OWC Adds Apple 'BootCamp' (Windows Booting) Support for OWC Aura SSD and Others

2016-05-26 • SEND FEEDBACK |
Related: laptop, MacBook, MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, Other World Computing, Retina display, SSD

OWC Aura SSD

Get OWC Aura and Aura Pro SSDs at MacSales.com (480GB and 960GB).

See the MPG review of the OWC Aura SSD for MacBook Air and MacBook Pro Retina.

Originally, the OWC Aura SSD would not support Bootcamp, but about a month after first release OWC announced the (free) OWC Dual Boot Enabler for Apple Boot Camp updater. Direct link: Aura SSD for Mid-2013 and Later MacBook Air MacBook Pro with Retina display.

The OWC Dual Boot Enabler provides Boot Camp support to a handful of OWC products, including the Aura SSD for mid-2013 and later MacBook Air and MacBook Pro with Retina display that we sent for review.

Boot Camp allows users to partition their drive and install Microsoft Windows directly onto their Mac, enabling the simultaneous use of Windows and providing a simple transition between operating systems. While many OWC products already support Boot Camp, a few solid state drives were previously incompatible with the utility once installed.

With OWC’s new enabler, consumers can now use Boot Camp to install Windows with the following products:

OWC Aura SSD for Mid-2013 and later MacBook Air and MacBook Pro with Retina display
OWC Aura SSD for Mac Pro
Mercury Accelsior S
Mercury Accelsior E2

NOTE: users can choose to uninstall the enabler afterwards as it is only needed for set-up, or leave it installed as it uses no memory or other system resources.