Patch for macOS Mojave fixes Boot Camp issue on Fusion Drive Macs
Apple has issued a patch for macOS Mojave 10.14.5 that fixes a problem with Boot Camp, one that prevents users from using the tool to produce a new partition on some Macs equipped with a Fusion Drive.
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Added to Apple's support pages on Thursday, the brief document offers a download link for the "macOS Mojave 10.14.5 Boot Camp Update. The download itself is equally small, weighing in at just 1.9 megabytes in size.
Apple describes the download as addressing "an issue which prevents creation of a new Boot Camp partition on iMac and Mac mini with Fusion Drive." It is unclear if owners of non-Fusion Drive models encountered similar issues with Boot Camp.
It appears that the patch can be downloaded by any Mac users running macOS Mojave 10.14.5 capable of mounting a Fusion Drive, but considering the description, it is likely to only be of use to certain iMac and Mac mini owners.
Boot Camp is Apple's function that enables a Mac to have a partition set up for running Windows outside of macOS, without needing to use a virtual machine within macOS itself. The feature enables Windows users to continue using their Windows-only apps on their Mac, instead of relying on a separate dedicated Windows PC.
![](https://photos5.appleinsider.com/gallery/31542-52908-24689-32573-windows-bootcamp1-copy-l-l.jpg)
Added to Apple's support pages on Thursday, the brief document offers a download link for the "macOS Mojave 10.14.5 Boot Camp Update. The download itself is equally small, weighing in at just 1.9 megabytes in size.
Apple describes the download as addressing "an issue which prevents creation of a new Boot Camp partition on iMac and Mac mini with Fusion Drive." It is unclear if owners of non-Fusion Drive models encountered similar issues with Boot Camp.
It appears that the patch can be downloaded by any Mac users running macOS Mojave 10.14.5 capable of mounting a Fusion Drive, but considering the description, it is likely to only be of use to certain iMac and Mac mini owners.
Boot Camp is Apple's function that enables a Mac to have a partition set up for running Windows outside of macOS, without needing to use a virtual machine within macOS itself. The feature enables Windows users to continue using their Windows-only apps on their Mac, instead of relying on a separate dedicated Windows PC.
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Update: I see WinUSB has now added the feature I used MiniTools Partition for. So now you just need the one application: https://www.winusb.net
I forgot to mention you need to go to Apple to get the BootCamp drivers if using these SSDs on a Mac.
That makes me curious how a USB3 external basic SSD (You know, like the ones you can get 512GB to 1TB for $70-$130) would work for BootCamp. I think I once tried putting Parallels on a USB3 HD, and it was kind of unusable.
Unfortunately, I'm taking up like half my 2018 mini's fast storage with my BootCamp partition. I can't reconfigure right now (ie: take any chances mucking up my system until I finish some coursework), but it would be nice to get that back some day.