FM on a Mac

2010-01-09 Thread Alan T Litchfield
On 9/01/2010, at 10:35 AM, Peter Gold wrote: > Hi, Alan: > > On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 2:45 PM, Alan T Litchfield > wrote: >> >> On 8/01/2010, at 11:08 AM, Peter Gold wrote: >> >>> The question, I guess, is about how Windows handles this. It's quite >>> possible that authorizing an Adobe installed

FM on a Mac

2010-01-09 Thread Alan T Litchfield
On 8/01/2010, at 11:08 AM, Peter Gold wrote: > The question, I guess, is about how Windows handles this. It's quite > possible that authorizing an Adobe installed product may not be a > problem across different VMs on the same physical computer, if the > popular notion that the physical hard disk

Re: FM on a Mac

2010-01-08 Thread Alan T Litchfield
On 9/01/2010, at 10:35 AM, Peter Gold wrote: > Hi, Alan: > > On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 2:45 PM, Alan T Litchfield > wrote: >> >> On 8/01/2010, at 11:08 AM, Peter Gold wrote: >> >>> The question, I guess, is about how Windows handles this. It's quite >>> possible that authorizing an Adobe installed

Re: FM on a Mac

2010-01-08 Thread Alan T Litchfield
On 8/01/2010, at 11:08 AM, Peter Gold wrote: > The question, I guess, is about how Windows handles this. It's quite > possible that authorizing an Adobe installed product may not be a > problem across different VMs on the same physical computer, if the > popular notion that the physical hard disk

Re: FM on a Mac

2010-01-08 Thread Kevin Farwell
Hello, The particulars are different, but I did this with VirtualPC many years ago. I had two images, one sort of a testing machine, that shared a common drive for my applications. It was not all that bad to set up, and saved me a lot of very valuable drive space on my little G4 PowerBook. Ke

FM on a Mac

2010-01-07 Thread Peter Gold
Hi, all: On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 3:40 PM, Jay Maechtlen wrote: > Can you have Frame installed under each OS, but only 'authorize' the one you > want to test, then de-authorize it and authorize the next one to test? > Or can you test them as trial versions? > I doubt that you'd get a single softwar

Re: FM on a Mac

2010-01-07 Thread Scott Prentice
Well .. I'm thinking this is probably not worth the effort. I though it might be nice to have a single install of FM that could be used by multiple OSes .. because I'd like to be able to easily test plugins under each OS. I figured I'd start with something "easy" .. FM7.2 .. that's bound to wo

FM on a Mac

2010-01-07 Thread Scott Prentice
Well .. I'm thinking this is probably not worth the effort. I though it might be nice to have a single install of FM that could be used by multiple OSes .. because I'd like to be able to easily test plugins under each OS. I figured I'd start with something "easy" .. FM7.2 .. that's bound to wo

FM on a Mac

2010-01-07 Thread Kevin Farwell
Hello, The particulars are different, but I did this with VirtualPC many years ago. I had two images, one sort of a testing machine, that shared a common drive for my applications. It was not all that bad to set up, and saved me a lot of very valuable drive space on my little G4 PowerBook. Ke

Re: FM on a Mac

2010-01-07 Thread Peter Gold
Hi, all: On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 3:40 PM, Jay Maechtlen wrote: > Can you have Frame installed under each OS, but only 'authorize' the one you > want to test, then de-authorize it and authorize the next one to test? > Or can you test them as trial versions? > I doubt that you'd get a single softwar

FM on a Mac

2010-01-07 Thread Peter Gold
Hi, Scott: I'm using FrameMaker 9 on VMware Fusion2 and Windows 7 Release Candidate on Mac OS X 10.5.8. I have no idea if your idea would work, or if it works, how stable it might be. I haven't installed multiple OSs, only Win7. The files I create on OS X and Win7 are stored only on my Mac partit

Re: FM on a Mac

2010-01-07 Thread Jay Maechtlen
Can you have Frame installed under each OS, but only 'authorize' the one you want to test, then de-authorize it and authorize the next one to test? Or can you test them as trial versions? I doubt that you'd get a single software install to share across multiple copies of Windows, even VMs on a s

Re: FM on a Mac

2010-01-07 Thread Jay Maechtlen
Can you have Frame installed under each OS, but only 'authorize' the one you want to test, then de-authorize it and authorize the next one to test? Or can you test them as trial versions? I doubt that you'd get a single software install to share across multiple copies of Windows, even VMs on a s

Re: FM on a Mac

2010-01-07 Thread Scott Prentice
Hi Peter... Thanks for the info .. very helpful. I was hoping to be able to test FM under various versions of Windows without installing separately on each OS. In theory, using Fusion on a Mac, I can install on each OS (XP, Vista, 7) to the same "shared" location, and it *should* work. The pro

FM on a Mac

2010-01-07 Thread Scott Prentice
Hi Peter... Thanks for the info .. very helpful. I was hoping to be able to test FM under various versions of Windows without installing separately on each OS. In theory, using Fusion on a Mac, I can install on each OS (XP, Vista, 7) to the same "shared" location, and it *should* work. The pro

