High Sierra and Boot Camp?

jez69 wrote:

Just reformat your usb key with disk utility use ms DOS (fat 32). Works for me.

Not all Mac models that support High Sierra - How to download macOS High Sierra - Apple Support - need/support USB. For example 2009-2011 Macs do not support USB installation of Windows. 2012 models with Optical drives support both, while 2013 and later models use USB2 flash drives. 2015 and later models do not support/need USB as noted in the Learn More section of How to install Windows on your Mac with Boot Camp - Apple Support .

thelastdon85 wrote:

Well, just a quick update here. I have a thunderbolt drive connected to my MBP. I unplugged it and guess what? BootCamp Assistant started working. So maybe this will help some people out. If you have an external drive connected to your Mac, try unplugging it before you try to launch BootCamp Assistant. If you're trying to install Windows to that external drive, well I can't help you there yet.

Documented in If you see a partition alert while using Boot Camp to install Windows - Apple Support . 😉

If you are in Recovery Console and quit, does the Recovery Console ask you choose a startup disk?

How to switch between Windows and macOS in macOS High Sierra - Apple Support is the official Apple-documented method.

Try a NVRAM reset - How to reset NVRAM on your Mac - Apple Support and then try Alt/Option. If that does not work, use About macOS Recovery - Apple Support and boot into Recovery and then switch to macOS.

How to switch between Windows and macOS in macOS High Sierra - Apple Support .

I just installed on my Late 2013 Macbook Pro High Sierra and i can boot to Windows by keeping Alt pressed at boot time as usual. Bootcamp in Windows doesn't see APFS partition so you cannot boot from there.

On the other hand, when i open Bootcamp assistant on High Sierra, it crashes right after i click Continue...

To repeat the experiences of others, my upgrade to High Sierra went smooth and have been able to boot into BootCamp without issue. However, BC doesn't see the OS X partition and so I have to reboot with the Alt key to get back into High Sierra.

i have the same problem after upgrading to high sierra , able to boot to window from high sierra but once in win10 not able to select high sierra partition. In win10 boot camp control panel, macOS X partition icon missing.

Hello Randy.

I have the same problem with bootcamp assistant it's crash directly after tape "continue"...

I found in my case the solution or the problem ... For use bootcamp you need a USB key for make download and install windows. Mine was insert and when it's not insert bootcamp continue well but tell me it's not a usb key in. I use disk utility and formate my usb key with ms DOS and bootcamp work like a charme now.

Have a chance with that.

Regards

I have the same problem. On my 2012 MBP when I installed High Sierra Beta it bricked the Windows side of things. Did the same exact install on my girlfriend's 2011 MBP and her Windows worked just fine after the upgrade. Go figure. I formatted the drive, fresh installed High Sierra figuring I'll just set BootCamp up again but then, like others have said, Bootcamp Assistant crashes. Just picked up a 2013 15" MBP, installed 10.13 and then tried BootCamp Assistant and it launched and started working. Figured OK great, I'll go ahead and set up my iCloud and everything on here then come back and install Windows. Proceeded to sign into my iCloud on it, updated to the new public beta and it's back to crashing. Go figure. Can't find a common denominator here considering it's working fine and will not crash on her 2011 model (which is also running the 10.13.1 beta). Unless it has something to do with my iCloud but that would make absolutely no sense whatsoever (although stranger things have happened). All drives are formatted APFS. So again, BootCamp is working fine on her 2011 model, BootCamp Assistant is working fine as well. It is not working on my 2012 model nor my 2013. All of which have been erased and fresh installed.

Well, just a quick update here. I have a thunderbolt drive connected to my MBP. I unplugged it and guess what? BootCamp Assistant started working. So maybe this will help some people out. If you have an external drive connected to your Mac, try unplugging it before you try to launch BootCamp Assistant. If you're trying to install Windows to that external drive, well I can't help you there yet.

Yeah, probably should have looked for that document but I was having this problem on the Developer Beta before the document was published. Good luck to everyone, hopefully a reset will help, or if you're like me and didn't look around, try disconnecting your thunderbolt drives! I know I didn't have to do that in previous versions though 😉.

Thanks for the helpful links LonerT.

So, from your link and from the discussion, I gather that this is indeed a bug and that Apple is aware of it. I hope they issue a fix or otherwise remove that feature from the Bootcamp utility (in Windows) if they can't fix it since I spent quite a few wasted minutes scouring the internets for a solution.

I wanted to join this discussion so that hopefully I can get an alert if a fix is indeed issued and somebody replies here with the notice. Tnx.

Did you figure out a problem for this? I am having the same issue. Using a 2016 MBP15 with Touchbar. Bootcamp is Windows 10 Pro. Command-R, Alt key, Shift-Alt-Command ... none of them will let me get back to my MacOS volume. Bootcamp Control panel in Windows doesn’t see it either. My MBP15 boots straight into Windows. If you figured something out please share. Thanks!