
Here the reverse is needed as the OWC case is designed to support the original Apple SSD not the OWC drive. Then follow the steps above.The order on how you prepare your drive is a bit different as most people try to plug in their new drive externally first. Reboot again and hold down the Option (Alt) key as soon as you press the power button, a list of bootable drives will appear, select Macintosh HD to reboot in to OS X. Your Mac is defaulted to booting to the Windows partition. If the installer fails and you reboot, you’ll be in a forever circle of going back to the installer. Some problems people encounter when installing Windows via Boot Camp.


Download the latest Intel USB 3.0 eXtensible Host Controller Driver for Intel® 8 Series/C220 Chipset Family.Apple does include such drivers, however they are outdated. The simple work around is to install the latest Intel Platform Controller Hub drivers.


I will explain how to fix the problem of the missing mouse and none functioning keyboard. I will not cover how to create a partition or bootable USB pen drive, that can be found on Apple’s Boot Camp Support pages. I have also been told there are problems installing Windows 8 and 8.1, the installer asks you to install some missing drivers, the Windows installer will not go any further. I was trying to install Windows 7 on my brand new late 2013 15 inch rMBP and stumbled in to a problem – when I rebooted the Mac to install Windows 7 the mouse pointer was missing and the keyboard was not functioning.
