My MacBook Air running Sonoma does not support Boot Camp Assistant

Model Name: MacBook Air 2022

Chip: Apple M2

Memory: 16 GB

macOS: Sonoma 14.3.1


Boot Camp Assistant cannot be used. This Mac does not support Boot Camp.



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MacBook Air, macOS 14.3

Posted on Feb 20, 2024 3:04 PM

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Posted on Feb 21, 2024 10:44 AM

miloovibe wrote:

So I still can't use it even though I downloaded Rosetta 2?

Well, no. Rosetta is a software translator made for macOS that lets Intel-based apps work on macOS architecture, whereas Windows 10 itself simply will not run on an ARM64 processor (which is what Apple silicon is). Microsoft technically does have a version of Windows for ARM (through the Windows Insider program) that could theoretically run on Apple silicon, but it's not officially released and Boot Camp currently doesn't have any capacity to install it.

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Feb 21, 2024 10:44 AM in response to miloovibe

miloovibe wrote:

So I still can't use it even though I downloaded Rosetta 2?

Well, no. Rosetta is a software translator made for macOS that lets Intel-based apps work on macOS architecture, whereas Windows 10 itself simply will not run on an ARM64 processor (which is what Apple silicon is). Microsoft technically does have a version of Windows for ARM (through the Windows Insider program) that could theoretically run on Apple silicon, but it's not officially released and Boot Camp currently doesn't have any capacity to install it.

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My MacBook Air running Sonoma does not support Boot Camp Assistant

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