Mac OS X Lion, Snow Leopard, Leopard : Download BootCamp Drivers

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1. The file names must have been changed. Neither the distribution nor package files for MacbookPro 7,1 are available on the server. Is there any other step available to determine the current file names?

   1. Hi Ayo, I still see MacBookPro7,1 in http://swcdn.apple.com/content/downloads/33/54/041-2011/pRtCDYcWShMLxFggy3TzFzmfnnWQNFQBfJ/041-2011.English.dist, so I think 041-2011 is still the one you want?
      Cheers,
      Chris

2. Hi i have a problem locating my mac model, macbookpro 9 1, would appreciate some help.

   Thanks

   1. Hi Dave,

      I think the Boot Camp drivers for the new 2012 MacBook Pros are here:
      
      http://swcdn.apple.com/content/downloads/11/05/041-0925/g27es04pw9re5ggrfp3vuf8ew6r53asfz8/BootCampESD.pkg

      Which I got by finding your model number, MacBookPro9,1, in the .dist file just below it: http://swcdn.apple.com/content/downloads/11/05/041-0925/g27es04pw9re5ggrfp3vuf8ew6r53asfz8/041-0925.English.dist

      It looks like a 1GB download. Don’t ask me how you get that on a CD, but let us know how it goes.

      Chris

      1. Chris,

         I’ve downloaded the above package for MacBookPro9,1.
         Put it on a USB. Downloaded 7-zip. placed on the same USB.
         Then got on to my windows side, installed 7-zip, extracted the .pkg file and loaded the setup.exe file. I then received an error message saying it didn’t install correctly.

         I also tried the 64x and 32 bit setup files and neither worked.

         Could you please let me know what I am doing wrong?

         *my MacBookPro9,1 is running Mountain Lion (OS X 10.8.1)… is that a problem?
         I have installed Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit

         1. Hi Xavier, not sure I can help you at this point. Your machine is a fairly new (less than a year old?) so should be fine for 64 bit and the x64 setup file should work. Others seem to have got on okay; double check that you got the right download – the 041-0925 one – for your model?

            There is an updated Mountain Lion sucatalog file though – http://swscan.apple.com/content/catalogs/others/index-mountainlion-lion-snowleopard-leopard.merged-1.sucatalog which has different links even for existing models. Try searching that file for the MacBookPro9,1 download and see if that works better?

            Failing that, its back to google the exact error message you got, or try the apple support forums & stackexchange.

            1. Thank you for your quick response Chris. Yes, I got this computer last week… I never figured out how to search for the MacBookPro9,1 file. Once I opened the sucatalog in TextEdit I would type in MacBookPro9,1 in the find bar and would get zero results.

               I also double checked the that I got the right download – the 041-0925 pkg. Extracted it again with 7-zip
               and got the following error message “This Program might not have installed correctly”- “Location C:UsersDesktopWindowsSup…ssetup.exe”
               and it gives me the option to reinstall using recommended settings.

               Thank you for all you help.

               I’ll keep searching

   2. Click on Start, type “Run” (without quotation mark).
      Hit Enter key.
      Type “dxdiag” (without quotation mark)
      Push Ok,
      Wait…
      Useful details of your machine will be exposed.

3. thank you so much for this!! I spent hours and hours trying to download the drivers through Bootcamp assistant, with no success. I was going crazy!

   Thanks to you the download took less than an hour, and I have windows up and running now. woohoo!

   1. Hurray!

4. Hi, I’m kind of stuck on bootcamp right now, so I’m downloading this file on my PC, but I can’t open the .pkg file to explore it’s contents. Is there an alternative program to open it with?

   1. Hi Preston, I believe 7-zip will open .pkg files and will also open the .dmg file that you’ll find inside the package file. Otherwise this page http://wiki.awkwardtv.org/wiki/Extracting_.dmg_files_on_Windows looks helpful.

5. hey chris, I’ve download them but it didn’t work, I’m running windows 7 on my mac book air at the moment and I’m stuck with it, can you tell me what to do please ?
   I don’t know where to download boot camp assisstant ?

   1. Hi Steve,
      BootCamp Assistant runs under OS X and is preinstalled on your MacBook Air probably in /Applications/Utilities. But if you are already running Windows 7, you are past the point of needing BootCamp assistant, its purpose is to help you to get Windows installed, which you already have.
      So all you now need is your hardware drivers. If you have downloaded the pkg file in Windows, you can open it with 7-zip. Then click down the folders to get to the contents. If it’s a dmg file then open that with 7-zip too. There you will either find the drivers installer or you’ll find an ISO file – a CD disk image – which you should be able to double click to open in Windows. And there the drivers installer.

6. Hey Chris,
   Thanks a lot for this! I’m running a mid 2012 macbook pro (MacBookPro 9,1) and used the http://swcdn.apple.com/content/downloads/11/05/041-0925/g27es04pw9re5ggrfp3vuf8ew6r53asfz8/041-0925.English.dist file. Just telling that the file works here.

   Again, thanks a lot!

   1. Thanks Kenny!

7. Hi Chris,
   I have a Macmini 5,2 and have no idea which one I need to download. Yeah I’m that bad in English 🙂

   Thanks,

   1. Hi Javier,
      The “041-2303” download is the one that lists Macmini5,2, so you want to download http://swcdn.apple.com/content/downloads/32/33/041-2303/W5jKtsQhhMgMXs3TKhPDqLXrpXyY2HdXMN/BootCampESD.pkg
      Cheers, Chris

8. Hi Chris! Thanks for the great help with direct bootcamp drivers downloads!
   My notebook’s model number is MacBookAir4,2. Then, am I right downloading link with 2303 ending?

