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That is exactly what he was saying you can not do. You can see the files on either drive but, you can not make any changes to these files. This includes copying and pasting. So for example, if log into the Mac OS, I can't copy a file from my boot camp partition. hth Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On Aug 13, 2012, at 10:06 AM, Paul Hunt <prhu...@att.net> wrote: > Hello Alex. So this means that if I'm logged into Windows I can copy a file > from the mac side and if I'm logged into the Mac I can copy files from the > Windows side? I can also use Drop Box. Have you tried using VMWare Fusion to > boot from a Bootcamp partition and is there any advantage to doing this? > > > > Thanks so much. > > > > > > > > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Alex Hall > Sent: Friday, August 10, 2012 2:02 PM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Using Boot Camp > > > > 1. You can read, but not write, the mac partition in windows. It works the > same in mac os: you can read the windows partition, but not write to it. > > 2. I use Carbonite, but my understanding is that you can't back up both as > they are different partitions. You could pay $99 per year to back up your > primary drive and a backup drive (your other partition) but the basic, > $59/year package allows only one drive to be backed up. You can call > carbonite (1-877-2225488) and check with them. As to accessibility, the site > works, and the client works well enough on Windows (you may need the jaws > cursor though). I don't know about the mac client as I have not yet tried > it. > > On Aug 10, 2012, at 1:51 PM, "Paul Hunt" <prhu...@att.net> wrote: > > > > > > Hello everyone. I have been running Windows with VM Fusion for the past two > years. Although it works pretty well there are problems. > 1. Freedom Scientific doesn't support its applications when they are running > in a Virtual Machine. If I make any changes to the VM I lose an activation. > Freedom Scientific gets quite irritated when they have to reset keys too > often. > 2. Although Windows and MS office work pretty well in the VM, Open Book does > not. > 3. FS Braille Display drivers do not load in the VM. > 4. I got a chance to compare performance with the VM and with Boot Camp. > There is no comparison, Boot Camp performs much much better. > Here are my questions. > 1. Will I have any problems reading from or writing to files on the MAC > partition? > 2. Do any of you use Carbonite to back up both your boot camp and Mac > partitions? Is the web site for Carbonite accessible? > I will continue to use the MAC for ITunes. I also want to keep up with > accessibility improvements in the IWork suite. > > Thanks so much. > > Paul > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > > > > > Have a great day, > > Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) > > mehg...@gmail.com; http://www.facebook.com/mehgcap > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
