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I installed Windows 8.1 through BootCamp and Bluetooth device is not recognized by Windows. I am talking about the new 2015 12' macbook.
It is not seen in the device manager list.
Any Help?
MacBook (Retina, 12-inch, Early 2015), Windows 8
I haven't seen an option to install Windows on the Early 2015 MacBook 12" in emulated BIOS mode - only in EFI/UEFI.
Try it - when you boot from the Windows setup USB hold the option key and I only see EFI boot. On my other Macs I see 2 options (normal and EFI) for the same disk.
This would explain why Apple only supports Windows 8 or higher on the MacBook 12" - I believe what they have really done is remove support for emulated BIOS, which also removes support for the older operating systems which don't reliably support EFI on Apple hardware.
If that's true then the reason there are no Bluetooth devices in Device Manager is because Bluetooth hasn't been exposed through EFI to Windows yet. What Apple will hopefully be working on is enabling the Bluetooth hardware when booting to Windows, which will probably be available from Apple as a Firmware update and may not even need new drivers.
Or some clever hacker will need to work out the registers to enable the Bluetooth hardware and write a rEFInd/rEFIt script to enable Bluetooth when booting to Windows. Though using this method probably has the disadvantage that Bluetooth wouldn't survive sleep mode.
Hopefully this gives some clarity on where to look next if you want to try and enable Bluetooth. It's hardcore hacking, though. For everyone else, Parallels or similar is the way to do it for now.
Another piece of information pertaining to windows install on this machine. I did try and install Windows 10 preview through bootcamp also on this machine. Only got as far as the win 10 install screen in bootcamp where it asks for to select Region and language. Keyboard stopped working at that point so it was impossible to proceed. Looks like win 8 is the only viable option so far in bootcamp on the new 12: Retina Macbook...
I keep trying...
Here is where I am at today. I went in a manually started Bluetooth services in Win 8.1 thinking maybe it would see the hardware. Nope, nada.
Right now I am going to try and use my bootcamp through parallels and see if sparks up the Bluetooth that way.
Other than that, I may be waiting on Apple.
yes please let us know if parallels is any better .
Thanks
Can anyone of you run msinfo and post a screen shot and show information similar to the following?
If this is a fresh install, and you are willing to blow it away, it may be worth a test to try the legacy BIOS method.
How to do Legacy BIOS method? I just rely on BootCamp to install Windows. Apparently it chose UEFI.
After you partition the disk through BC Assistant, before you start installation, a hybrid MBR can be created, which will tell the installer to use BIOS mode. One option is to use BCA and delete the current Windows installation, so that it can restore the disk to a single partition OS X, and then manually partition, create the MBR, and use the same installer that you already have built using BCA. The installer supports both methods.
You should also backup OS X.
I am sorry Loner T. I am not going to throw away my new OSX unless I have a recovery method which I dont have yet.
If you have not put any personal content on the machine yet, you can always run Internet Recovery to re-install OS X. You can also set up Time Machine on a directly-attached external disk, if you do not have a Time Capsule.
Hey I also tried installing windows 10 preview on the new macbook 12 inch and got the same results. Just wondering did you install windows 8 or windows 8.1 on the new macbook 12 inch because I can't install windows 10 or windows 8.1 on this new machine because you can't use the keyboard or trackpad at the select region screen. Thank you!
gihorski wrote:
Hey I also tried installing windows 10 preview on the new macbook 12 inch and got the same results. Just wondering did you install windows 8 or windows 8.1 on the new macbook 12 inch because I can't install windows 10 or windows 8.1 on this new machine because you can't use the keyboard or trackpad at the select region screen. Thank you!
If you use a USB3 device which has the Windows Installer, it will not work. You need a USB2 device.
Hi
I installed windows 8.1 Core Version andy installed fine except for the BT issue. I used an external old flash drive (probably USB 2 as Loner T as pointed out) and exact bootcamp instructions as per Apple. I put an ISO of the win 8.1 on my MAC desktop and ran bootcamp and it automatically put the appropriate Win install and bootcamp drivers on the external USB drive and the install went fine. my keyboard and trackpad worked fine throughout the process.
Update!
Tried to use my boot camp partition through parallels 10. It does not recognize the partition at all, can not import or used the partition.
Tried to use Winclone to migrate my windows 7 and my windows 8.1 bootcamp partitions. Every time Winclone got to MBR it froze up for hours.
Bottom line is that it appear there are limitations in place either hardware or software.
So for now I am using a usb mouse that I have to plug in and unplug to charge the MacBook. I just might return this thing....
The bootcamp drivers are crashing the system. I'm guessing you arent using a usb hub right?
Bluetooth not seen in Windows
