Setting Up Windows 10 on a Mac Mini

The process of setting up Windows 10 on a Mac Mini is a multi-step process that requires patience and attention to detail. The first step is to restart the Mac Mini and enter the administrator password. Once the password is entered, the Mac Mini will boot into the Windows setup wizard. Clicking OK will start the installation process.

After selecting Windows 10 Pro as the operating system, clicking Next will begin the license agreement. If you accept the terms and conditions, click the Accept button and then click Next. The next step is to copy all files over and install Windows 10. This may take a significant amount of time, so be patient and consider speeding up the process.

Once the installation is complete, the Mac Mini will reboot and start configuring the operating system. Selecting your region and keyboard layout can be done by clicking yes and then for a keyboard layout. Clicking Skip will continue with the setup process. Connecting to your Wi-Fi network is also an important step in the configuration process.

To configure the offline account settings, click on "Set up for personal use" and then select Offline Account. You have the option to sign in with a Microsoft account or skip it altogether. For this example, skipping the Microsoft account will be used. Next, you'll need to give your PC a name by typing it in and clicking Next. The next step is to configure the privacy settings. Turning off internal switches can help keep your data private.

Once all settings are configured, the setup process will complete, and you'll see the Windows desktop. The first thing you'll notice is the Boot Camp installer. Clicking Finish will restart the Mac Mini and begin installing drivers necessary for your Mac to work with Windows. After installation, a prompt will appear to restart the computer.

To continue setting up Windows 10, click on Windows in the search bar and select Check for updates. The Windows update settings page will appear, and clicking Check for Updates will download and install any available updates. This process may take some time, so be patient.

Finally, after all updates are installed, you can configure your desktop preferences by right-clicking on the desktop and selecting Display settings. You can change up the resolution, zoom level, and other display settings to suit your needs.

Bootcamp Configuration

After completing the Windows 10 setup process, you may want to dedicate a specific drive to running Windows. To do this, go to System Preferences, select Startup Disk, click on Use, and then select Boot Camp. Restarting the computer will take you back to the Boot Camp screen. From here, you can start using your Mac Mini with Windows 10.

Why Use Windows 10?

