If you must do the download in Windows instead OS X, it's harder. You can now proceed with Boot Camp assistant Windows installation and boot the Mac in Windows. NB, it’s still 660MB or more, so it’s a full CDs worth of burning time. Copy them to a usb drive, or a burnable CD.At last! Here are your Windows installer files. The folder contains a nest of folders, the last of which contains a dmg disk image file.During the Installation, click the 'Change Location' option so that you can choose where it gets installed. Still in Mac OS X, once your pkg is downloaded, double click it and install to a folder on your hard drive so you know where to find it. It will be much simpler if you do the download in OS X, because OS X can open the downloaded file and also open the dmg file inside it. Be patient as they are 600MB to over 1GB.

Click the link to get the download package. Then, search for your ModelIdentifier in the table below. A download manager such as iGetter or Folx solves this problem. You can try doing without, but the reason you're on this page is that you're having trouble getting a file to download reliably.

Note that a ModelIdentifierHasNoSpacesInItAtAll.

Now, read down the list in the Hardware Overview panel, looking for Model Identifier In other words: Click Apple menu -> About this Mac -> More Info… -> System Report -> Hardware.

Q: How do I find my Mac's Model Identifier?Ī: Open System Information, and look in the Hardware Overview section.

If not, then first find out your Mac's ModelIdentifier.If you have 64 bit Windows 8, and your Mac is 2010 or later (2009 or later for Mac Pro) then see if this page works for you:.Especially if you have a laptop, this would be the simplest solution - even take it to an Apple Store. The brute force solution: it’s a darned large download, so physically take your machine to somewhere with a very fast internet connection that can download 600MB – 1GB in a couple of minutes. Where can you get a direct download of Windows drivers for Macs if BootCamp is stuck, and says 'could not continue' or you have some other problem downloading the drivers? updated after BootCamp 5 release June 2013.

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