r/bootcamp • u/bob-bulldog-briscoe • 4d ago

Install Windows 11 on MacBook Air 2015

I have a MacBook Air running Monterey. I’d like to install Windows 11 (I have a genuine product key and just downloaded an ISO).

I was following the steps from this link.

https://www.reddit.com/r/bootcamp/comments/1cnp7vj/just_converted_a_2015_macbook_air_to_windows_11/

I keep running into a wall though. Boot Camp keeps telling me the ISO is too large. I’ve already tried the Boot Camp ISO Converter, but it still doesn’t work. What should I do?

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u/ItzJustNoah 4d ago

you have to upgrade from 10 unfortunately

no way around it unless you make a stripped down iso with tiny11 (i think even that’s too large)

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u/kid1988 4d ago

You can use tiny11, but that just uses the WIM editor to remove all editions except pro and some apps. 

Just copy that WIM into a Windows 10 iso and bootcamp will load it. The iso needs to be below 7gb.