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Apple Support - Bootcamp Downloads

I have had a bad experience with Apple Support concerning the install of Windows on my MacPro5,1. Though they spent time with me, they did not fix my problem. Well they sort of did, that's how I got here. The first person I spoke to was out of their depth when it came to installing Windows, so I was transferred to a "Senior Consultant"😉. He went through a few things and used all the cliches and in the end he just blamed my wireless router and said there is nothing to be done. Well thanks mate! If this person spent some time in this forum he may have learned something from you guys. I have and I thank you for it.

Being a pain-in-the-butt kind of guy I persisted, and was lucky enough to get a lady called Grace (an apt name) as my next support person. Now the most dangerous people in this world are the people "Who don't know they don't know", the Senior Consult guy for example. Grace knew she didn't know, so she put me on hold and tried to find out. Well she put me onto a site that then lead me here and it seems the first part of my problem is solved. I am now downloading the Windows support package for my Mac.

The hard part of this excercise, other then being fobbed-off by people in Apple Support, was finding out which Windows drivers for Mac I should download. Grace sent me to http://www.cafe-encounter.net/p824/bootcamp-drivers-direct-download-of-bootcampe sd-pkg and that is where the answer lies. At this page, if you scroll down to point 6, there is a list of urls that show each package available. Click on each until you find your Model Identifier Number and that is the package that you should download. I then came here and User Moof66, in a post on July 2nd, 2012, lists the download links. Champion bloke that Moof666😎. I just clicked on the download that matched my MacPro5,1 from the site supplied by Grace and I'm a happy camper.

Now I have to work-out how to install the package after the fabulously fast Apple servers finally deign to complete my download.......Back to the forum to find out.

Mac Pro (Mid 2012), OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)

Posted on Feb 18, 2013 7:22 AM

27 replies

Feb 19, 2013 9:08 AM in response to Csound1

That's a good record for drives, and great service, but it is the old question. What does one use one's computer for? My old Green drives have been trundling along for years because they play movies and music. No hard work there. Sleep most of the time.

I don't know where you live, but I'm in The Antipodes and it would be great if we could get service like that here. Maybe we can from Seagate.

I will look into the Seagate drive thing on your advice. See if they have some tougher drives than the standard.

Trying to get Time Machine to back-up all my drives. Won't seem to do it.

Also need a back-up image of my OSD before I go running Bootcamp. I can't find out if that is what it has done or not. I'm off to have a look in he rest of the forum.

Csound1

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Feb 19, 2013 9:25 AM in response to NotAppleSupportGuy

I am involved in production for live events, my laptop gets dragged around with me, bouncing around in the trucks, balancing on the lighting racks, sitting in 100 + temps (or on one memorable occasion) sub zero temps for a whole afternoon, I can promise you that all my laptops live very hard lives !

Just an FYI, never rely on Time Machine as your backup system (in fact never rely on any single backup system, especially TM) combine 2 and things look good, a regular clone (I clone the machine I am using daily, it takes 15 minutes) gives you virtually instant disaster recovery, TM or an equivalent can take care of any small gaps.

Feb 19, 2013 9:46 AM in response to Csound1

And here's me rabbitting on about this music stuff when you probably know more about it than me! You are of the clan. I spent much time in the 80's touring in The Outback (seldom went by truck though. An aeroplane was the thing for me) and been in those same high temperatures. Never had the sub-zero thing though.

Which clone should I use then if I may ask? I don't want Time Machine backing up every 2 seconds. That must mean that if I am working on a project it will be backing up all my mistakes over my original file doesn't it? I would have to remember to turn it off. Not with my memory!

Sorry about any mistakes. Concentration worse than usual. Listening to Thiago Pinheiro on Myspace

Csound1

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Feb 19, 2013 9:52 AM in response to NotAppleSupportGuy

I use Carbon Copy Cloner (2 reasons, it can perform 'incremental' clones on a schedule or manually and it will clone any recovery partitions that exist) it also very simple to use, I like that 🙂

And I did not expect the sub zero thing either, I was planning on 5C, not minus 5 😁

I combine the clone with an online storage system that backs up data files only, but does it in real time, I save and it's backed up at the same time.

Feb 19, 2013 10:17 AM in response to Csound1

Thanks for that info'. Carbon Copy Cloner is certainly cheap enough. $40.00 on a local site. I will buy it on your recommendation, as long as that price is for the software and not a yearly license. I NEED simple!

I NEVER plan on 5c. Happens here at night in the winter though. Everybody thinks it's the end of the world.

I can't afford to use the cloud type back-up. I am in a rotten reception area and have to use wireless broadband. $40.00 a month for 12Gb! With uploading and downloading music files to my music partner I live on the edge. We are building here a national broadband network. $43 billion thank you very much. It is fibre to the node, so gives great speeds. I am a poor man so I will only get the slowest speed of 25mb/sec. The 50mb and 100mb are too expensive. I average about 80Kb/sec now so 25mb/ will do me! They claim they will have 300mb/sec now that the tech has improved since they started building. Should be at my house by the end of next year. They say much sooner, but I am a cynic!

Csound1

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Feb 19, 2013 10:25 AM in response to NotAppleSupportGuy

NotAppleSupportGuy wrote:

Thanks for that info'. Carbon Copy Cloner is certainly cheap enough. $40.00 on a local site. I will buy it on your recommendation, as long as that price is for the software and not a yearly license. I NEED simple!

It's a one time charge.

I can't afford to use the cloud type back-up. I am in a rotten reception area and have to use wireless broadband. $40.00 a month for 12Gb! With uploading and downloading music files to my music partner I live on the edge. We are building here a national broadband network. $43 billion thank you very much. It is fibre to the node, so gives great speeds. I am a poor man so I will only get the slowest speed of 25mb/sec. The 50mb and 100mb are too expensive. I average about 80Kb/sec now so 25mb/ will do me! They claim they will have 300mb/sec now that the tech has improved since they started building. Should be at my house by the end of next year. They say much sooner, but I am a cynic!

I understand that, and online is clearly not a solution for you so I would use TM as the second method in your situation, let me refer you to this excellent TM information store provided by one of our experienced posters (credit to Pondini here)

Feb 19, 2013 10:37 AM in response to Csound1

Thanks. Am on my way.

Tell me how does this points thing work. You are being an amazing help to me and the only tangible thanks I can give, it seems to me, is this points thing. Are you getting credit for this or do I have to do something?

Csound1

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Feb 19, 2013 10:39 AM in response to NotAppleSupportGuy

You can pick a response that helped and award helpful points (Orange) or solution points (Green) 2 orange and one green is your limit. Only the poster that originated the thread can award points

Feb 19, 2013 10:46 AM in response to Csound1

Remember I'm a dummy. How do I select the response. I'm clicking all over the bloody thing and nothing happens!

Csound1

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Feb 19, 2013 10:56 AM in response to NotAppleSupportGuy

NotAppleSupportGuy wrote:

Remember I'm a dummy. How do I select the response. I'm clicking all over the bloody thing and nothing happens!

As far as I know each response should have these on it: (visible to the original poster), just press the one that applies.

Feb 19, 2013 11:04 AM in response to Csound1

Nup. I clicked "Go To Original Post" just to check that we hadn't come from some one elses and that is not the case. Is there a settings page that I don't know about? Do I have things set-up wrong?

Csound1

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Feb 19, 2013 11:12 AM in response to NotAppleSupportGuy

Every thing is good, don't worry about it 🙂

Apple Support - Bootcamp Downloads