No Boot Camp on Mojave??? ***?

I don't understand why I must lose productivity on my late 2012 iMac with a 3TB drive. Does Mojave have independent capabilities to use Windows 10 that doesn't require Boot Camp? Will Boot Camp be updated to work with my system? Why was this never included in Apple's broadcast as a limiting factor? Why does Apple claim that Mojave is fine on a late 2012 iMac but the installation fails because of Apple's own Boot Camp?

I'm confused.

iMac, macOS High Sierra (10.13), iMac late 2012

Posted on Sep 24, 2018 3:47 PM

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Posted on Sep 24, 2018 5:03 PM

Here's the error. Looks pretty specific:


If you see the alert 'Installation cannot proceed with Boot Camp configured'

If you have an iMac (27-inch, Late 2012) with a 3TB hard drive, you must remove its Boot Camp partition before you can install macOS Mojave 10.14. After you upgrade to macOS Mojave, you won't be able to use Boot Camp to install Windows on this Mac.


The alert "Installation cannot proceed with Boot Camp configured" appears only when you try to install macOS Mojave 10.14 on iMac (27-inch, Late 2012) that has a 3TB hard drive with an existing Boot Camp partition.

To install macOS Mojave on this iMac, first back up your Windows data, then use Boot Camp Assistant to remove the Boot Camp partition. After the Boot Camp partition is gone, you can install macOS Mojave.

If you install macOS Mojave on this iMac, you won't be able to use Boot Camp to install Windows.


Published Date: September 24, 2018

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Jan 13, 2019 10:39 AM in response to NicholasRamdhan

Hi there,


I can state that this is not working on the IMac Late 2012 with Fusion Drive 3TB!


I've tried the above mentioned but it all comes up to some error :/ ...


I even have reseted the Fusion Drive itself and tried the above booting from legacy and EFI but I'll always get an error or because the MBR or about the windows EFI.


There could be some work around but it should be simpler...


Cheers,

endesse

Sep 24, 2018 4:48 PM in response to dialabrain

Well, the other tidbit on the 3TB drive is that Apple replaced all of the original ones in a retrofit program a couple of years ago. So, it's not really a 6 year old drive, but it is the one Apple chose to put in all our systems. The drive is fine, as is the rest of my system (setting aside obsolescent nVidia GPU). I remain bemused why Apple would orphan my specific configuration, which was the top of the line when I bought it. Oh well, I will have to decide whether to press forward without Boot Camp, buy an emulator and hope it actually works, or go buy a Windows PC (shudder.) Thanks for your thoughts.

Oct 11, 2018 1:57 AM in response to woodmeister50

This is very irritating. I have a 3TB 27inch machine which is late 2013 so according to Apple's blurb this should be OK. But, as others have reported, it's only when you work through the update that you are told BootCamp will not be supported. That's very poor. Why not say it upfront? I don't want to lose my Windows partition for just one simulation -FSX.

Like others, when I bought this system I thought i was future proof and indeed Apple advised me to buy it for that reason. It seems it's not.

Disappointing!

Oct 11, 2018 2:20 AM in response to dialabrain

OK. Perhaps my language was a little looser than it should have been. But I recall the conversation clearly - I bought directly from Apple in March 2014 - and I was assured that the system was the best option for someone who wanted a machine which would last as long as possible as new operating systems came out. Four and a half years doesn't seem very long to my bank account!

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