Chances are it will work for your 2016 MacBook so long as you use the 64bit version and install using EFI. I know this method works with older Macs but I cannot guarantee that you will be successful in installing Windows. If you have another MacBook with a USB type C port then you can install Windows 7 through Virtualbox using Target Disk Mode. I'm out of ideas, and Google isn't helping. I also have FileVault enabled, which adds additional drudgery to restoring macOS. Despite being backed up, I'd prefer not have to muck about with reinstalling macOS and restoring my data and applications. I would very much like to preserve the data on my current macOS partition.

(Would not boot from Bootcamp partition.) I also tried this with VirtualBox.Įditing the boot records (stored in NVRAM, I believe) to force macOS to recognise the Win7 USB install disk. Installing Win7 in Parallels, and running the Win7 setup through the virtual machine to install on the Bootcamp partition. (The Win10 logo came up, but the system did nothing beyond that.) (Same problem as booting straight from the Win7 install drive.)īeginning the Win10 install through Bootcamp, but interrupting it before it could complete, and replacing the Win10 install files with the Win7 ones. Installing rEFInd on a USB drive and using it to boot the Win7 USB install disk. (Would not boot if and when the EFI Boot option showed up, it would simply boot to a black screen.) (Win7 could not find driver for Bootcamp partition.)īooting directly from a Win7 install USB drive. Installing Win10 via Bootcamp and trying to run Win7 setup from within Win10.

(Only managed to make it say it would accept a Windows 8. I know it's been possible on other Macs, but nothing I've tried seems to work.Įditing Bootcamp's ist to allow for non Win10.

Sierra only formally provides support for Windows 10, but I've been trying to install Windows 7 despite this. I'm attempting to install Windows 7 on the Bootcamp partition (or any partition, really) of my late-2016 (touch bar) MacBook Pro, running macOS Sierra 10.12.2, and failing miserably.

How to get windows 7 on macbook pro