The Web Site for Macintosh Windows Integration http://www.macwindows.com http://www.macwindows.com#070309a http://www.macwindows.com#070309a Fri, 3 Jul 2009 01:44:15 -0800 Syncables has released Syncables Desktop Premium 5.1 (US $50), software that can sync data between Mac, Windows, and Linux computers, as well as share data and stream music and video between computers. Syncables Desktop Premium can sync files, bookmarks (Internet Explorer and Firefox), music, and photos. It can also sync email message between Outlook and Windows Mail on Windows and Thunderbird on Mac OS X. Syncing options include two-way syncing and one-way migration of data...

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]]> http://www.macwindows.com/bootcamp.html#070309b http://www.macwindows.com/bootcamp.html#070309b Fri, 3 Jul 2009 01:44:15 -0800 Simon Blanco verified a previously report fix for problems installing Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3): Thanks a lot your excellent report titled TIP: Workaround for Boot Camp insufficient drive space issue (or, How to install XP SP3 in Boot Camp). It just let me install fine the SP3. Yours is the only solution in the whole web that really works... http://www.macwindows.com#070309c http://www.macwindows.com#070309c Fri, 3 Jul 2009 01:44:15 -0800 DataViz has release Documents To Go for iPhone (US $5) on the Apple App Store. The software enables iPhone users to create and edit and Microsoft Word files (.doc and .docx). DataViz also offers a version with support for Exchange email attachments (US $10), which enables users to send, receive and edit attachments on their iPhones. Excel, PowerPoint, PDF and other attachment types can be viewed as well as attached...

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]]> http://www.macwindows.com/leopard.html#603009a http://www.macwindows.com/leopard.html#603009a Tue, 30 Jun 2009 01:41:13 -0800 Two readers found two different methods of getting around the problem of Mac OS X 10.5.7 not recognizing network attached storage (NAS). Michael FitzGibbon altered his login items list: I have a LaCie NAS that has shown this behavior. I had added the share to my login items under the Accounts preference pane so that it would mount on boot. It worked for a while, then it stopped working... http://www.macwindows.com/virtualboxbeta.html#603009b http://www.macwindows.com/virtualboxbeta.html#603009b Tue, 30 Jun 2009 01:41:13 -0800 Today Sun Microsystems released VirtualBox 3.0 for Mac OS X, Windows, and Unix/Linux host systems. The new version of the virtualization platform adds support for symmetric multi-processing, enhanced graphics, and enhanced support for USB storage and iPhones. The new version can also now support Window 7 and Windows Server 2008 as both guest and host operating systems. (Snow Leopard is not yet supported.)... http://www.macwindows.com/leopardVPN.html#603009c http://www.macwindows.com/leopardVPN.html#603009c Tue, 30 Jun 2009 01:41:13 -0800 Dennis Christopher can't get a VNC remote control to work on a Cisco virtual private network connection using Mac OS X 10.5.7: I'm having a problem getting VNC to work thru the Cisco VPN client. I am running 10.5.7 and have downloaded the latest Mac client from Cisco. We have a Mac server at work that I can VNC into from the Finder, and it works fine. When I try it from my home environment (10.5.7), theconnection fails... http://www.macwindows.com#603009d http://www.macwindows.com#603009d Tue, 30 Jun 2009 01:41:13 -0800 RealVNC has released VNC Enterprise Edition 4.5 (US $50), a new version of the cross-platform, secure, remote control/desktop sharing software aimed at large organizations. The software is available for Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux/Unix. The new version now supports remote printing from one computer to another running VNC Viewer, even when running different operating systems on each computer... http://www.macwindows.com#603009e http://www.macwindows.com#603009e Tue, 30 Jun 2009 01:41:13 -0800 Group Logic has released MassTransit hotfix 6.0.2x18, a patch for the cross-platform file transfer and workflow software. The hotfix enables support of Unicode text in file and folder names. A knowledgebase article provides configuration information and some limitations with the Unicode support. MassTransit owners can download the hotfix here... http://www.macwindows.com/leopard.html#062409a http://www.macwindows.com/leopard.html#062409a Thu, 25 Jun 2009 01:01:02 -0800 Cory Siansky has the problem with the Mac OS X 10.5.7 update to seeing network attached storage (NAS storage), but can get it mounted using Connect to Server: I have a WD World Book 1.5TB NAS. My Mac mini identifies this NAS as an SMB share and is configured to mount it as a login item on boot. Up until I upgraded to 10.5.7, this worked flawlessly. Since I upgraded to 10.5.7, I receive a message during the boot sequence...

