Because part of the process involves partitioning your drive, there’s always the distinct chance something will go wrong and everything will be wiped out.

Though not absolutely required, it’s a VERY good idea to have a complete and up to date Time Machine backup of OS X – it really came in handy for me.

An hour if all goes well, up to 5 hours if not.

You can probably get away allocating less than 30GB to Windows 7, but it will leave very little room to install anything in Windows.

Around 30GB of empty hard drive space on your Mac.

All firmware updates installed on your Mac (use Apple Button -> Software Update… to check).Fortunately, we have a guide that takes you each and every step of the way through installing Windows 10 on your Mac :) If you’re using an older version of OS X (macOS High Sierra version 10.13 and earlier) you can still install Windows 7, anything newer means you have to use Windows 10. Boot Camp no longer supports Windows 7 and only works with a 64-bit version of Windows 10 Home edition or Windows 10 Professional edition. This guide will take you each and every step of the way through setting up and installing Windows 7 on your Mac using Boot Camp.Ģ022 Update: this is a bit more complicated now.

Bootcamp windows 7 on macbook pro