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Your computer runs Windows 11 and you want to install more macOS operating system on it, then watch this video
In this video I will show you how to dual boot macOS 12 and Windows 11
This is a Windows 11 computer, I'm going to install macOS on it and set it up to dual boot
This is the macOS Monterey installer, it has the extension RAW and the file is about 14GB in size
You use Win32 Disk Imager software to create a bootable installer
Alternatively you can use balena Etcher to create a bootable macOS installer
Here I use a 64 GB USB drive to create the macOS installer
You open the software Win32 Disk Imager select the file Monterey.raw and burn it on the USB drive
It takes about 15 minutes to complete
I have successfully written data to the USB drive but I have to customize this installer to match my computer
Each computer uses a different CPU model, and you need to create a macOS installer that corresponds to each CPU type
You use CPU Z software to check the CPU model you are using
In this case the computer's processor is Coffee Lake
Also you need to know more about the computer's graphics, my computer uses Intel graphics
First you customize the settings for the Coffe Lake CPU model
You access the link in the description to download the folder named EFI corresponding to Coffee Lake
In addition to Coffee Lake, there are some other CPU models for you to download
You unzip the downloaded file and there are two folders named BOOT and OC
In the folder where there is a file called config.plist, you will customize this file to match the Intel graphics
If your computer does not use Intel graphics then you use the original file
To open and edit the config.plist file you use the Proper Tree
You download and unzip the downloaded folder
Proper Tree requires your computer to have Python installed
If your computer does not have Python installed, when running Proper Tree for the first time it automatically downloads and installs Python for you.
Just press y to have it download and install Python for you
Here you browse and open the file named config.plist mentioned above
This file will help you to start macOS on your Windows computer, has a lot of pre-configured information suitable for your computer hardware
Here you just customize it to correspond to Intel graphics
You search from NVRAM and scroll down to Boot-args, here you add the above parameter to boot the computer using Intel graphics
Then you save the changes and close the Proper Tree
To add the boot folder to the USB drive you need two more pieces of software
The first software to help you assign letters to the USB drive's boot partition
This software is called Minitool Partition
You just need to install the free version to assign letters to the boot partition
On the USB drive you select the partition named EFI and assign it the letter W
Also you can use command line on Windows 11 to do the same thing
But in this video I use Minitool Partition software because it has a graphical interface and is very easy to use
Now on your Windows 11 computer you will see that there is a new partition named EFI and assigned the letter W
But you can't access this partition and that's the reason for you to use the next software
This software is called Explorer ++, it helps you access the partition that has just been assigned the letter W
Explorer++ will help you to copy the boot files that I prepared in the previous step
You download and unzip Explorer++, then you open this software with administrative rights
In the extracted partition you have to right click the file named Explorer++ and open it with admin rights
As you can see now I can access the folders on the partition named EFI of the USB drive
This is the original folder but it is not compatible with my computer hardware, so I delete it
I then copied the folder named EFI created in the previous step and pasted it into the boot partition of the USB drive
You follow the same way to create a bootable macOS installer that matches your CPU model
Because in this case I am dual booting Windows 11 and macOS on the same computer so I will shrink the Windows installation partition
Then I create a new partition to install macOS Monterey
Here I create a new partition about 100 GB in size to install macOS
Don't forget to name the macOS installation partition to easily identify it in the next step
The macOS installation partition has been created
I recommend that you name the partition Windows 11 to avoid overwriting data causing Windows system failure
The installer and partition have been created, now restart your computer and access the UEFI BIOS
When installing macOS you plug your USB stick into a USB 2.0 port
I recommend that you do not use the USB 3.0 port because there will be some failure to boot
The purpose of accessing the UEFI BIOS is to set this computer to boot from the newly created USB drive
In BIOS you disable Secure Boot, disable CSM to match macOS
Next, set up your computer to boot from a USB drive and start installing macOS Monterey
Before installing macOS, format the partition created in the previous step
You choose the partition named macOS 12 and format it
It is being formatted as NTFS, this format cannot install macOS so you format it as APFS
Partition named macOS 12 finished formatting
Next you install macOS Monterey
There are two partitions here, you choose the one called macOS 12 and start the installation
It took about 1 hour to install macOS and here are the final setup steps
You set the region and language
Then there are some other settings like Apple account, time zone
You create a new admin account and write down the password to use in the next step
Next you set Dark Mode or Light Mode depending on your preference
The final macOS interface appears, so I have completed the installation of macOS Monterey
You follow the instructions to make macOS detect the keyboard you are using
But to set up dual boot Windows 11 and macOS you do the following additional steps
In the macOS Monterey installer copy Clover Configure to copy the loader from the USB drive to the hard drive
On Clover Configure you mount the partition named EFI of both the hard drive and the USB drive
You will be asked for the admin password when mounting these partitions
You use the password generated in the previous step to mount the partition named EFI
The partitions are mounted, now you copy the macOS loader from the USB drive to the hard drive
You go to the partition named EFI of the USB drive and copy the folders named BOOT and OC
Then you paste them into a folder called EFI in the boot partition of your hard drive
After completing the copy, unmount the partitions
You unmount the partition named EFI of the hard drive
Then unmount the partition named EFI of the USB drive
Next you close Clover Configure
Now you can remove the USB drive and restart the computer
Your computer will log into Windows
Here you use the command window to customize UEFI boot
You open the command window with administrative rights and use the command bcdedit
And here is the path to the default boot file of Windows 11
Next you edit the path to the new boot file to be able to dual boot macOS and Windows 11
You use the command bcdedit set bootmgr to set the UEFI boot path
You use the bcdedit command again to check the changes
As you can see the path has changed
You close the command window and restart the computer
Your computer is now dual-booting Windows 11 and macOS 12
I restarted the computer and checked the results
You choose Reset NVRAM and restart the machine
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You go to UEFI BIOS and you see a boot option called Open Core
You set up the computer to boot using Open Core
Your computer is now set up to dual boot macOS and Windows 11
With this method, you only need a computer you can install macOS and Windows 11 on
Good luck