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]]> http://www.macwindows.com#062409b http://www.macwindows.com#062409b Thu, 25 Jun 2009 01:01:02 -0800 Kerio Technologies has released Kerio MailServer Virtual Appliance for Parallels, a virtual machine for running in Parallels Desktop and Parallels Server for Mac OS X. The virtual machine includes a preconfigured copy of CentOS 5.3 Linux as the guest OS, and a preconfigured copy of Kerio Server, the company's groupware solution for Windows, Mac, and Linux. Kerio also offers a version... http://www.macwindows.com/crossover.html#062409c http://www.macwindows.com/crossover.html#062409c Thu, 25 Jun 2009 01:01:02 -0800 Three readers sent their reports about the new CrossOver 8.0, software that enables some Windows software to run on Mac OS X, without Windows. Two of those readers report problems with Internet Explorer that they did not see with CrossOver 7. Eric Ahnell is happy with it: CrossOver 8.0 is brilliant - it runs all 3 Windows apps I use regularly perfectly! Those are Winamp (2.95, an older version), Silence Remover (an audio processing program) and Castles of Adventure (a game). Eric La Fleur sees an Internet Explorer issue...

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]]> http://www.macwindows.com/bootcamp.html#062409d http://www.macwindows.com/bootcamp.html#062409d Thu, 25 Jun 2009 01:01:02 -0800 We have more reader reports about Windows crashing in Boot Camp on MacBook Pros with multi-touch trackpads. Jon Mojica has a theory: The reason why this is occurring to the user is because the chipset from older MacBook to newer MacBook Pro is significantly different to cause the blue screen. The user can try to uninstall the various drivers for the chipset, graphics, and networking hardware of the Boot Camp load first... http://www.macwindows.com/parallels.html#062409e http://www.macwindows.com/parallels.html#062409e Thu, 25 Jun 2009 01:01:02 -0800 Two readers commented on a previous report of the Mac OS X 10.5.7 update causing Windows to crash in Parallels Desktop. Steve Smith sees the problem: I have recently experienced the same issue, although haven't downgraded Leopard to try and fix it. The machine worked fine for a couple of weeks after the 10.5.7 update, but now whenever it boots, it gets as far as loading the default apps, but then a short time later, blue screens... http://www.macwindows.com/vmware.html#062409e http://www.macwindows.com/vmware.html#062409e Thu, 25 Jun 2009 01:01:02 -0800 VMware has released VMware Fusion 2.0.5, a maintenance update of the virtualization software for Intel Mac. The company says that the update fixes 80 bugs, and reduces CPU usage when a guest operating system is idle. Also new is the ability to run Mac OS X Server as a guest operating systems on Macs with Intel Xeon 5500 and 3500 Series processors (based on Nehalem micro-architecture). The release notes also mention... http://www.macwindows.com#062409g http://www.macwindows.com#062409g Thu, 25 Jun 2009 01:01:02 -0800 Mediafour's MacDrive 7.2.9 is a maintenance update to the software that enables Windows to read and write Mac-formatted storage media MacDrive also enables Boot Camp users to access the Mac partition from within Windows. The update fixes a problem with Boot Camp and Windows Vista 64-bit where drive letters were not being assigned to Mac drives. It also fixed a problem where no drive letters were assigned to GPT disks modified by iPartition... http://www.macwindows.com/VPC7.html#062409h http://www.macwindows.com/VPC7.html#062409h Thu, 25 Jun 2009 01:01:02 -0800 Amy McVay verified a workaround for the bug with Leopard not seeing the internal drive: I just wanted to let you know that adding an external drive worked great for me. Third party software is installing right now. Microsoft Virtual PC for Mac is a discontinued Intel emulator for running Windows on PowerPC Macs. (See also Virtual PC 7 Tips and Reports.)... http://www.macwindows.com/entourage.html#062309a http://www.macwindows.com/entourage.html#062309a Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:09:38 -0800 Long-time MacWindows contributor Peter Kloss believes an application on Exchange Server causes the problem of plus (+) symbol in email messages causing Entourage to not syncing with Exchange Server 2007. Kloss reports: Emails not syncing from Exchange to Entourage because there is a '+' in the subject line are usually because the application URLScan has been installed on the Exchange Server to improve the security of IIS. By default it blocks certain characters in URLs including the '+' sign that could be used to construct malicious...

