Microsoft formally acknowledges Home windows 11 could be put in on computer systems which should not have a TPM.
To date, I’ve been capable of set up Home windows 11 on the next Intel Macs:
- 2018 Mac mini
- 2013 iMac
- 2011 iMac
- 2007 iMac (After upgrading to 4 GB of reminiscence)
I used this reply to put in on the 2011 via 2018 Macs. I’ve but to submit how I put in on the 2007 iMac, however the steps are primarily based on solutions to this query.
Principally, the GUI which comes with the Home windows 11 set up software program (setup.exe) will block the set up of Home windows 11 on Mac computer systems. Some various strategies to bypass this are given beneath.
Microsoft GUI Installer Methodology
Use the GUI installer equipped by Microsoft. This can require modifying the registry. I’ve solely examined this utilizing a VirtualBox digital machine to put in from the Win11_23H2_English_x64v2.iso file downloaded from Microsoft. I pressed the shift+F10 key mixture when the show beneath appeared. This opened a Command Immediate home windows the place I entered the command regedit.
The registry adjustments I made are documented within the article “How To Set up Home windows 11 On Mac For Free With Boot Camp” and are repeated beneath.
▪ Within the Command Immediate Window kind: “regedit” to open the Registry Editor in Home windows 11.
Within the Registry Editor browse to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMSetup. Proper click on on the Setup folder and choose New > Key.
Set a brand new identify known as LabConfig for the important thing and proper click on on it. Choose New > DWORD (32-bit) and provides it the identify BypassTPMCheck.
▪ It’s essential to then repeat the above course of to bypass the RAM verify and Safe Boot verify respectively by naming the keys ByPassRAMCheck and BypassSecureBootCheck.
▪ The ultimate step is to double click on on these three values you have got created and set them to “1”.
The ensuing additions are proven beneath.
Subsequent, shut the Registry Editor and Administrator: X:windowssystem32cmd.exe home windows and proceed with the set up of Home windows.
The Command Line Interface (CLI) Methodology
Set up utilizing the command line interface (CLI) equipped by Microsoft. This includes utilizing the DISM command from Microsoft. the process in doc on this reply.
The WinNTSetup Methodology
Use a 3rd social gathering GUI corresponding to WinNTSetup. I’ve not decided a solution to confirm this software program could be trusted. So, person beware!
Some sources, the place the model 5.3.4 (WinNTSetup_v534.rar) could be downloaded, are given beneath. I imagine that is the present model as of February 2024.
The output from computing a SHA-256 worth is given beneath.
shasum -a 256 WinNTSetup_v534.rar
18aee2cd6224512652ca027fdb8d3cbf5d35540c6f0365385be78b94e281c5e9 WinNTSetup_v534.rar
I used macOS Catalina to extract the information from WinNTSetup_v534.rar. This primary required downloading the 7-Zip archive file named 7z2301-mac.tar.xz from the next supply. This file incorporates 7-Zip for macOS (arm64 / x86-64).
The next instructions have been used to extract the information.
cd ~/Downloads
xattr -d com.apple.quarantine 7z2301-mac.tar.xz WinNTSetup_v534.rar
mkdir 7zip
tar -xf 7z2301-mac.tar.xz -C 7zip
7zip/7zz x WinNTSetup_v534.rar -oWinNTSetup_v534
Making a USB Bootable Home windows 11 Set up Flash Drive.
I suppose you possibly can attempt utilizing Rufus or Microsoft’s media creation software to help in making a Home windows 11 set up ISO. Observe the Microsoft typically releases two totally different variations of the set up software program. One has the file sourcesinstall.wim and the opposite has sourcesinstall.esd. For Home windows 10 installations, Apple has all the time really helpful ISOs with sourcesinstall.wim. The Home windows 11 equal ISO could be downloaded from right here. Beneath are the steps for making a bootable Home windows 11 installer flash drive to your Mac. Right here, I assume you have already got the right Home windows Help Software program from Apple.
- ExFAT format a MBR partitioned flash drive.
- Copy the information from the mounted Home windows installer ISO file to the flash drive. You may obtain the ISO from right here.
- Copy the Home windows Help Software program to the flash drive. The
BootCampand$WinPEDriver$folders ought to seem within the root folder of the flash drive.