Re: FM on a Mac

2010-01-07 Thread Peter Gold
Hi, Scott: I'm using FrameMaker 9 on VMware Fusion2 and Windows 7 Release Candidate on Mac OS X 10.5.8. I have no idea if your idea would work, or if it works, how stable it might be. I haven't installed multiple OSs, only Win7. The files I create on OS X and Win7 are stored only on my Mac partit

FM on a Mac

2010-01-07 Thread Scott Prentice
Just wondering if anyone has tried this .. When installing FM (8 or 9) in a VMWare image of Windows XP on a Mac .. install to a "Shared" folder (mounted with a drive letter) so that the installation files will be available to other images of Windows on that computer. It seems that in theory thi

FM on a Mac

2010-01-07 Thread Scott Prentice
Just wondering if anyone has tried this .. When installing FM (8 or 9) in a VMWare image of Windows XP on a Mac .. install to a "Shared" folder (mounted with a drive letter) so that the installation files will be available to other images of Windows on that computer. It seems that in theory thi

Re: Run WinOS (and FM) on a MAC OS X

2006-08-09 Thread Alan Quirt
; > Reply-To: > Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2006 00:01:04 -0600 (MDT) > To: > Subject: Framers Digest, Vol 10, Issue 9 > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2006 08:19:23 +0200 > From: Amnon Yaish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Run WinOS (and FM) on a MAC OS X > To

Run WinOS (and FM) on a MAC OS X

2006-08-09 Thread Alan Quirt
Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2006 00:01:04 -0600 (MDT) > To: > Subject: Framers Digest, Vol 10, Issue 9 > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2006 08:19:23 +0200 > From: Amnon Yaish > Subject: Re: Run WinOS (and FM) on a MAC OS X > To: John Posada > Cc: "List, Framers" >

Run WinOS (and FM) on a MAC OS X

2006-08-08 Thread Lief Erickson
OS (better than Boot Camp, which requires a reboot). I'm not affiliated with Parallels, just a licensed user. -Lief -Original Message- Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2006 12:57:06 -0700 (DT) From: John Posada Subject: Run WinOS (and FM) on a MAC OS X To: "List, Framers" Message-

Run WinOS (and FM) on a MAC OS X

2006-08-08 Thread Amnon Yaish
John, Does VMWare allow creating a partition for running MacOS 9.2.2. ? ? Amnon John Posada wrote: > Hi, guys...VMWare is a company owned by my company (EMC), so I > thought I'd pass this on. > > VMWare is signing up beta testers for a version that will run on MAC > OS X that will permi

RE: Run WinOS (and FM) on a MAC OS X

2006-08-08 Thread Lief Erickson
OS (better than Boot Camp, which requires a reboot). I'm not affiliated with Parallels, just a licensed user. -Lief -Original Message- Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2006 12:57:06 -0700 (DT) From: John Posada <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Run WinOS (and FM) on a MAC OS X To: "

Re: Run WinOS (and FM) on a MAC OS X

2006-08-07 Thread Amnon Yaish
John, Does VMWare allow creating a partition for running MacOS 9.2.2. ?  Amnon John Posada wrote: Hi, guys...VMWare is a company owned by my company (EMC), so I thought I'd pass this on. VMWare is signing up beta testers for a version that will run on MAC OS X that will permit the c

Run WinOS (and FM) on a MAC OS X

2006-08-07 Thread John Sgammato
3:57 PM To: List, Framers Subject: Run WinOS (and FM) on a MAC OS X Hi, guys...VMWare is a company owned by my company (EMC), so I thought I'd pass this on. VMWare is signing up beta testers for a version that will run on MAC OS X that will permit the creation of a partition that will allow the

RE: Run WinOS (and FM) on a MAC OS X

2006-08-07 Thread John Posada
John...it's pretty premature to alert others of problems they will have on a product that is just signing up beta testers for a release later in the year...no? --- John Sgammato <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > FWIW - > My company uses VMWare. It is a good product, but we have found a > few frustrat

Run WinOS (and FM) on a MAC OS X

2006-08-07 Thread John Posada
John...it's pretty premature to alert others of problems they will have on a product that is just signing up beta testers for a release later in the year...no? --- John Sgammato wrote: > FWIW - > My company uses VMWare. It is a good product, but we have found a > few frustrations associated wit

RE: Run WinOS (and FM) on a MAC OS X

2006-08-07 Thread John Sgammato
mmato Principal Technical Writer Imprivata, Inc http://www.imprivata.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Posada Sent: Monday, August 07, 2006 3:57 PM To: List, Framers Subject: Run WinOS (and FM) on a MAC OS X Hi, guys...VMWare is a co

Run WinOS (and FM) on a MAC OS X

2006-08-07 Thread John Posada
Hi, guys...VMWare is a company owned by my company (EMC), so I thought I'd pass this on. VMWare is signing up beta testers for a version that will run on MAC OS X that will permit the creation of a partition that will allow the running of a Windows (or other) OS. http://vmware.rsc02.net/servlet/c

Run WinOS (and FM) on a MAC OS X

2006-08-07 Thread John Posada
Hi, guys...VMWare is a company owned by my company (EMC), so I thought I'd pass this on. VMWare is signing up beta testers for a version that will run on MAC OS X that will permit the creation of a partition that will allow the running of a Windows (or other) OS. http://vmware.rsc02.net/servlet/c