Re: Running a virtual OSX machine in parallels.
Aaah, OK, Ronni. Thanks for pointing out the flaw in my plan ;o) So it looks like sticking with SL as the main OS until I have updated/replaced any non compatible Software. Option 1) still looks like a goer though. I already have Parallels - so the upgrade to version 9 is $50 and, given that Mavericks is free, that sounds fair enough to try out Mavericks. I may wait a little while to get a few more jobs out of the way and let the dust settle on the new release ;o) Another option for me would possibly be installing Mavericks on a separate partition I have a partition that currently is barely used and could easily be cleared out. Then I presumably could boot into either system to see how it went. Do you see any issues with this approach? Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 26/10/13 21:45, Ronda Brown at ro...@mac.com wrote: Hi Neil, Just a quick reply. 1) run Mavericks in a VM on my existing OSX 10.6.8 setup - to have a play and get used to it and see how I like it. You would require Parallels Desktop 9 to install Mavericks in a VM. 2) to update to Mavericks and run SL in a VM - to allow me to continue to use any non-compatible legacy apps You can install and run Snow Leopard Server in VM in Parallels. You can't install Snow Leopard Client in any virtual machine (including Parallels Desktop for Mac) it is not allowed by Apple¹s License Policy. Parallels does not offer any workaround to be able to accomplish this, nor do they recommend to try it on your own. Plus... You would have to manually modify system files to trick the VM app into thinking that you're installing Snow Leopard Server when you're really just installing Snow Leopard. Cheers, Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPad4 On 26 Oct 2013, at 8:26 pm, Neil Houghton n...@possumology.com wrote: OK, I'm not really a luddite but I'm still running Snow Leopard ;o) There are a number of reasons for this - I REALLY like Snow Leopard, I wasn't impressed when I had a play with Lion, Snow Leopard provides a constant OSX across our 4 machines (desktops and laptop across 2 locations) including a G5 iMac that won't go past SL and, probably most importantly, I'm still running some legacy apps that are not compatible with Lion later. HOWEVER, I do realise that, sooner or later, I will have to move on - address my out of date software and work out my update path/timing. I am familiar with running Windows in a VM on my Mac (with Parallels) and one thing I just noticed was that Parallels now seems to allow you to run OSX in a virtual machine - which seems to offer a couple of attractive ways to ease into upgradeland more gradually: 1) run Mavericks in a VM on my existing OSX 10.6.8 setup - to have a play and get used to it and see how I like it. 2) to update to Mavericks and run SL in a VM - to allow me to continue to use any non-compatible legacy apps 3) when I'm completely happy with Mavericks (or later) and have replaced all my old non compatible software, I can ditch any redundant VMs. So... I was just wondering - has anyone run OSX in a VM under Parallels and, if so, how did you find it? Cheers Neil -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Running a virtual OSX machine in parallels.
Hi Neil, What are the details of your Mac? Comments and another couple of options below in situ. On 27 Oct 2013, at 2:11 pm, Neil Houghton n...@possumology.com wrote: Aaah, OK, Ronni. Thanks for pointing out the flaw in my plan ;o) So it looks like sticking with SL as the main OS until I have updated/replaced any non compatible Software. Another Option: Do a Bootable SuperDuper Clone of your Snow Leopard OS X 10.6.8 onto an external drive and after testing you can boot from the SD Clone. Eject the Clone. Then download the Mavericks installer from the App store and upgrade to Mavericks. Option 1) still looks like a goer though. I already have Parallels - so the upgrade to version 9 is $50 and, given that Mavericks is free, that sounds fair enough to try out Mavericks. I guess so, but I have not heard any reports of anyone running Windows Mavericks in Parallels. My other Option below ;-) I may wait a little while to get a few more jobs out of the way and let the dust settle on the new release ;o) Another option for me would possibly be installing Mavericks on a separate partition – I have a partition that currently is barely used and could easily be cleared out. Then I presumably could boot into either system to see how it went. Do you see any issues with this approach? As long as the Partition is Formatted 'Mac OS Extended (Journaled)' uses GUID Partition Table Partition Map Scheme... I can't see any issues. This option would possible be better than installing Mavericks in Parallels 9. The drawbacks of virtualisation is the cost and performance. The advantage of partitioning the hard drive is that the operating system will be more responsive and you’ve not spent any money on a third-party application in order to do it. Cheers, Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPad 4 Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 26/10/13 21:45, Ronda Brown at ro...@mac.com wrote: Hi Neil, Just a quick reply. 