I am using Legacy 7.4.0.45 right now on my macbook with Parallels version 6 and thousands of multimedia files attached. Works well. Mac OS 10.4.6 can see the pictures files as well. May not be possible with other VM products but Parallels does work both ways. Ron Taylor
--- On Fri, 10/29/10, David Hook <[email protected]> wrote: > From: David Hook <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Using Legacy on Mac > To: [email protected] > Date: Friday, October 29, 2010, 8:28 PM > > Vickie: > > I don't believe that you can do this. It's a Windows issue, > I've been told. Mac operating systems can read > windows-formatted drives, but Windows operating systems > aren't able to recognize Mac-formatted drives. So if > you are using parallels, or boot camp (or whatever) when you > are using the Mac OS, you can see both sides of the > partition, but when using the Windows OS you can only see > the Windows side. > > So, if you are running Legacy, you need to be using the > Windows OS, so the best solution is to keep all of your > genealogy files on the Windows side of the partition so that > you can access them from other side. > > Hope that helps, > Dave > > > > > On 2010-10-29, at 9:57 PM, Vickie Prows wrote: > > > Finally got Legacy to work on my new Mac inside > Windows 7 with VMFusion, but > > don't know how to connect with my Multimedia which > resides on the Mac side of > > the computer. Any hints? > > > > I'd love to see a User Group for Mac people. We > have our own set of > > problems...... > > > > Vickie > > > > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > > > > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > > > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > > > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. > 21 2009: > > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > > > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > > > > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > > > > > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 > 2009: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
