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Apple releases Boot Camp Drivers Update 2.2 for Windows

Friday, November 20, 2009 - 02:50 PM EDT

Apple has released Boot Camp Drivers Update 2.2 for Window which addresses issues with the Apple trackpad and turns off the red digital audio port LED on laptop computers when it is not being used.

It also includes support for the Apple Magic mouse and wireless keyboard. It is intended only for use with Microsoft Windows XP and Microsoft Windows Vista running on a Mac computer using Boot Camp.

Requirements:
• Boot Camp 2.1 must be installed prior to running this update
• For Windows Vista, Windows Vista Service Pack 2 must be installed before running this update.

More info and download link (23.87MB) here.

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Nov 20, 09 - 04:05 pm Comment from: anaknipedro

No windows 7 support?

Nov 20, 09 - 04:10 pm Comment from: HMCIV

@ anaknipedro

There are some roads not even Apple can go down.

Nov 20, 09 - 04:11 pm Comment from: UltraVisitor

That's odd. Windows 7 was intentionally made to be the same as Windows Vista as far as hardware driver support goes. I wonder why it would not be supported in this update.

Nov 20, 09 - 04:11 pm Comment from: breeze

Thanks MDN

Nov 20, 09 - 04:14 pm Comment from: zaphod

what about magic mouse support for bootcamp 3.0 users?!

Nov 20, 09 - 04:49 pm Comment from: cwa107

@zaphod. Check this blog out, Magic Mouse is nearly fully functional in Windows 7 for me (aside from the forward/back swipe):

http://blog.wedigital.com/post/How-to-get-Apple-Magic-Mouse-Scrolling-working-in-Bootcamp.aspx

Nov 20, 09 - 04:54 pm Comment from: ChrisM

Thats kinda lame... Apple promised official Win 7 support by the end of the year, so I would have thought it would be in this release. They only have 4-5 weeks to release yet another version of Bootcamp.... I guess they just wanted to get these features out the door?

Nov 20, 09 - 06:18 pm Comment from: Spark

I have Win 7 running on the current boocamp. Haven't had any problems. I agree with UltraVisitor that it is strange the software designed for Vista doesn't always work on Win 7. Just a couple nights ago I tried to install some MIDI software that was cleared for Vista onto Win 7 and the installer refused to do it.

Nov 20, 09 - 06:48 pm Comment from: jake

ever since installing this new boot camp update I can no longer adjust my volume using fn + f10, f11, and f12

Nov 20, 09 - 08:21 pm Comment from: matt

@Spark - two things to try if you didn't already:

1: Run the installer as an administrator (right click on it and select that from the dropdown menu if it's available)
2: Set its compatibility to Vista (right click, click properties, compatibility)

In my experience, nothing stops Win 7 from installing Vista-compatible software except version checks and needing to run installers as admin.

I know it's blasphemy to offer help with Windows on MDN (instead of just going "LOL windows sucks") but that's not how I roll.

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