{"id":97628,"date":"2018-02-23T07:45:31","date_gmt":"2018-02-23T07:45:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/?p=97628"},"modified":"2025-07-01T23:38:55","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T06:38:55","slug":"how-to-get-windows-10-working-smoothly-on-a-mac-nr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/how-to-get-windows-10-working-smoothly-on-a-mac-nr\/","title":{"rendered":"How to get Windows 10 working smoothly on a Mac"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">One of the greatest myths on the Internet is that you can\u2019t install an Android operating system on an iPhone, or the latest version of Windows 10 on a Mac. We say myth because it\u2019s just that: you can make <\/span><b>Windows 10 run on a Mac problem-free using Boot Camp. <\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Today, we\u2019re not going to tell you how to do everything, but rather focus on how to get <\/span><b>Windows 10 running smoothly on a Mac. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In other words, those key steps so your operating system runs problem-free. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>For A+ performance<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The first thing you should keep in mind so Windows 10 runs smoothly on your Mac is that you need to have compatible versions with Boot Camp. For this, you should have <\/span><b>OS X Yosemite or a later version installed. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Forget about installing Microsoft\u2019s system if you don\u2019t have this. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Starting from here, the next step is to have the compatibility software &#8211; drivers, c\u2019mon now &#8211; to make Windows 10 run. How do you get these drivers? Well, they\u2019re automatically downloaded when you use <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/support.apple.com\/boot-camp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Boot Camp Support<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, which supports the 64-bit version of Windows 10 Home and Windows 10 Pro. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Once you\u2019ve completed this step &#8211; perhaps the most important one &#8211; the next is to <\/span><b>get Windows 10<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. The operating system can be obtained from the Microsoft website as an ISO file or by adding it via a USB drive. However, we\u2019ll make it easy for you, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/windows-10.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">thanks to this Softonic download here.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Windows 10\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_optimized,f_auto\/p\/3238ea9c-96d0-11e6-8b5c-00163ed833e7\/390199485\/windows-10-logo.png\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Windows 10<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/windows-10.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Download<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--70\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"70\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"7\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\">7<\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/windows-10.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center; width:100%; margin:12px 0;\">\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n  google_ad_client = \"ca-pub-8132844949421936\";\r\n  var google_ad_slot = '9677578764';\r\n  if (window.innerWidth <= 470) {\r\n    google_ad_width = 300;\r\n    google_ad_height = 50;\r\n  }\r\n  else if (window.innerWidth < 1360) {\r\n    google_ad_width = 468;\r\n    google_ad_height = 60;\r\n  }\r\n  else {\r\n    google_ad_width = 728;\r\n    google_ad_height = 90;\r\n  }\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script>\r\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Just as the guys at Apple point out on their official web page, you must be careful with an ISO file or a flash-drive used to install the operating system. Why? Well, because it <\/span><b>has to be a base installer<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, i.e. the system from scratch and not an update installer. This point is very important since it will likely give you errors if not.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Another very important tip for Windows 10 to run smoothly on your precious Mac has to do with the size assigned to the partition. When you download Boot Camp Support on your device, <\/span><b>it will request a partition from Windows 10. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Though on paper it requires about 5 GB, we admit that with this capacity you won\u2019t have much space. So, go higher and configure enough space exclusively for Windows. You\u2019ll thank us later. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Now that you have the main requirements to install Windows 10 on your Mac, the question we have is simple: <\/span><b>do you dare to take the plunge and have two operating systems on the same device?<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> It\u2019s a good idea, we promise.<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;width:100%\">\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\nvar google_ad_client = \"ca-pub-8132844949421936\";\r\nvar google_ad_slot = '9677578764';\r\nvar google_ad_width = 300;\r\nvar google_ad_height = 250;\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script>\r\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the greatest myths on the Internet is that you can\u2019t install an Android operating system on an iPhone, or the latest version of Windows 10 on a Mac. We say myth because it\u2019s just that: you can make Windows 10 run on a Mac problem-free using Boot Camp. Today, we\u2019re not going to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/how-to-get-windows-10-working-smoothly-on-a-mac-nr\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;How to get Windows 10 working smoothly on a Mac&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9091,"featured_media":97655,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":1},"categories":[2441],"tags":[2351],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-97628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-how-to","tag-app-subdomain-redirectionwindows-10"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9091"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97628"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97628\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":328253,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97628\/revisions\/328253"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97628"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=97628"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=97628"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=97628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}