Frame on the Mac

[Steve Johnson]

VMWare ... what? Player? Workstation? Server, etc?

On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 8:50 AM, Dr Rick Smith <rick at cryptosmith.com> wrote:
> On Jul 23, 2010, at 9:31 AM, boenat at gedok.com wrote:
>
>> Hi, there,
>>
>> we here were working as long as possible with our old Framemaker 7 on the mac. Adobe got us on the wrong foot with discontinuing Framemaker on the mac... :-(
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>
> Brag: I'm using Frame 9 on an Intel Mac Pro
> Admission: It's running on Windows 7 using VMWare Fusion.
> Another admission: I'm a technical geek. I also have two separate displays and enough RAM to run two operating systems.
>
> In any case, let me ask how others are running PC versions of Frame on the Mac. For a while I wondered why so many people still use Frame 7, but I assume it's because lots of people still run it on a Mac.
>
> My own solution might not work for everyone. Installation is nasty, since you have to install VMWare, Windows, and Framemaker, and keep Windows up to date as well as OS X.
>
> Once it's running, it is as if I am using two separate computers with the same keyboard and mouse. One display shows Windows and the other shows OS X. I find it easiest to keep each OS on a separate display.
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> I have no performance complaints. There are practical disadvantages since I am essentially running two separate computers, each with its own hard drive. I use Microsoft's free SyncToy to keep an up to date copy of my files on the Windows hard drive and in the OS-X file system (where Time Machine backs it up).
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> VMWare also has a mode called "Unity" in which the PC applications appear in their own windows on the Mac desktop. I tried that briefly, but found it confusing. Others might have better luck.
>
> Rick Smith.
>
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