Sad but true, Brian -- and not so much with Elecraft who do provide support for Windows, OS X and Linux. I purchased a really inexpensive ($280) HP laptop for my shack, even though I mostly use MacBooks: There's just too much Windows software for ham radio out there to not have Windows available.

Phil W7OX

On 6/1/14, 3:35 PM, Brian Alsop wrote:
Are WINDOWS PC's banned from your household?

Certainly you know somebody who owns a WINDOW's laptop.

If the situation were reversed and I needed an APPLE computer for a few minutes to install new firmware, I'd beg or borrow one.

73 de Brian/K3KO

On 6/1/2014 22:28, Dauer, Edward wrote:
The current firmware version for the KAT500 is apparently MCU 1.67. To access it requires the KAT500 Utility version 14.2.20. That, however, seems to be available only for Windows. The latest utility version for Mac OS X on the website is 1.14.2.1. When I run that, the latest firmware version it finds is 1.41. Unfortunately 1.41 seems not to give the KAT500 the capability of tracking the frequency setting from the K3 as it tunes - with F/W 1.41 retunes only on the first dit. Am I doing something wrong? Is there a way to get 1.67 using a Mac (short of installing Windows on the Mac)?

Thanks for whatever advice might be offered . . .

Ted, KN1CBR

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