If you've downloaded bootcamp drivers for Macs to run Windows 7 or 8, but have done the download in Windows, you may be stuck on how to open the downloaded BootCampESD.pkg file you've now got.
The answer is to get a copy of 7-zip, which is free, and which is your 'Swiss army knife' to open the Apple .pkg and .dmg files and the ISO file inside.
- Launch 7-zip
- In 7-zip, open the BootCampESD.pkg. Inside you'll find a Payload file and a few other files. Double click the Payload file.
- Inside is a folder, which you double click. Inside that another folder, which you double click. Inside that ... just keep clicking down the levels of nested folders.
- Eventually, several levels down, you'll get to a file called 0.Apple_ISO or some such.
- Now, extract this o.Apple_ISO to the desktop (or somewhere) and rename it to Apple.ISO.
- Now, either: Mount it by double clicking it—should work in Windows 7—or else by getting hold of PowerISO or similar; OR use 7-zip again to open this ISO file, and extract the contents to a folder.
- These are you driver installers. Create an empty folder on your desktop, and drag them out into it.
- Finally, open the folder you just created, and run the setup.exe
“Opening a BootCamp driver download or other pkg or dmg file on Windows 7 or 8
with 7-Zip | Chris F Carroll” was a fantastic post
and I actually was very glad to find the article. Thanks a lot,Amos
Looks like for new MacBookPro11,1 this is doesn’t work:
I probably need to get the latest drivers from some other pkg file, because this one
BootCampESD.pk
doesn’t contains the latest drivers.
THANK YOU !!!! 😀
IT WORKS FINE 🙂
Thank You Chris!, I’ll be praying for you for a while now! exactly what I’ve been searching for! good luck!
Pleas I have macbook pro 2010 and have format it to window 7 64 bitplease I need driver & how can I get it I will so appreciate if I can get this driver
Hi Julius, You should be able to download your drivers by finding your Mac model on here: https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT204048. After you’ve downloaded that, come back to this page for help with opening the download file on windows.
hello friends please help me out of it,
I INSTALLED MY WINDOWS 7 IN MACH BOOK PRO 9.2 2012 NOW I WANT TO INSTALL THE DRIVERS FOR MY MAC BOOK PRO FROM WHERE I CAN DOWNLOAD THE DRIVERS FOR MY WINDOWS 7 OS ON MAC BOOK PLEASE GIVE ME THE DETAILS.
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For 2012 models onwards, try following the links on this page: http://www.cafe-encounter.net/p1414/direct-download-of-bootcamp-drivers-for-windows-8
Cheers,
Chris
Boa tarde, pessoal fiz alguns experimentos nestas dias, tentando instalar o Lion num MACWhite 2007, que estava morto um par de anos e consegui trazer de volta ele, como já não tinha mais Hd dele tive que pegar um Hd de um notebook com Windows que estava com problema de tela. Ambos tem processador Core 2 Duo e ambos estavam com 4gb. de RAM DDR2. Minha idéia inicial era colocar o HD com o Windows no WHITE e dar COMMAND+R no WHITE e tentar instalar Lion usando internet no Hd de 320Gb.
Para minha surpresa, após ligar o White, antes de dar COMMAND+R, ele começou a carregar o Windows 8.1 que já tinha no HD, deixei ele e foi, depois foi instalando atualizações e todos os componentes do White estavam a funcionar bem, aceito o Touch(que funcionava parcialmente) e o som que não funcionava, baixe um drive para são e funcionou. Porém para o Touch-Mouse, não consegui drive. ….
Uma experiencia legal ….
Bom com o COMMAD+R não consegui instalar o Lion não White, a solução foi usar um HD externo num MACPro 2011, com Lion e dar command+R e instalar o Lion via internet no HD externo e sem fazer configurações personalizadas tirar o Hd externo e colocar no White, blz, o White voltou na vida…
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Thank you for the excellent article
is there any link how to download the bootcamp?
OK..
thanks for the tips..