
To install Windows natively, without using BootCamp assistant, is challenging in some areas. If you prefer classic text, you can just follow the rest of this article: If you are interested, I also created a YouTube video from this blogpost. Using BootCamp Assistant does work in a lot of cases, nevertheless, it’s good to have the ability to do a full installation without depending on it. This post explains how to install Windows on a 2019/2020 MacBook (Air) equiped with a T2 security chip without using BootCamp Assistant.Īs Apple released the M1 ARM-based CPU and related Mac lineup, the 2019/2020 models might be the last ones to support running Windows. Other reasons could be dropped support for older MacBooks, the ability to use a custom/modified Windows installation or if you want to install on an external drive. For example if you want to get completely rid of macOS. Although this does work in a lot of cases, there might be reasons to manually install Windows on your MacBook. The supported method is to use BootCamp Assistant. For quite a long time now, Apple supports running Windows on your x86-based MacBook.
