She also wanted to use AutoCAD on both Windows and macOS, and she said it was a great way to work. She ran a full Windows OS (Windows 11, no less) on an older iMac (desktop) machine. One of my AutoCAD students recommended it to me. I have always wanted to run native macOS on the MBP, as I use it for other stuff music, writing, and other creative dark arts I am working on (Hehe), but I also run AutoCAD for Mac on there, so I wanted to keep in touch with AutoCAD on macOS as well. But how do I get around the issue of TPM not being supported by my MBP? It provides a level of security I must have today. In 2016 TPM version 2.0 - the current version as of this writing - became standard in new PCs”

TPM has been around for over 20 years, and has been part of PCs since around 2005. Typically, it's a separate chip on the motherboard though the TPM 2.0 standard allows manufacturers like Intel or AMD to build the TPM capability into their chipsets rather than requiring a separate chip. “ A TPM (Trusted Platform Module) is used to improve the security of your PC. It's used by services like BitLocker drive encryption, Windows Hello, and others, to securely create and store cryptographic keys, and to confirm that the operating system and firmware on your device are what they're supposed to be, and haven't been tampered with. So, what is TPM? I did a bit of research, and on the Microsoft Support pages, I found this:. This was a bit of a game-changer, as I run most of my Autodesk Windows-based apps on the boot-camped Windows partition on the MBP.

After running the Windows PC Health Check from Microsoft, I was told that my eighteen-month-old MBP would not run Windows 11 via Boot Camp. My MacBook Pro (MBP) has an Intel processor that does not support TPM 2.0, which is required for Windows 11 to run. That was until Windows 11 became available and threw me a bit of a curveball. This particular blog series will be somewhat Apple-based as, until now, my MacBook Pro has always been my go-to laptop, and I have been running Apple Boot Camp to dual partition my MacBook hard drive 50% macOS and 50% Windows. I also run various pieces of Dell hardware, just for full disclosure. Some of you may not, and each to their own, but Apple has been my tool of choice for some time now. I run a MacBook Pro, iPad Pro and an iPhone.

I’m a bit of an Apple aficionado, and I love the Apple ecosystem.

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