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  1. montanaco

    BootCamp question

    Hey! My new iMac just came in today (5k, i7, pro 580, upgraded to 16GB RAM) , and the windows ISO file for bootcamp is taking AGES to download...is this normal? Its only 5gb but its taking forever to install. If anyone has any insight or tips for installing windows that would be awesome!
    • montanaco
    • Thread
    • bootcamp iso windows
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: iMac
  2. seitsme

    Pc / mac problem: Split&join .aa .ab ... files

    hello, About 3 months ago, i said goodbye to my last ELCAP 10.x ppc and bought a secondhand win 7 64b laptop. On my mac at that time, i used a program, cannot remember which though, maybe macpar ? to split a 4GB file into 4 pieces, to be joined after I transfered it to my laptop. The program...
  3. joshnapoli

    iMac/Windows bootcamp logs in but flickers and goes to black screen

    Hey guys so I've been using Windows on my Mac for a few months now with bootcamp and it's been going great, I love it. However today I was doing some graphics work using photoshop and I kept getting notifications about memory and that I should close photoshop to free up memory and not lose my...
    • joshnapoli
    • Thread
    • apple black screen bootcamp imac mac memory windows windows 10
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: iMac
  4. Tipsy McStagger

    Can't create parallels VM from bootcamp

    Hi all, I have been running windows 10 in bootcamp and have had a VM from parallels for some time. It's been working well until recently I tried to boot the VM and it gave me an error (don't remember what it was). I deleted the VM thinking I'd recreate it but now I don't have the option to...
  5. keysofanxiety

    OS Neutral Anybody remember Space Cadet 3D Pinball?

    Hi everybody, Hope you're keeping in great spirits! Thanks for taking the time to read this. Of course you remember Space Cadet 3D. :P It was an incredible pinball game. It's pretty easy to get a copy and even run on Mac through Crossover or something. However I really really want a copy of...
  6. P

    macOS Winebottler and PGF error

    Hi I'm using Winebottler to convert PGF Pinnacle Game Profiler to an app for my MacBook Air on MacOS Sierra. PGF gives me error that "NTSVC.ocx" is missing! I thought I could register it by using Terminal just like here but I'm not sure.. because it's a windows file not mac. Is the NTSVC.ocx...
  7. M

    Windows 10 on External Thunderbolt Drive (Bootcamp)

    Hello! I am looking to install Windows 10 on an external drive to avoid taking up space on my internal Flash drive on my iMac (27-inch, Late 2013). I know Windows cannot boot off USB (at least not without some major tinkering), so Thunderbolt is the way to go. Can anyone who's done just that...
  8. zed1291

    Reading/Writing Bootcamp Partition

    Prior to installing macOS 10.12.5 I had enabled reading AND writing my Bootcamp partition (formatted NTFS) with terminal. For those who aren't familiar sudo nano /etc/fstab [ENTER] LABEL=BOOTCAMP none ntfs rw,auto,nobrowse [control-o] [ENTER] [control-x] [ENTER] Then use "open /Volumes" to...
  9. gendolfender

    MacPro 1,1 freezes on Windows 8,10

    I have a macpro 1,1 upgraded to 2 quad xeons x5335 10gb ram and mac flashed HD 5770 Problem im facing is that if i install and use Windows 7 it works fine no problems at all However if i install Windows 8 or 10 it randomly freezes at random point during usage and its type of freeze where its...
  10. Tonic76

    Triple boot accident (Help needed)

    I need some help with possible triple booting jam that I created. 1) I had succesfully installed Boot Camp and Windows 10 to my Macbook Pro. THEN When I was logged to OSX 2) I tried to create bootable LINUX (Ubuntu-16.04.2) USB stick as I had done before using the Unetbootin tool Because...
  11. L

    Delete OSX Partition, Run Windows only

    Hi, I need to install Windows 10 on my 2016 Macbook Pro for a project. Unfortunately, I can't free up enough space as I will most likely need for it and my external drives are too slow, so I made a TimeMachine backup of macOS. There seems to be little information online to this: How can I...
  12. C

    Windows install help

    Hi can anyone help me install Windows on my MacBook Pro. Specs below: MacBook Pro (Late 2011) 13inch 4GB Ram 500GB HDD MacOs Sierra 10.12.4 BootCamp Assistant 6.1 Not wanting a virtual machine solution as they slow down macs, or even some info on how to assign more ram to a virtual machine...
  13. PinkyMacGodess

    Music server for Windows?

    I don't know if it's good/safe to ask this here, but a friend just built a 'server' and wants to use it as a 'media/music server', ironically 'just like your Apple system'. :rolleyes: He's afraid of being 'converted' to the Apple Way. I suggested, wild stab in the dark, Winamp? Apple used that...
  14. G

    iPhone does not appear in iTunes (Windows 10)

    The title sums up the problem, my iPhone (5S) does not show up on iTunes, it does however show up on Windows Explorer, Control Panel and Device Manager. I haven't tried to sync it with my new computer yet. I have tried updating Drivers (says they're up to date), on both my iPhone and USB, but...
  15. MacHiavelli

    Scrivener 3 for Mac delayed by Windows

    Scrivener 3 has been in beta testing for some time, but in a recent support thread, the developer of Scrivener 3 for Mac explained that the release of the rewritten Mac software is being delayed because of the need to have a Windows 3 version available at the same time to enable cross-platform...
  16. W

    Win10 on a 5,1

    Two quick questions: 1) was I not supposed to install Bootcamp setup once I made it to the Win10 desktop? I installed all the other drivers one by one, then double clicked on the Bootcamp Setup software and ran through that. And that was about when things got wonky. Few graphics glitches and...
    • whartung
    • Thread
    • bootcamp mac pro mac pro (2010) windows
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Mac Pro
  17. J

    VMware Fusion & Battery Life on 2016 MBP without Touchbar?

    Hi all, I currently use a 2012 MBA (i7 Ivy Bridge with 8GB of RAM) as my work computer. I end up having to do lots of things in Windows (via VMware Fusion), such as Visio and some other specialized applications, but I love Mac OS (used it for my personal machines for many years). My MBA has...
    • joesegh
    • Thread
    • battery life macbook pro vmware windows
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: MacBook Pro
  18. poiihy

    What narrow/condensed fonts does Windows have?

    What narrow/condensed fonts does Microsoft Windows 7 and 10 have, and what's their exact "font family" name that can be used in CSS? According to Wikipedia's List of typefaces included with Microsoft Windows, it has a font named "Abadi MT Condensed Light" which was included since Win98. This'll...
  19. AppleDApp

    App to convert OS X specific files

    Short of manually exporting all my files to the windows equivalent format. Are there apps that will convert numbers, pages and keynote documents to the windows equivalent? with minimal lost formatting fonts etc.?
  20. T

    Can't seem to install apple products

    Hey all, I'm running a windows 7 machine and I'm having trouble installing both iCloud and quick time. See the attached dropbox link showing the errors. I can install other programs from other authors just fine and I do have admin access. Does anybody have any idea as to what may be going on...
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