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Boot Camp 1.4 beta

Attention folks who like a little Windows with their Macs, Apple has just updated the Boot Camp beta to 1.4. Boot Camp, you will recall, is Apple's utility that allows you to repartition your Mac's hard drive and dual boot Windows and OS X. New in this release (quoting Apple's website here):
  • Support for the MacBook Pro's backlight keyboard
  • Apple Remote Pairing
  • Updated graphics drivers (Windows loves drivers)
  • Improved Boot Camp driver install, improved international keyboard support
  • and more!
Boot Camp 1.4 beta requires OS X 10.4.6 or later and the latest firmware for your Mac. It is free, and it is also a beta so be warned.

Thanks, Paul.

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Attention folks who like a little Windows with their Macs, Apple has just updated the Boot Camp beta to 1.4. Boot Camp, you will recall, is...
 

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Richard Weedon

It's a long story but I'm great difficulty in getting hold of Boot Camp 1.4 now that Apple have pulled the plug as a free download. I'm loathed to fork out £85 to buy it as part od Leopard. Does anyone out there have a copy I can have - I'll be eternally grateful.

Richard

November 03 2007 at 3:16 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Al

Sam, Steven:

From http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303575:

"Tip: To perform a right-click action, hold the right Command key while tapping the trackpad button."

Also, I don't think Boot Camp is responsible for the sizes of your partitions.. ;)

August 09 2007 at 11:36 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
makesense

with new bootcamp 1.4 and updating vista drivers, lost nvidia control center, so cannot adjust gamma or any other of the many video card options

August 09 2007 at 8:50 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Sam

Steven: I turn the tap=click functionality off on every laptop I have an account on - it's quite good while you remember it's there but stop thinking about it and you do all sorts of crazy things, it's infuriating.

That said, the gesture you describe has an equivalent gesture for button-only users - place two fingers on the pad and click the button with a third - and is, and always has, been the only way to right click under Windows on a Mac laptop. I tend to use a bluetooth Mighty Mouse though - which works perfectly under both XP and Vista.

Also, has anyone but me noticed that Boot Camp is getting absolutely ridiculously huge - on my MacBook, I had to wipe XP and make a 20 gig partition for Vista, which leaves me with a 36 gig Mac partition that's struggling to cope (less than a gig free atm!)

Sam

August 09 2007 at 8:07 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Steven Ringo

Can anyone tell me if there is now the ability to use the double-tap right mouse click in Windows...?

August 09 2007 at 2:32 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Steven Ringo

You dont need to burn a CD. There's a menu option in the boot camp applet to write it to the disk.

August 09 2007 at 2:29 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Dennis Taing

Is anyone having problems with the keyboard illumination? after using it in windows, it won't turn off in osx. I've pressing all the buttons and going into the system prefs, but the keyboard light won't dim or turn off...

August 08 2007 at 9:43 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
poweruser82

The license term has been extended to the end of the year instead on 30 september.

August 08 2007 at 7:45 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
paul

I wish "improved Boot Camp driver install" meant I could download them from Apple's website instead of having to burn a CD each time.

August 08 2007 at 7:35 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Scott McNulty

Sorry about that, MXSix. Overlooked that typo in the rush to post this. Thanks!

August 08 2007 at 7:04 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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