#How do i get usb drivers for windows 10 install#

Once your pkg is downloaded, double click it and install to a folder on your hard drive so you know where to find it.

Having found your 041-XXXXX number, download the BootCampESD.pkg url that has your number in it.

click Apple menu -> About this Mac -> More InfoвЂ¦ -> Report -> Hardware -> and now read down the Hardware Overview looking for вЂњModel Identifier:вЂќ

How do you know your Model Identifier? Open System Information, and look in the Hardware Overview section.

For instance the 041-2011 file contains these models: MacBook2,1 MacBook3,1 MacBook4,1 MacBook5,1 MacBook5,2 MacBook5,3 MacBook6,1 MacBook7,1 MacBookAir1,1 MacBookAir2,1 MacBookAir3,1 MacBookAir3,2 MacBookPro2,1 MacBookPro2,2 MacBookPro3,1 MacBookPro4,1 MacBookPro5,1 MacBookPro5,2 MacBookPro5,3 MacBookPro5,4 MacBookPro5,5 MacBookPro6,1 MacBookPro6,2 MacBookPro7,1 MacBookPro8,1 MacBookPro8,2 MacBookPro8,3 MacPro1,1 MacPro2,1 MacPro3,1 MacPro4,1 MacPro5,1 Macmini2,1 Macmini3,1 Macmini4,1 iMac5,1 iMac6,1 iMac7,1 iMac8,1 iMac9,1 iMac10,1 iMac11,1 iMac11,2 iMac11,3 iMac12,1 iMac12,2.

For instance MacBookPro5,2 or Macmini4,1.

Search for the Model Identifier for your Mac.

Paste the URL for each such English.dist file into your browser and open that url.

Below each such occurrence, notice the URL for a file with the same 041-XXXXX in it and ending in English.dist, e.g.

Notice in each such URL, the /041-2011/ or similar /041-XXXXX/ bit of it.Search for each occurrence - as at August 2012 there were 6 - of BootCampESD.pkg.Open the file in a text editor or word processor.is your fallback if you want or need to work it from scratch. The hard way which follows here, taken from Timothy-sutton's answer will make your life so much easier, go there firstДЇor Windows 7 through 10, Apple have published a table of 'which download you need for which model' at. Yes, It is possible to download the Bootcamp drivers outside of the Bootcamp tool:

How do i get usb drivers for windows 10