1) run Mavericks in a VM on my existing OSX 10.6.8 setup - to have a play and get used to it and see how I like it. You would require Parallels Desktop 9 to install Mavericks in a VM. 2) to update to Mavericks and run SL in a VM - to allow me to continue to use any non-compatible legacy apps You can install and run Snow Leopard Server in VM in Parallels. You can't install Snow Leopard Client in any virtual machine (including Parallels Desktop for Mac) it is not allowed by Apple’s License Policy. Parallels does not offer any workaround to be able to accomplish this, nor do they recommend to try it on your own. Plus... You would have to manually modify system files to trick the VM app into thinking that you're installing Snow Leopard Server when you're really just installing Snow Leopard. Cheers, Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPad4 On 26 Oct 2013, at 8:26 pm, Neil Houghton n...@possumology.com wrote: OK, I'm not really a luddite but I'm still running Snow Leopard ;o) There are a number of reasons for this - I REALLY like Snow Leopard, I wasn't impressed when I had a play with Lion, Snow Leopard provides a constant OSX across our 4 machines (desktops and laptop across 2 locations) including a G5 iMac that won't go past SL and, probably most importantly, I'm still running some legacy apps that are not compatible with Lion later. HOWEVER, I do realise that, sooner or later, I will have to move on - address my out of date software and work out my update path/timing. I am familiar with running Windows in a VM on my Mac (with Parallels) and one thing I just noticed was that Parallels now seems to allow you to run OSX in a virtual machine - which seems to offer a couple of attractive ways to ease into upgradeland more gradually: 1) run Mavericks in a VM on my existing OSX 10.6.8 setup - to have a play and get used to it and see how I like it. 2) to update to Mavericks and run SL in a VM - to allow me to continue to use any non-compatible legacy apps 3) when I'm completely happy with Mavericks (or later) and have replaced all my old non compatible software, I can ditch any redundant VMs. So... I was just wondering - has anyone run OSX in a VM under Parallels and, if so, how did you find it? Cheers Neil -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Running a virtual OSX machine in parallels.
OK, I'm not really a luddite but I'm still running Snow Leopard ;o) There are a number of reasons for this - I REALLY like Snow Leopard, I wasn't impressed when I had a play with Lion, Snow Leopard provides a constant OSX across our 4 machines (desktops and laptop across 2 locations) including a G5 iMac that won't go past SL and, probably most importantly, I'm still running some legacy apps that are not compatible with Lion later. HOWEVER, I do realise that, sooner or later, I will have to move on - address my out of date software and work out my update path/timing. I am familiar with running Windows in a VM on my Mac (with Parallels) and one thing I just noticed was that Parallels now seems to allow you to run OSX in a virtual machine - which seems to offer a couple of attractive ways to ease into upgradeland more gradually: 1) run Mavericks in a VM on my existing OSX 10.6.8 setup - to have a play and get used to it and see how I like it. 2) to update to Mavericks and run SL in a VM - to allow me to continue to use any non-compatible legacy apps 3) when I'm completely happy with Mavericks (or later) and have replaced all my old non compatible software, I can ditch any redundant VMs. So... I was just wondering - has anyone run OSX in a VM under Parallels and, if so, how did you find it? Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Running a virtual OSX machine in parallels.
Hi Neil, Just a quick reply. 1) run Mavericks in a VM on my existing OSX 10.6.8 setup - to have a play and get used to it and see how I like it. You would require Parallels Desktop 9 to install Mavericks in a VM. 2) to update to Mavericks and run SL in a VM - to allow me to continue to use any non-compatible legacy apps You can install and run Snow Leopard Server in VM in Parallels. You can't install Snow Leopard Client in any virtual machine (including Parallels Desktop for Mac) it is not allowed by Apple’s License Policy. Parallels does not offer any workaround to be able to accomplish this, nor do they recommend to try it on your own. Plus... You would have to manually modify system files to trick the VM app into thinking that you're installing Snow Leopard Server when you're really just installing Snow Leopard. Cheers, Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPad4 On 26 Oct 2013, at 8:26 pm, Neil Houghton n...@possumology.com wrote: OK, I'm not really a luddite but I'm still running Snow Leopard ;o) There are a number of reasons for this - I REALLY like Snow Leopard, I wasn't impressed when I had a play with Lion, Snow Leopard provides a constant OSX across our 4 machines (desktops and laptop across 2 locations) including a G5 iMac that won't go past SL and, probably most importantly, I'm still running some legacy apps that are not compatible with Lion later. HOWEVER, I do realise that, sooner or later, I will have to move on - address my out of date software and work out my update path/timing. I am familiar with running Windows in a VM on my Mac (with Parallels) and one thing I just noticed was that Parallels now seems to allow you to run OSX in a virtual machine - which seems to offer a couple of attractive ways to ease into upgradeland more gradually: 1) run Mavericks in a VM on my existing OSX 10.6.8 setup - to have a play and get used to it and see how I like it. 2) to update to Mavericks and run SL in a VM - to allow me to continue to use any non-compatible legacy apps 3) when I'm completely happy with Mavericks (or later) and have replaced all my old non compatible software, I can ditch any redundant VMs. So... I was just wondering - has anyone run OSX in a VM under Parallels and, if so, how did you find it? Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
