During the installation process you need to take an extra step to “trick” Windows into thinking your Mac is compatible with it.To do this, restart your Mac and Boot Camp and go to Action > Download Windows Support Software. If during this process you receive the error message: “Can’t install the software because it is not currently available from the software server” then you need to download the Windows support manually in Boot Camp.
If you are using battery power, Boot Camp will advise you to connect your Mac to the main electricity as the installation will not complete successfully if the battery dies half way through. Click “Install” and Boot Camp will restart your Mac and then take you through the Windows 11 installer just as if your were installing it for the first time on a PC.The minimum partition for Windows 11 is 64GB but the more Windows applications or games you intend to install, the more hard drive space you should dedicate to Windows. It’s important you estimate this correctly as you cannot resize the partition later. You must then decide how much space you want Windows to occupy on your Mac hard drive by dragging the bars representation macOS and Windows.Boot Camp will do this automatically for you when you click Continue. Click Continue on your Mac and browse to the Windows 11 ISO file that you downloaded earlier to create the installer on the USB drive.
You may therefore need to recover some hard drive space on your Mac. This is the bare minimum you’ll need but we strongly recommend at least 128GB of free storage space as automatic Windows updates and any Windows software you install will quickly eat-up this space. At least 64GB or more free storage space on your Mac startup disk.There are however other ways to install Windows 11 on Apple Silicon Macs.Īssuming you have an Intel Mac, follow these instructions to use Boot Camp to install Windows 11. If you’re not sure whether you have an Intel chip or M-chip Mac simply go to the Apple logo in the top left of your screen and select About this Mac and you will see both the Chip and version of macOS you are using. You cannot install Windows 11 on Apple Silicon Macs using Boot Camp and that includes all Macs with the M-series chips.īoot Camp is only available on macOS on Intel Macs including those running Catalina, Big Sur, Monterey, Ventura and Sonoma. Can You Use Boot Camp on Apple Silicon Macs?Ĭan You Use Boot Camp on Apple Silicon Macs?.