However, during the installation process, I learned that Linux Mint has a nice built-in Driver Manager that provides an easy graphical user interface to assist with installing the software. Answer (1 of 8): You probably already know this by now but many on here will say yes you can, which you cannot. From prior research, I knew that to get the wireless adapter working on this MacBook, I would need to issue three separate commands in the Bash terminal. I shrunk mine by 64GB, so I entered 65,536. And as I understand the reasons why my venerable MacBook Air can't be supported indefinitely, I still find it to be wasteful that a decent-enough, capable, and not to mention still functioning computer be put to pasture because of lack of software updates. Enter the size, in megabytes, by which to shrink the volume. However, Apple at one point will deem this well working, useful, good-enough MacBook Air as unworthy of any more updates. Select the BOOTCAMP partition, right-click and select Shrink Volume. Right-click on the Start Menu and select Disk Management. I had a hard-wired Ethernet connection to the internet through my Thunderbolt adapter, so I was online. The first step is to shrink the Windows partition to make some space for Linux: Boot into Windows 10. Insert the USB drive into one of the available slots in the MacBook Air.
This is in contrast to Intel, Atheros, and many other chip manufacturers-but it's the chipset used by Apple, so it's a common problem on MacBooks. In order to install Linux Mint you will need to create a bootable Linux Mint USB drive. This is even more critical if you will have to resize your current OS X partitions to. b, Install rEFIt as a boot loader for select booting Mac. This is because Broadcom, the company that makes WiFi cards for Apple devices, doesn't release open source drivers. The first step before installing any OS is to back up your current one. a, Create two partitions on Macbook Air(following MBA in short) for Ubuntu file system and swap area. Linux Mint started up nicely in live-boot mode, but the operating system didn't recognize a wireless connection. I powered on the system and pressed the Option key on the MacBook to instruct it to start it from a USB drive. Next, I connected the Thunderbolt Ethernet adapter to the MacBook and inserted the USB boot drive. Free online course: RHEL Technical Overview.