I managed to dual boot Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit and OSX Lion on my Macbook Pro 8,1 and now need drivers for wifi, bluetooth, etc. I did this with rEFIt instead of boot camp. I've done it before with Leopard and Snow Leopard on an older Macbook that came with the leopard/drivers install DVDs, but with Lion it's different because I don't have such DVDs. How do I install drivers for my Macbook Pro hardware in Windows 7?
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.2)
In the Boot Camp forum this question has been asked and answered at least 10 times. Maybe 50.
https://discussions.apple.com/community/windows_software/boot_camp
I don't mean to be snarky, but Apple has set up numerous specific forums just so people can get in contact with experts. This forum is for the MacBook Pro hardware, not Windows issues with Boot Camp. Moreover, a simple search would have gotten you an answer in about 10 seconds, you'd be fixing your installation, and you'd be happy.
Maybe my question was unclear but I'm not using bootcamp. This forum is for Macbook Pro hardware I agree, and that's what I'm struggling with. To clarify, non-bootcamp dual boot install of W7
I'm sorry but you said "how do I install drivers for my Macbook Pro Hardware in Windows 7"? Again, a quick search of the Boot Camp/Windows forum will tell you how to do it. I'm sure you're quite capable of doing a search, but in case it's beyond your skills, up on the right hand bar is a little space that says "search communities." I'm sure you'll find your answer quite quickly.
I am having the same problem and *** holes like OrangeMarlin have been no help. If you find a way to do it please help asap.
Good I'm not the only one! Ya for sure I'll post if I find something. I was thinking about using the setup disk from a previous generation MBP
Alright I figured it out. Guess I answered my own question again. Even though we didn't use Boot Camp to install Windows this is the only way to install the drivers.
Go to Boot Camp Assistant > Continue > Select ONLY the "Download Latest Windows Support..." option > Select either burn to CD/DVD or copy to external drive > if using external drive, find it in the save-prompt
I used the external drive option because I didn't know if the dvd drive was working or not. It will say make sure the volume is formatted but it doesn't matter, it will do it automatically after you continue.
Once it finishes either burning or formatting eject the flash drive or cd and restart into Windows. Open the "WindowsSupport" folder on whatever you copied it to and double click "setup"
BAM done.
For me this enabled: two finger scrolling with the trackpad, bluetooth, screen brightness adjustment, sound, wireless card driver, ethernet driver, iSight driver, and light sensor.
It did not enable some things I was hoping for like: tap-to-click, Lion's "natural" scroll direction, and for whatever reason my audio in/out port (MBP 13") has that red light coming out of it which is because the port can be used as an optical audio port with the correct apple adapter. Must be a driver issue, I haven't tested headphones with it.
Best of luck
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Windows 7 Macbook Pro Drivers
