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July 22 Sun hopes to take VirtualBox mainstream Tuesday, July 22, 2008 Sun's xVM VirtualBox isn't found on as many Macs as Parallels Desktop or VMware Fusion, but Sun has ambitious aspirations for its free desktop virtualization software. "We want to be the FireFox of virtualization," said Andy Holl, Sun's senior product manager for xVM VirtualBox. Giving away VirtualBox away as open source software is one way to do it. In May, Sun was claiming 10,000 downloads a day for the Windows, Mac OS X, Lixux, and Solaris versions... Reader says Parallels work just fine with dual 30" displays Tuesday, July 22, 2008 Gary Stahara responded to previous reports that Parallels desktop didn't support enough graphics RAM to support two 30" displays. It works just fine for him:
If you can verify this Reader says 10.5.4 didn't fix Adobe file saving issues with Win Server Tuesday, July 22, 2008 Tony Sterckx in Belgium is having problems with saving Adobe files to Windows Servers. He is running Leopard 10.5.4, which Apple reported as having fixed the problem. Sterckx reports:
If you've seen this problem in Mac OS X 10.5.4 or know of a fix Reader question about Macs and MS Index Server Tuesday, July 22, 2008 Thomas Lüthi in Zürich, Switzerland asks:
If you know the answer Reader verifies AD fix for 0-kb file problem Tuesday, July 22, 2008 Matt Wheeler verified that adjusting Active Directory fixed Leopard's 0-kb file copy problem.
Reader verifies hostconfig fix for Leopard AD login problem Tuesday, July 22, 2008 Tim P verified a previously reported fix for a Leopard problem logging into Active Directory after one user has logged in. The fix involved editing the hostconfig file. Tim P also offered a correction:
Cisco VPN Client and Verizon EVDO USB Modem Tuesday, July 22, 2008 Greg Stasko had problems getting a Cisco VPN connection through a Verizon EVDO USB Modem. He had better luck with Apple drivers instead of using the Verizon software:
July 18 VMware says previously addressed bug in OS X can hang Mac, offers workaround Friday, July 18, 2008 Yesterday, VMware posted an article about a bug that can hang the Mac and corrupt the virtual machine. The company also offered a configuration change as a workaround until the bug is fixed. However, VMware previously stated that the Fusion 1.1.1 update dealt with this same problem and did not require the configuration change... RAM may cause VMware Fusion crashing Leopard Friday, July 18, 2008 John Adams think a bad RAM module was causing VMware Fusion to crash Leopard: I wanted to reiterate Greg Kyle's post from November 19, 2007. Since installing Fusion on my MacBook Pro, my OS X was crashing and restarting every 8-10 minutes. I think it was actually a faulty memory card that I had installed. Since removing the new 1G that I had installed, I haven't had the problem. Today we also reported that VMWare said that problem in Mac OS X is causing VMware to freeze Mac OS X when a certain preference setting is made. Click here for our VMware Tips and Reports page. TIP: Workaround for AutoCAD, Parallels file locking issue Friday, July 18, 2008 Larry Martin sent an update to his previous report AutoCAD in Parallels Desktop and a file locking problem. He said that using Bridged Networking instead of Shared Networking gets around the problem:
Parallels VRAM limitations on 30" display an Coherence mode Friday, July 18, 2008 A reader reports that the 64 MB of video RAM is not enough to run Parallels coherence mode on a 30" display:
64 MB of VRAM is the most that Parallels Desktop will support. Earlier this week, another reader reported that Parallels Desktop doesn't have enough video RAM support to run two 30" Apple displays. If you can verify this Click here for our Parallels Tips and Reports page. (Related story: tip for using 30-inch display in Boot Camp.) Nividia video drivers fix fuzzy Boot Camp problem Friday, July 18, 2008 Ben Staveley reported a blurred screen in Boot Camp, but drivers fixed it:
If you've seen this MacDrive 7.2 gets 64-bit Vista compatibility Friday, July 18, 2008 Mediafour has released MacDrive 7.2, an update to the software that enables Windows to read and write to Mac-formatted HFS+ and HFS drives. MacDrive 7.2 adds compatibility with the 64-bit version of Windows Vista. MacDrive has been compatible with the 32-bit Vista since version MacDrive 7.0 shipped last year. Mediafour also said that version 7.2 includes ?minor improvements and revisions." MacDrive 7 supports a variety of media types, including hard drives, CD-R/RW, DVD-R/RW, iPods, flash drives, DMG virtual disk files and more. It can also enable Windows running in Boot Camp to recognize the Mac partition. MacDrive 7 supports USB, FireWire, IDE, SATA, parallel port, and other interfaces supported by Windows. The update is a free download for owners of MacDrive 7 and is US $20 for owners a earlier versions. A new copy of MacDrive 7 is US $50.
