I can't find Boot Camp 6

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I can't find Boot Camp 6

Hello, I have a macbook air mid-2013 running windows 8.1 and OSX Yosemite 10.10.5. I upgraded to Windows 10. Supposedly the apple software upgrader is supposed to automatically detect the newer version of Boot camp (Boot Camp 6), but when I run the upgrader it doesn't detect Boot camp 6, and says no updates are available. I am running Bootcamp 5. See apple's user guide: Use Windows 10 on your Mac with Boot Camp - Apple Support

How can I get Boot Camp 6? Why isn't it available? I would like it because my bluetooth on Windows 10 is gone, and keyboard function keys do not work.

Thanks in advance!

MacBook Air (13-inch Mid 2013), OS X Yosemite (10.10.5), Boot Camp windows 10

Posted on Aug 13, 2015 4:44 PM

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alxkum

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Aug 13, 2015 4:54 PM in response to mike513us

Bootcamp 6 is being rolled out in waves. You'll probably get it sometime soon.

After upgrading to Windows 10, make sure to install Bootcamp 5 again, even if it was already installed prior to the Windows upgrade.

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Aug 13, 2015 5:30 PM in response to alxkum

Thanks! I decided to just go to OS X and download the drivers on the USB drive through bootcamp assistant, which downloaded bootcamp 6. It fixed a lot of the problems (bluetooth is back, and keyboard function keys work) - the only thing is that the keyboard backlight no longer works. F5/F6 (the keys to increase/decrease keyboard backlight) only show a error sign when you press them, and no light is on the keyboard backlight. Any thoughts?

Thank you!

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mike513us Author

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Aug 13, 2015 7:42 PM in response to mike513us

Decided to go back to windows 8.1 - too many errors and things going wrong. Backlight worked after a couple restarts, but search function kept not working in Windows 10. Remember you can roll back to 8.1 for a month after you upgrade.

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Nov 21, 2015 2:59 AM in response to mike513us

IF you want to try out Windows 10 you need BootCamp 6, this will solve your problem.

Direct dowload link : http://swcdn.apple.com/content/downloads/10/60/031-30899/6u2bha6n3pckjca1j44jw9m 28yq72nh6li/AppleBcUpdate.exe

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