Bootcamp: "Not currently available from the software update server"

I'm experiencing the exact same issue - same model too. 2018 Macbook Pro.

I tried Action->Download Windows Support Software as others have suggested but also get the same error.

Not the OP but I'm guessing we have the same machine. Model identifier is MacBookPro15,1

Do you have access to a Windows PC? If yes, use the Windows Media Creation Tool to create a USB2 flash drive installer. Add the BC drivers to this USB Installer ($WinPEDriver$, Autounattend.xml, and the Bootcamp drivers) is needed to allow the Apple hardware to function properly. See Install Windows 7 on your Mac using Boot Camp - Apple Support as an example.

Since there are only USBc ports available, you will either need a USBc-to-USB adapter or VM engine/Winclone to install Windows.

Loner T wrote:

Have you tried Brigadier (https://github.com/timsutton/brigadier)?

I did but unfortunately it gave me the following error:

Using Mac model: MacBookPro15,1.

Couldn't find a Boot Camp ESD for the model MacBookPro15,1 in the given software update catalog.

logout

Saving session...

...copying shared history...

...saving history...truncating history files...

...completed.

Deleting expired sessions...none found.

[Process completed]

Here it is - MacBookPro15,2

btw - iCloud also has trouble properly recognising the machine. Instead of the usual "MacBook Pro" in the devices list associated with the iCloud / appleID it says just "Mac"...

radoraykov wrote:

**** shame. got the newest and the greatest, supposedly, but I'm stuck here 3 days and counting not really able to use the machine for what I bought it for... 😐

Did you buy a Mac to run Windows only? 👿

This is only second time I have seen missing BC drivers for a new model. My guess is that it will take a couple of days or a week to get the CDN seeded with the corrects ESDs.

For example, W10 drivers were available, before W10 was released. I recommend being a bit patient.

Update here. I tried some additional methods and still had no luck. Once I got the support file, I followed the process to manually partition and install as outlined here.

http://fgimian.github.io/blog/2016/03/12/installing-windows-10-on-a-mac-without- bootcamp/

I ran into a ton of issues with this method:

-gdisk does not work. It returns error 1

-I was able to create a bootable drive and restart to attempt to boot from usb. As soon as I select this drive to boot from, it looks like it is working and then it restarts into OS X.

I think we may need to wait for an official bootcamp update.

mattdevincenzi wrote:

Update here. I tried some additional methods and still had no luck. Once I got the support file, I followed the process to manually partition and install as outlined here.

http://fgimian.github.io/blog/2016/03/12/installing-windows-10-on-a-mac-without- bootcamp/

That method has issues. Consider Windows Media Creation Tool to create the USB installer, and then add the BC folders to the root to the USB.

mattdevincenzi wrote:

I ran into a ton of issues with this method:

-gdisk does not work. It returns error 1

-I was able to create a bootable drive and restart to attempt to boot from usb. As soon as I select this drive to boot from, it looks like it is working and then it restarts into OS X.

GDisk is not necessary, since the steps in the link remove the MBR and create a Protective MBR. On a 2018 Mac, a MBR is no longer supported. You may be missing NVRAM settings that BCA uses.

I have been stucked with this problem too for more than 2 weeks already. Looks like we have to wait a little bit more for apple to work on this, eventually they will fix it. In the mean time, I advice people who need to have their work done on Windows to use virtual machine tool such as (Virtual Box or Virtual machine).

From About This Mac -> System Report, post the Mac Model Identifier.

Have you tried Brigadier (https://github.com/timsutton/brigadier)?

Try the drivers for MacBookPro14,3. Unfortunately, since the models after 2015 use OSXRESERVED, it may not help much to be able to download the the drivers.

Alright, I was able to download the drivers with Brigadier but it still doesn't let me skip it with the Bootcamp partitioning process. Is there a place I need to put the WindowsSupport.dmg file?

Apple missed on some of the items they typically do very well. 😉

Any luck working around the issue?