How to reinstall bootcamp assistant

1. Open terminal from: Applications>Utilities>Terminal

2. Type in this code: sudo codesign -fs - /Applications/Utilities/Boot\ Camp\ Assistant.app

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

3. Enter your password and press enter

4. Reopen bootcamp.

it'll work 😀

NickyBrian wrote:

2. Type in this code: sudo codesign --deep -fs - /Applications/Utilities/Boot\ Camp\ Assistant.app

A --deep qualifier is also helpful sometimes.

How do i resolve this issue? I have followed step-by-step guide but this still shows?

Also - the original info.plist file now says it cannot be found? is there anyway i can get an original copy?!

What is this file - InfoOLD\ Copy\ 3.txt in the last line on your screen?

Thats the duplicated info.plist file

You can use codesign with the --deep qualifier. Please see man page for codesign for details.

I have really poor coding knowledge, is there an easy way/code to fix this?

Can you put the correct file in place first and then try the following command an test if Bootcamp Assistant will come up?

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

This was the only one that worked with me after 6 hours of struggling

Thank you very much

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.

Can you check System requirements to install Windows on your Mac via Boot Camp - Apple Support for your specific Mac model/year to see which versions it can support?

yup should support win8.1

what I have here is MacBook Pro 15" Retina mid 2014.

hopefully it will do the trick this time...

If you have a 2014 model, you should not need to modify the Bootcamp info.plist at all. What was the reason to modify it?