Driver for Apple Inc. Thunderbolt - downloading and installing it

Thunderbolt is a Chipset hardware device. This driver was developed by Apple Inc.. PCI/VEN_8086&DEV_1568&CC_0880 is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. How to manually install Apple Inc. Thunderbolt driver

1. Download the driver setup file for Apple Inc. Thunderbolt driver from the link below. This is the download link for the driver version 5.1.3.0 released on 2015-02-12.
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3. Start the driver setup file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control Service (UAC) is running then you will have to confirm the installation of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Go through the driver installation wizard, which should be pretty easy to follow. The driver installation wizard will scan your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Restart your PC and enjoy the updated driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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Apple Inc. applied a digital signature to this driver.
File size of the driver: 7963 bytes (7.78 KB)
This driver received an average rating of 4.4 stars out of 18492 votes.
This driver will work for the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows 2000 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows Server 2003 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows XP 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows Vista 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 7 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8.1 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 10 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 11 64 bits

2. Installing the Apple Inc. Thunderbolt driver using DriverMax: the easy way

The most important advantage of using DriverMax is that it will install the driver for you in the easiest possible way and it will keep each driver up to date. How easy can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's see!

1. Start DriverMax and click on the yellow button named ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to analyze each driver on your computer.
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3. Take a look at the list of detected driver updates. Search the list until you find the Apple Inc. Thunderbolt driver. Click on Update.
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5. That's all, the driver is now installed!
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