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timsutton
Select Target OS for Driver Download
With the release of Windows 10 Drivers the software always grabs the latest version. This latest version will not install with the installer on Windows 7 x64 with the tested model (Mac Mini Mid 2012). Can we specify a target OS version?
I'm curious, are you getting an error about a missing DLL? This is what I get on 2013-era iMacs:
Yes, I get the same issue. Trying to figure out a solution for my workflow now that I have a moment. Will let you know what I end up doing.
Hi ... How to install last bootcamp version under windows with this app (brigadier)
Just doing a followup on this.
Running Brigadier on a Macmini7,1 with Win 7x64 and found it downloads Bootcamp 6 (6.0.6136) vs 5 (5.1.5769). Ye' ol windows 7 only supports 5.
However, I don't know if Apple has good data to see what versions of Bootcamp are made for what versions MS Windows. This may just be a limitation.
Should work great on Win8.1 and Win10 (which I should be deploying anyways ;)). I would argue since Apple is dropping support for older MS OSs, it shouldn't be a priority to resolve.
I see a couple of ways of handling this, but I don't feel either one is worth spending the time on. First option is check for Windows 7, and if found, parse these pages until you end up with the correct download:
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT205016
The second method would be to save the array of compatible ESD's, download the newest, extract, check, and if it's version 6 on Windows 7, delete and choose the next most recent (and keep doing this until you end up with one that ~~is version 5 for 64bit installs or 4 for 32bit installs~~ matches the version listed on the Apple support page). Just realized some 64bit installs actually still need Bootcamp 4...
