In order to make use of the recently announced Studio Display, Apple published an upgrade to Boot Camp, its Windows-on-Intel-based Mac operating system, this week.
The new Apple Studio Display monitor was announced earlier this month, and several customers were unsure whether it would work with their PCs running Windows 7. As a result, the business has now upgraded Boot Camp with drivers for Microsoft’s operating system to support its new Studio Display product.
Support for the new Studio Display has been added to Boot Camp 6.1.17, Apple’s solution for running Windows natively on a Mac, which is now accessible to users. AMD and Intel GPU drivers have also been updated in the release notes.
Earlier this week, Boot Camp 6.1.17 was released to the public and included support for the Studio Display and updated drivers for AMD and Intel GPUs. Apple’s Software Upgrade software may be found in the Windows Start menu. Users can then update their Boot Camp drivers.
It is not possible to use the Studio Display’s Center Stage, True Tone, or Spatial Audio functions when connected to a Windows machine. Studio Display, like the Pro Display XDR, works well with macOS and does not have a camera, speakers, or USB-C connectors.
The update will only assist a small number of people who have bought the new Studio Display but have an older, non-Apple silicon based system with Boot Camp set up, which means that the upgrade will only benefit a small number of users. Because of a possible exclusivity agreement with Qualcomm, Microsoft has rejected to make a version of Windows 11 accessible for Apple’s M1 series of Macs, which are based on an Arm architecture.
When you’re running Windows, go to the Start menu and then launch the Apple Software Update application to update your Mac’s Boot Camp drivers.
If you have a Mac with an Intel CPU, you’ll still be able to use Boot Camp. Only virtual machines like Parallels can run Windows on Macs with an Apple Silicon chip.