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BootCamp can’t install the software

When trying to install a new Windows partition, I get the error:

Can’t install the software because it is not currently available from the Software Update server.

This is the second day that this is happening.


My specs:

MacBook Pro 13-inch, 2020 Ventura 13.5.2 (22G91)


So far I tried:

  1. MacBook Restart
  2. Router Restart
  3. Changing DNS service
  4. DNS Flush
  5. SMC Reset
  6. NVRAM Reset
  7. Different partitions sizes
  • The Internet is working fine

Posted on Sep 26, 2023 2:35 AM

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Posted on Sep 26, 2023 9:51 AM

if it's windows 11 then it's not supported, you may be able to install windows 10 and then update it to 11 but the driver and utilities may not work all that well, with intel being phased out and bootcamp likely being too then win11 may never get official support.

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Sep 26, 2023 6:55 AM in response to Galaxy_83

if it's the M1 cpu version then bootcamp will never work


the new cpu from apple used the ARM cpu architecture where the version of windows microsoft

sells rely on the intel x86/x64 cpu architecture


if you want to know more

Apple: It's Really Up to Microsoft to Make Windows Work on M1-Based Macs | Tom's

Hardware (tomshardware.com)


you can use a virtual machine though

Options for using Windows 11 with Mac® computers with Apple® M1® and

M2™ chips - Microsoft Support


BootCamp can’t install the software

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