So, there's [quite](https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/18618/error-when-downloading-window-support-software-under-boot-camp) [a](https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/220066/how-to-get-pass-downloading-windows-support-software-in-boot-camp-assistant) [few](https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/127968/can-i-skip-the-downloading-of-the-windows-support-software-if-i-already-have-it) [other](https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/217864/how-can-i-install-boot-camp-drivers-in-windows-on-an-external-ssd-disk) “Boot Camp Assistant's handling of the ‘Windows support software’ is terrible” questions; but as far as I can tell, none of them directly relate to my problem:

On a machine on which Boot Camp Assistant doesn't give the option to use external install media¹, I get stuck at the “Saving Windows support software …” step, when the progress-bar is at 100%:

[Screenshot of Boot Camp stuck http://ell.io/i1l8hv+](http://ell.io/i1l8hv+)

I've left it sitting at that screen, this time around, for around 24 hours. I *do* have a rather large disk (2TB [OWC Aura SSD](https://eshop.macsales.com/shop/ssd/owc/mac-pro/2013)), so I decided to give it some time … but it's pretty clear at this point that nothing is happening. (I'm also afraid to stop it; because last time I gave up on it, it took a solid hour to ‘remove created partitions.’ Took nearly as long to *un-do*, as I'd given it to *do*. :P)

To be clear, the *download* phase completed; it's stuck at the ‘Saving’ phase. Unlike old-school Boot Camp, I can't just uncheck the option and download the drivers manually; it *forces* me to go through this step.

So, tl;dr: Is there any way to skip the ‘downloading and saving drivers’ steps, or use pre-existing install media, or otherwise get Boot Camp working on a MacPro6,1, or "2013 Mac Pro"?

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Mac-side: macOS Sierra 10.12
Windows-side: Windows 10 Pro 10.0.14393

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1. Older Boot Camp, and current Boot Camp on some machines, gives you a list of checkboxes to *decide* what you want it to do. Unfortunately, current Boot Camp on the 2013 Mac Pro [does not do this.](https://help.apple.com/bootcamp/assistant/6.1/#/bcmp09f5f773)

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> “If the Select Tasks step doesn’t appear, you don’t need a USB flash drive or hard drive to install Windows. Follow the instructions in Install Windows on your Mac without using a USB hard drive or flash drive.”
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2. I've also taken some additional information — current disk partitions, process-sample for Boot Camp Assistant (spoiler: it's sitting around doing nothing.), and etc: <https://gist.github.com/ELLIOTTCABLE/5f0c13cbe38a7ab952b82ec11ae4ed2e>