Windows 10 offers several benefits for gaming enthusiasts. The built-in Forza Horizon game allows for smooth gameplay at high settings on a wide range of hardware configurations. The Mac Mini's performance capabilities make it an excellent choice for running demanding games without overheating or experiencing frame drops.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enin this video we show you how to install Windows 10 on a 20-18 Mac Mini using bootcamp assistant check it out thanks for watching nine-to-five Mac be sure to thumbs up click the subscribe button and then enable notifications with the bill icon so you won't miss any upcoming videos ok so step one is to download the Windows 10 ISO from Microsoft so all you need to do is just simply type in Windows 10 in a Google search and then click on the Microsoft link that says download Windows 10 disk image ISO file and once you do that that will take you to microsoft's website where you can download the Windows 10 ISO now for addition make sure you choose the Windows 10 April 2018 update just like this so we're gonna select that one and then we're gonna click confirm all right so it'll validate your request and now you want to choose your language so in my case I'm gonna choose English and then I'm gonna click confirm and now you're gonna get two links one for 32-bit one for 64-bit choose the 64-bit download just click it and it will start the download process now depending on your internet connection it may take a while I've sped this up quite a bit so that I don't waste your time but again and this is almost 5 gigabytes in size so it may take a while depending on your connection but once the download is complete you can close out of your browser so we'll just do that right now and then you want to go to launchpad or you can go to the Applications folder slash utilities but in my case I'm just gonna go to launchpad go to the other folder and then select bootcamp assistant alright and then click continue and here's where you can determine the size of your Windows partition it will give you a minimum size in my case it's 64 gigabytes and I'm gonna store games and things on an external drive so I'm gonna make this as small as possible you can do the same if you wish now click where it says choose then you want to navigate to the Downloads folder and find your Windows 10 ISO that we downloaded previously click open and then click where it says install and this will kick off the boot camp assistant it will download windows support software first it will then part in your drive to create that bootcamp partition and then it will copy all the downloaded files over to that bootcamp partition in preparation for the Windows installation it's doing all that right now once it's complete it's going to ask you for your administrator password just go ahead and put that in and then click OK and then once you do your Mac Mini is going to reboot into the Windows setup wizard all right so let's go ahead and click OK and you can see our 2018 Mac Mini will restart all right it's gonna boot into Windows setup there we go on this screen click Next and then click where it says I do not have a product key you can always enter that later and once you do you can select Windows 10 Pro in this list and then click Next so there's Windows 10 Pro and we'll click the next button now after reading the license and Terms documentation if you accept it click the accept button and then click Next alright so now it's going to go through and copy everything over and install Windows 10 and then after the installation is complete it's going to reboot your Mac now I have sped this up considerably because otherwise you'd be waiting here a long time it will take longer when you do this all right so now we're back up almost and now you get to go through the configuration so select your region click yes and then for a keyboard layout click yes and then you can click skip and then you want to connect to your Wi-Fi network and again I've sped this up and kind of censored it out all right we're in the homestretch you want to click set up for personal use and then click Next and then you want to choose offline account in the bottom left-hand corner at least that's what I like to do and it's going to ask you if you want to sign in with a Microsoft account I click no there and now you just want to give your PC a name I'm gonna type Jeff and then click Next and then for password I skip it just to get through it but you should probably set up one and then click Next now for the privacy settings I turn off all these switches so I just through internal all off and then click accept alright so now it's gonna take a little bit longer again I've sped this up to get through it so there we go we're at our desktop now the first thing you're going to see here is the bootcamp installer so just go through that installer it's gonna install all the drivers necessary for your Mac to work with Windows and then it's gonna ask you to restart just click finish to restart ok so I promise we're almost there there's one last major thing we need to do and that's install all the windows updates so you can just in the little search bar type in windows and then choose check for updates and then when the windows update settings appear click the check for updates button like this it'll go out and check for all the available updates and download and install those updates this will take a while so just be patient let it go through and do its thing and then it will prompt you to restart your computer what you can do right now and then once you reboot there's some personal preference sort of things that you can set up like changing resolution desktop background of course you can enter your activation code if you have one of those for Windows which I do recommend doing here in this case though I'm going to right click on the desktop and select display settings I'm going to change up the resolution for this LG ultra wide 5k 2k display we reviewed this display already so if you haven't seen that make sure you check out that review alright so when I keep changes change up the zoom level a little bit all right so we're looking real good so that's pretty much it you now have Windows 10 running on your Mac Mini now if you want to boot back into Mac OS all you need to do is click the boot camp button in the system tray and then click restart in Mac OS and then click OK it'll restart and take you back to Mac OS okay so it's restarting and now we're back up in Mac OS so just enter your password in here I'll show you how to give back into Windows if you want to go from Mac OS to Windows with ease all you need to do is go to the system preferences so we're going to do that right now and then click where it says startup disk and then I'll dedicate using your password and then just click bootcamp and then restart so bootcamp restart and then restart and that'll take you back to Windows 10 so why would you want to use Windows 10 well for me it's all about gaming thumbs up if you want to see a video showcasing my Mac Mini gaming setup you can see I have Forza horizon for running