How to reinstall bootcamp assistant

Hi there,

I'm a new user to Macs and I've ran into the same problem.

After trying to sign the change to info.plist with the command "sudo codesign -fs --deep - /Applications/Utilities/Boot\ Camp\ Assistant.app", the below appeared....

and now my bootcamp will start, but nothing will show up, only the bootcamp icon hopping around on the bottom tray...

2015-05-28 21:31:13.214 codesign[419:507] There was an error parsing the Info.plist for the bundle at URL Contents/Info.plist -- file:///Applications/Utilities/Boot%20Camp%20Assistant.app/

The operation couldn’t be completed. (Cocoa error 3840.)

<CFBasicHash 0x7f9b59c08aa0 [0x7fff71be4f00]>{type = immutable dict, count = 2,

entries =>

0 : <CFString 0x7fff71bc7e00 [0x7fff71be4f00]>{contents = "NSDebugDescription"} = <CFString 0x7f9b59c088b0 [0x7fff71be4f00]>{contents = "Unexpected character b at line 1"}

1 : <CFString 0x7fff71bca3a0 [0x7fff71be4f00]>{contents = "kCFPropertyListOldStyleParsingError"} = Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=3840 "The data couldn’t be read because it isn’t in the correct format." (Conversion of string failed.) UserInfo=0x7f9b59c089f0 {NSDebugDescription=Conversion of string failed.}

}

/Applications/Utilities/Boot Camp Assistant.app: replacing existing signature

any ideas on whats going on??

thanks heaps..

CloakedTagger wrote:

0 : <CFString 0x7fff71bc7e00 [0x7fff71be4f00]>{contents = "NSDebugDescription"} = <CFString 0x7f9b59c088b0 [0x7fff71be4f00]>{contents = "Unexpected character b at line 1"}

You have a typographical error in the Info.plist. See the highlighted part.

I have a feeling that I won't find another person who's so willing to help others over the internet, genuinely amazed, thank you.

I actually went back and found a back up over made prior to making any alterations, replaced the file with the backed up one and boot camp is back up and running.

My original intent in starting this was because boot camp would not load the windows 7 iso I had. It was telling me that it can only run an iso in 64bit.

Now I've decided to find a windows 8 iso in 64 bit and try again. See what would happen.

argh I see... off to the wrong track from the beginning then... well, at least I've now got Win8 successfully installed.

Originally it was running win7 through VMware and a certain game wouldn't run, so I thought I'd try doing it through Bootcamp. Might work this way, fingers crossed!

now that I have win8 installed, I realised that I would need to resize the partition larger.

I read somewhere that you could use bootcamp to do so without loosing your data, is this true? I cant find that post anymore...

So I am having a similar issure, modified the info.plist for Boot Camp to try to enable USB booting, I used Textwrangler to edit and save the file, (at some point lost the original back up I made DOH!) go into terminal and insert the line mentioned above both with and with out the --deep qualifier and the error that I keep getting is that BootCampAssistant.app: No such File or Directory Exists. I am running OS X 10.10.4 (im pretty sure that comp is at home and Im currently at work) anyways its running Yosemite. NOW is where it gets realllly fun. due to circumstances I dont currently have internet access at home. So I need to A. either find a terminal command to undue whatever I have done, or B. Find some way to toss the Boot Camp Assistant install file on a flash drive so I can reinstall it maybe? Anyone else run into this issue? what are the suggestions to fix it? I have an actual Win 7 X64 install disk now so If I can get boot camp back to its original working order I can just install that way I believe. I also have on a flash drive all the relevant support files I need for OS X as well do I need to re burn my windows ISO to include those?

Sorry for the wall of text there, First time ive had a Mac for personal use and Im finally learning all of this, (PC nerd dont hate me)

I got this message when I entered the code in to Terminal (I'm having the same problem as the above folks re Boot Camp):

sudo codesign -fs - /Applications/Utilities/Boot\Camp\Assistant.app

WARNING: Improper use of the sudo command could lead to data loss

or the deletion of important system files. Please double-check your

typing when using sudo. Type "man sudo" for more information.

To proceed, enter your password, or type Ctrl-C to abort.

Password:

Sorry, try again.

Password:

In the last command with --deep you do not have spaces correctly. It should be

sudo codesign --deep -fs - /Applications/Utilities/Boot\ Camp\ Assistant.app/

Password:

/Applications/Utilities/Boot Camp Assistant.app/: replacing existing signature

If your Mac does not show the option to Create USB Installer option, it is not supported. Forcing this function has issues further down the line with no boot device or black screens. Is your Optical drive not functioning properly?

This is a brand new Macbook (2015) 12". It only has the usb-c insert. I do have a usb-c to USB adapter. Before when my bootcamp worked it did say that I could use a usb.

However, now I just can't get my bootcamp to open period.

Your 2015 Mac is capable of booting from the USB Installer, which it will create. You should see this option automatically and do not need Bootcamp info.plist modification. Is there a specific reason for you to modify this file? Can you restore the original files from backup?

My bootcamp works now. Thank you so much for all your help. What I've been trying to do is install windows 10 onto my macbook. I have the windows 10 USB stick and also the key. I just don't understand the whole creating an iso and such.

Using your W10 product key, you can download a 64-bit W10 ISO to your Mac from https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/home or Windows Media Creation tool (http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10/media-creation-tool-install). Leave the W10 USB as is.

EDIT:

I removed the windows 10 USB stick. I replaced it with an empty 32 gig usb that I have and it accepted it and is now copying the windows files. Seems to be working fine! Just curious what is the W10 USB stick actually for?

When you use Windows Media Creation Tool, it allows you to download the installer to your choice of media. I will usually keep it on multiple storage mediums, USBs can be lost, so a copy on the Mac, and then a DVD copy. Please ensure that the USB is a USB2 disk. USB3 will not work.

Two USB sticks will confuse BCA.