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]]> http://www.macwindows.com/leopardAD.html#062309b http://www.macwindows.com/leopardAD.html#062309b Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:09:38 -0800 Chris Hansen responded to a previous report about Macs dropping off of Active Directory every 15 days. Hansen believes it is due to they use of Faronics' Deep Freeze, software that takes a snapshot of the state of a Mac and returns the Mac to that state every time it boots. He also offered a solution: In our case, the only Macs that dropped off the AD after 15 days were those in our school labs. On those, we use Deep Freeze for Mac... http://www.macwindows.com/leopardAD.html#062309c http://www.macwindows.com/leopardAD.html#062309c Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:09:38 -0800 Andrew Ariotti reports having a problem we reported two years ago about Macs that won't start up when clients are configured to connect to both Microsoft Active Directory and Apple Open Directory. Ariotti is using Mac OS X 10.5.7, and found that our two-year-old solution worked. Like Brad and Justin I am having this issue as well. I'm running the latest 10.5.7 version of Leopard. I've been tinkering with the AD and OpenDirectory authentication... http://www.macwindows.com/leopardAD.html#062309d http://www.macwindows.com/leopardAD.html#062309d Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:09:38 -0800 Surendra Perera of Sydney, Australia, reports that binding to Active Directory prevents NFS file sharing from working. She said that Thursby Software ADmitMac fixes the problem: One of the problems I am facing with the Macs is that while using mobile accounts and bound to the Active Directory (Windows Server 2003 R2), via Apple's AD Plug-in, I am unable to browse/write to NFS mounts (Netapp Filer)...

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]]> http://www.macwindows.com/leopard.html#062309e http://www.macwindows.com/leopard.html#062309e Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:09:38 -0800 Randall Araquistain verified a previous report that ADmitMac fixed a Leopard SMB file share issue caused by migrating from Windows Server 2003 to 2008: We have been trying to get Mac computers with OS X to authenticate to a Windows 2008 server with no luck. I found this solution at MacWindows and it works great. Very easy solution and the SMB client included in ADminMac works great with Windows Server 2008... http://www.macwindows.com/leopardVPN#062309f http://www.macwindows.com/leopardVPN#062309f Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:09:38 -0800 Ozgun Ataman confirms a previously reported problem with the Cisco VPN Mac client and access to certificates: I wanted the confirm the following problem: Although all certificates are visible under the keychain and the Cisco client itself, I cannot select them from the pull-down menu in the connection setup... http://www.macwindows.com/News-CrossOver8.html http://www.macwindows.com/News-CrossOver8.html Wed, 17 Jun 2009 02:18:30 -0800 CodeWeavers yesterday released CrossOver 8.0, a major new version of the software that enables Mac OS X and Linux to run Windows applications natively, without the use of the Windows operating system. The new version adds support for more Windows applications and improves the performance of Outlook and Microsoft Office 2007 running natively on Mac OS X and Linux. The company said that users can now install Service Pack 1, and that Outlook users with large offline data files should see noticeable speed increases...

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]]> http://www.macwindows.com#061709b http://www.macwindows.com#061709b Wed, 17 Jun 2009 02:18:30 -0800 Derman Enterprises released Sync'Em 1.30, an update to the Mac software for syncing iCal and Address Book with Microsoft Exchange and Google Gmail and calendars and contacts. The new version works around an Exchange Server issue and a limitation with Google contacts. Sync'Em 1.30 also includes a new, simplified setup assistant that helps everyone easily use the full power of advanced Sync'Em setups... http://www.macwindows.com/entourage.html#061709c http://www.macwindows.com/entourage.html#061709c Wed, 17 Jun 2009 02:18:30 -0800 Two readers responded to Monday's report about a problem with Entourage 2008 not being able to sync with Exchange Server's inbox. Mike McCallum found a fix that involved editing the Windows Registry on the server: We had been fighting this for a number of weeks and after many hours with Microsoft Tech Support, our Windows engineers resolved using the solution listed below. As discussed find the below commands which helped in resolving this issue...