at 50 120 by 2160 at high settings with a very playable framerate so if you want to see more on that let me know it down below in the comments section this is Jeff with nine-to-five Macin this video we show you how to install Windows 10 on a 20-18 Mac Mini using bootcamp assistant check it out thanks for watching nine-to-five Mac be sure to thumbs up click the subscribe button and then enable notifications with the bill icon so you won't miss any upcoming videos ok so step one is to download the Windows 10 ISO from Microsoft so all you need to do is just simply type in Windows 10 in a Google search and then click on the Microsoft link that says download Windows 10 disk image ISO file and once you do that that will take you to microsoft's website where you can download the Windows 10 ISO now for addition make sure you choose the Windows 10 April 2018 update just like this so we're gonna select that one and then we're gonna click confirm all right so it'll validate your request and now you want to choose your language so in my case I'm gonna choose English and then I'm gonna click confirm and now you're gonna get two links one for 32-bit one for 64-bit choose the 64-bit download just click it and it will start the download process now depending on your internet connection it may take a while I've sped this up quite a bit so that I don't waste your time but again and this is almost 5 gigabytes in size so it may take a while depending on your connection but once the download is complete you can close out of your browser so we'll just do that right now and then you want to go to launchpad or you can go to the Applications folder slash utilities but in my case I'm just gonna go to launchpad go to the other folder and then select bootcamp assistant alright and then click continue and here's where you can determine the size of your Windows partition it will give you a minimum size in my case it's 64 gigabytes and I'm gonna store games and things on an external drive so I'm gonna make this as small as possible you can do the same if you wish now click where it says choose then you want to navigate to the Downloads folder and find your Windows 10 ISO that we downloaded previously click open and then click where it says install and this will kick off the boot camp assistant it will download windows support software first it will then part in your drive to create that bootcamp partition and then it will copy all the downloaded files over to that bootcamp partition in preparation for the Windows installation it's doing all that right now once it's complete it's going to ask you for your administrator password just go ahead and put that in and then click OK and then once you do your Mac Mini is going to reboot into the Windows setup wizard all right so let's go ahead and click OK and you can see our 2018 Mac Mini will restart all right it's gonna boot into Windows setup there we go on this screen click Next and then click where it says I do not have a product key you can always enter that later and once you do you can select Windows 10 Pro in this list and then click Next so there's Windows 10 Pro and we'll click the next button now after reading the license and Terms documentation if you accept it click the accept button and then click Next alright so now it's going to go through and copy everything over and install Windows 10 and then after the installation is complete it's going to reboot your Mac now I have sped this up considerably because otherwise you'd be waiting here a long time it will take longer when you do this all right so now we're back up almost and now you get to go through the configuration so select your region click yes and then for a keyboard layout click yes and then you can click skip and then you want to connect to your Wi-Fi network and again I've sped this up and kind of censored it out all right we're in the homestretch you want to click set up for personal use and then click Next and then you want to choose offline account in the bottom left-hand corner at least that's what I like to do and it's going to ask you if you want to sign in with a Microsoft account I click no there and now you just want to give your PC a name I'm gonna type Jeff and then click Next and then for password I skip it just to get through it but you should probably set up one and then click Next now for the privacy settings I turn off all these switches so I just through internal all off and then click accept alright so now it's gonna take a little bit longer again I've sped this up to get through it so there we go we're at our desktop now the first thing you're going to see here is the bootcamp installer so just go through that installer it's gonna install all the drivers necessary for your Mac to work with Windows and then it's gonna ask you to restart just click finish to restart ok so I promise we're almost there there's one last major thing we need to do and that's install all the windows updates so you can just in the little search bar type in windows and then choose check for updates and then when the windows update settings appear click the check for updates button like this it'll go out and check for all the available updates and download and install those updates this will take a while so just be patient let it go through and do its thing and then it will prompt you to restart your computer what you can do right now and then once you reboot there's some personal preference sort of things that you can set up like changing resolution desktop background of course you can enter your activation code if you have one of those for Windows which I do recommend doing here in this case though I'm going to right click on the desktop and select display settings I'm going to change up the resolution for this LG ultra wide 5k 2k display we reviewed this display already so if you haven't seen that make sure you check out that review alright so when I keep changes change up the zoom level a little bit all right so we're looking real good so that's pretty much it you now have Windows 10 running on your Mac Mini now if you want to boot back into Mac OS all you need to do is click the boot camp button in the system tray and then click restart in Mac OS and then click OK it'll restart and take you back to Mac OS okay so it's restarting and now we're back up in Mac OS so just enter your password in here I'll show you how to give back into Windows if you want to go from Mac OS to Windows with ease all you need to do is go to the system preferences so we're going to do that right now and then click where it says startup disk and then I'll dedicate using your password and then just click bootcamp and then restart so bootcamp restart and then restart and that'll take you back to Windows 10 so why would you want to use Windows 10 well for me it's all about gaming thumbs up if you want to see a video showcasing my Mac Mini gaming setup you can see I have Forza horizon for running at 50 120 by 2160 at high settings with a very playable framerate so if you want to see more on that let me know it down below in the comments section this is Jeff with nine-to-five Mac\n"