July 16 Apple sues Mac clone maker Psystar for tradmark, copyright infringement Wednesday, July 16, 2008 Apple has filed suit against Florida-based Psystar for selling computers preinstalled with Mac OS X Leopard and Mac OS X Server. Apple filed the 16-page suit in U.S. District Court in San Francisco on July 3, alleging copyright and trademark infringements, and other wrongs to Apple. Florida-based Psystar began selling a $400 tower in April, and added a rack-mounted server... Reader suggestion for printing from Parallels Wednesday, July 16, 2008 Kyle Anderson adds to our reports about printing from Parallels Desktop with a suggestion for people printing from Windows in Parallels Desktop:
For more on Parallels, see our Parallels Tips and Reports page. Parallels VRAM limitations and dual 30" displays Wednesday, July 16, 2008 Robert James points out that Parallels Desktop doesn't have enough video RAM support for two big monitors:
If you can add anything useful to this Clarification on Cisco VPN AppleScript tip Wednesday, July 16, 2008 A reader pointed out an issue with an AppleScript we posted as a fix for a Leopard problem with the Cisco VPN client for Mac OS X. He said that the script appears to be self-referential, calling to run itself in the script. We asked the script author, Eric Benfer, for a clarification about the script, which is called VPNClient First Aid when compiled. He said that the purpose of the self reference is to bring VPNClient First Aid to the forground after attempting to reset the Cisco VPN Client. Benfer said:
If you've tried Benfer's Applescript Update in using USB in Virtual PC with XP SP3 Wednesday, July 16, 2008 Fred Horva updated his report about USB problems with Virtual PC 7 and Windows XP SP3:
July 15 Snow Leopard’s Exchange support won’t deliver Outlook parity July 15, 2008 Snow Leopard's "out-of-the-box support" for Microsoft Exchange 2007 is the only new user-level feature listed at Apple’s Snow Leopard preview page. The rest are under-the-hood enhancements. But for those longing for Entourage alternatives, Snow Leopard’s Exchange client won’t be the Mac equivalent of Outlook in terms of functionality. It might not even be an Entourage... MacWindows Leopard VPN Tips and Reports reorganized Tuesday, July 15, 2008 We've reorganized our reports on Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard's problems with virtual private networks on a new Leopard VPN Tips and Reports page. The reports are now organized into categories for easier browsing. Update to tip on enabling Windows to see Leopard file sharing Tuesday, July 15, 2008 Arvid Tomayko-Peters sent a revisal to his June 16 tip for enabling Windows to see Leopard file sharing. He adds one more setting change to his previous suggestion:
Printing error ("access_denied") with Leopard 10.5.4 Tuesday, July 15, 2008 Xavier Hernandez reports seeing a printing problem the yields an error "NT_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED" for printers attached to Windows PCs. We had a lot of reports about this for Tiger, as well as a number of suggested fixes. Hernandez is seeing this on Leopard, and has some ideas, but no fix:
TIP: Using a pre-SP2 Win XP installer in Boot Camp Tuesday, July 15, 2008 Cathal Gallagher responded to a report about what to do if you accidentally install Windows XP without Service Pack 2 in Boot Camp. Gallagher has a suggestion on how to use a pre-SP2 XP installer: 070908c If you want to install an older version of XP on you Mac (such as might be the case if your site license does not recognize Windows boot discs with SP2/SP3 preinstalled), you can create a version that "slipstreams" the service pack during the installation using a program such as nLite. If you've tried this approach Suggestions for Vista update problem in Boot Camp Tuesday, July 15, 2008 A couple of readers responded to our report about interrupting an update of Windows Vista in Boot Camp, and then being unable to boot. Michael Sneider offered an explanation:
Mike Vidal suggested doing a "repair install" of Windows Vista and then trying the upgrade again. However Vista does not have XP's Recovery Console, and does not have a repair install. But Vista does have a "repair your computer option." We found some info on Windows Vista repair here. There's some info here about reinstalling Vista. If you reinstall Windows in Boot Camp, you'll need to reinstall the Apple drivers. For older news, see the News Archives.
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