.
  • It is an executable script. Run it on the macOS side.
  • You should get a WindowsSupport.dmg file. You can control the output directory using the '-o' argument. '-m' argument controls the Model Identifier used by the script.
  • Erase/Format a USB2 Flash drive as MBR/FAT or MBR/exFAT
  • Open the .dmg file in Finder
  • Drag all the top level files/folders to the USB2 Flash drive
  • Reboot into Windows
  • Run setup.exe from the Bootcamp folder to install Bootcamp drivers

Dec 26, 2020 7:38 AM in response to Loner T

There’s no error code, it just says that the Windows Support Software couldn’t be downloaded due an error (in the first place it loads to around 45% before it “breaks”). Both on a USB drive or just desktop or downloads doesn’t work.


The current macOS version is 10.15.7 (this mac doesn’t support the Big Sur update)

Bootcamp Windows 10 Drivers?

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