   1. Yes indeed, that’s right.

9. I cannot thank you enough for this….I live in lebanon where there internet is …..well basically to describe it i would need the cavemen to describe their methods of downloading stuff…..and of course on the other hand the fact that bootcamp just won’t download anything …just says no drivers……

   long story short…i’m currently downloading the 9.1 mbp file…..

   but here is my question…i’ve already installed windows…and its understandable that without drivers nothing works…..now by downloading one of the above files *required by the certain model you have of course*…does this solve the issue? are the drivers included within this 1gb package?…

   again…thank you so much for you’re time!

   1. Hi, yes the download *is* the drivers for all the apple hardware. You should find without drivers that basic keyboard and screen work but the drivers will get camera, function keys, track pad gestures etc working too

      1. yet again thank you so much =]

10. your*** …autocorrect got me

11. Thank you sir.. downloading 041-2011 !! macbook pro 5.5

    I hope this does it…

    Why does apple have to make things so difficult?!?! sigh

12. Thank you so much! When I started downloading the drivers through Boot Camp Assistant, my Internet connection was lost, and I had to start over. At that point it got stuck at around 20% (I left it running for over an hour without any progress). I don’t know if the problem was losing the internet connection, thus confusing Apple’s downloader.

    1. Yes, that’s *exactly* what I had with the downloader too. Cheers, Chris

13. Thank you so much for this!!

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15. Can someone please post a link to the new MacBook Pro with Retina Display. (mid 2012)

    1. Daelin : Any luck with Macbook Pro Retina 2012 (Model Identifier: MacBookPro10,1) ?

       Downloading by Boot Camp Assistant it self is really slow and usually get stuck.

       Thx.

    2. Hi Daelin & Fabio, I looked into to it this afternoon and posted the link you need here : http://www.cafe-encounter.net/p682/download-bootcamp-drivers-for-2012-retina-display-macs-with-mountain-lion.
       Hope that works,
       Chris

16. Hey !
    I can not find the drivers in step 1 for iMac OS X Lion 27″ in French (Windows 7, Boot Camp 4.0.3) … Can you help me ? With a link to download it directly ? *Noob*

    1. In fact, it’s ok now. Thanks !

17. hello chris
    since i’m really bad with computers can you please tell me the bootcampesd.pkg file for the new macbook pro with retina display(mid 2012) thanks in advance.

    1. Hi Addam, I just looked into this this afternoon – try the links on this page and let us know how it goes? http://www.cafe-encounter.net/p682/download-bootcamp-drivers-for-2012-retina-display-macs-with-mountain-lion
       Cheers, Chris

       1. thanks a lot, you have no idea how long i have been looking for this, worked like a charm!

18. I am using a Mac Pro 9,2…which one will be appropriate for me?

    1. Hi Charles,
       If that’s a MacBookPro 9,2 then you want the same as Wes a few posts down : http://swcdn.apple.com/content/downloads/11/05/041-0925/g27es04pw9re5ggrfp3vuf8ew6r53asfz8/BootCampESD.pkg
       If it’s a MacPro9,2, then I don’t see that model number in any of the lists – are you sure it’s right?

19. Thank you so much Chris! I can’t thank you enough! The school blocked BootCamp from downloading any support software but I was still able to install Windows 7 and now you helped me fix up the drivers! Cheers mate!

20. I tried to find my related .pkg file for MacBookPro 9.2 , but I couldn’t somehow find it.

    Can anyone help me find my RIGHT .pkg file ???!!!!

    1. MacBookPro9,2 is listed in http://swcdn.apple.com/content/downloads/11/05/041-0925/g27es04pw9re5ggrfp3vuf8ew6r53asfz8/041-0925.English.dist – the matching download is http://swcdn.apple.com/content/downloads/11/05/041-0925/g27es04pw9re5ggrfp3vuf8ew6r53asfz8/BootCampESD.pkg
       Cheers, Chris

21. thanks allot for posting this. i was about to drive to CA to slap the first person i saw at apple in the face for failing so hard. why the hell is boot camp broken in the first place?

    1. If they’d just included a halfway decent download manager in the bootcamp assistant we’d all be fine, Cheers, Chris

22. I am using a Mac Pro 9,2…which one of the boot camp esd.pkg file will be appropriate for me to download? I have been trying to download it from apple for 2 weeks now nothing happens. After much Google search, I found this site. This girl needs your help fast PLEASE!!! Thanks!

23. Its a 2010 MAC BOOK PRO A1278, with model identifier 9,2. Please am awaiting your reply.

    1. Hi Ola, MacBookPro9,2 is listed in http://swcdn.apple.com/content/downloads/11/05/041-0925/g27es04pw9re5ggrfp3vuf8ew6r53asfz8/041-0925.English.dist – the matching download is http://swcdn.apple.com/content/downloads/11/05/041-0925/g27es04pw9re5ggrfp3vuf8ew6r53asfz8/BootCampESD.pkg

24. Hey Chris,

    I’m running a mid 2012 macbook pro (MacBookPro 9,2) . I wanted to know if the following link to the bootcamp drivers will work on my machine. Here is the link below:

    http://swcdn.apple.com/content/downloads/11/05/041-0925/g27es04pw9re5ggrfp3vuf8ew6r53asfz8/041-0925.English.dist

    1. Hi Wes,
       You’ve got the right *dist* file that lists your model. The actual download is the BootCampESD.pkg file with the same 041-0925 numbers: http://swcdn.apple.com/content/downloads/11/05/041-0925/g27es04pw9re5ggrfp3vuf8ew6r53asfz8/BootCampESD.pkg

       1. YOU ARE THE MAN!!!! Thanks a lot!!!

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