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integrating Windows 7 and media on iMac
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I get this, but in the previous post you said 'Make the original partitions 850/150 and resize the 850 to 150'...
How do do that?
Your OS X partition is 850 GB after Boot Camp Assistant. After you install W7 in the first 150 GB partiton, in the Disk Utility step, you resize the 850 GB OS X partition to 150 GB.
Creates 700 GB free space for your MEDIA partition.
Browse the CD to find a file BootCamp64.msi. Right click to install that manually. (BTW It's the drivers, not the firmware.)
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I think that just comes with the Apple Software Update (Start -> Apple Software Update).
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The partitioneeding worked...
But when I wanted to go back to Windows, I restarted and held the Option key... I got the menu to choose between both OSes... but when I chose Windows at another window where I had to confirm to start Windows...
but suddenly it's frozen... keyboard didn't work. I tried my old pc keyboard, no reaction either...
So I held down the Power button and restarted... got back to Mac OS X...
When you go from Windows to Mac, you can start up Boot Camp and choose to restart in Mac... is there something similar in Mac?
btw I noticed internet is terrible slow on my iMac... haven't properly tested in on Windows yet... but any recommendations to speed things up a bit?
could all the reinstalling of OSes have hurt the processor? I certainly hope not...
my old laptop performed actually better...
But when I wanted to go back to Windows, I restarted and held the Option key... I got the menu to choose between both OSes... but when I chose Windows at another window where I had to confirm to start Windows...
but suddenly it's frozen... keyboard didn't work. I tried my old pc keyboard, no reaction either...
So I held down the Power button and restarted... got back to Mac OS X...
When you go from Windows to Mac, you can start up Boot Camp and choose to restart in Mac... is there something similar in Mac?
btw I noticed internet is terrible slow on my iMac... haven't properly tested in on Windows yet... but any recommendations to speed things up a bit?
could all the reinstalling of OSes have hurt the processor? I certainly hope not...
my old laptop performed actually better...
You can use System Preferences -> Startup Disc or install something like Boot Champ. http://www.kainjow.com/
The internet performance will depend on a lot of other factors and really isn't a Windows on Mac issue. Take it to the appropriate forum. Could be anything.
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Boot Champ is exactly what I meant, I'll try it out... Thanks a lot.
Something totally different... Like you know I know have a 'Media' partition, which is 700GB and exFAT...
I'm putting all my Downloads, Movies, Music, Pictures etc there... so that my partition Macintosh HD won't get full.
But is it possible to link the above mentioned folders to the native folders under Places, (User Name) and again the same folders? In Windows for example you can change the designated folders to show up in Library. So I was hoping the same would be possible on Mac.
Something totally different... Like you know I know have a 'Media' partition, which is 700GB and exFAT...
I'm putting all my Downloads, Movies, Music, Pictures etc there... so that my partition Macintosh HD won't get full.
But is it possible to link the above mentioned folders to the native folders under Places, (User Name) and again the same folders? In Windows for example you can change the designated folders to show up in Library. So I was hoping the same would be possible on Mac.
For music, in iTunes, you can set up so that it doesn't copy the music files in the iTunes Library.
For Pictures I don't know but I'd like to know.
You can set up symbolic links to take ~/Music to /Volumes/Media/Music, etc..., but note that iPhoto at least requires HFS+ for its library.
http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=2001110610290643
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I encountered 2 other programs to run PC programs on Mac:
- Rosetta
- Crossover
Does anybody whether which is better and actually work? I was thinking of working with Parallels Desktop for using some Windows programs in Mac... but the above mentioned programs seem easier...
- Rosetta
- Crossover
Does anybody whether which is better and actually work? I was thinking of working with Parallels Desktop for using some Windows programs in Mac... but the above mentioned programs seem easier...
Rosetta is a compatibility layer for PPC (pre-Intel) Macs, not Windows. http://www.apple.com/rosetta/ Crossover/Wine is a re-implementation of the Windows API.
Crossover works for lots of simple things and is far from "easier" than Parallels or VMWare since it take s a bit of tinkering to get many apps to work and many things just won't work when they will work fine in a VM. If the Windows apps you want to run are well supported by Crossover, by all means consider it. Also check out Winebottler a free alternative, both are based on Wine.
It all boils down to what are you trying to do with Windows on your Mac.
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Everest Poker didn't work. I got an error message saying in order to access Everest Poker, JavaScript must be enabled for Internet Explorer. So I installed Internet Explorer 7 with Crossover first... and tried to open EVP again. But it still gave me the same error.
So I think next option is VMWare or Parallels Desktop... in my case... is the one better than the other?
So I think next option is VMWare or Parallels Desktop... in my case... is the one better than the other?
Not really. You could also consider Virtualbox.
Note that your non-standard partition scheme might not let you boot your Boot Camp partition in a VM.
Try it first all provide at least free trials. Install your Windows without entering a product key (you'll have 30-120 days to provide one) in a new VM. Install EVP and try it out.
Once you are happy with it, provide the new product key or try to get your Boot Camp partition to boot as a VM.
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I tried out Parallels Desktop, and indeed... I could use my BootCamp partition, didn't need to install Windows again... how convenient...
That's a major plus. Besides, it's pretty awesome, combining both OSes, especially in the Coherence view...
This is an amazing way to show off my new iMac
So I probably will stick to my partition scheme I have... I did get a few doubts because I found out it's also possible to install Windows 7 on a external HDD. That also sounds nice. But besides the saving of internal space... does it actually have any other benefits? And are there any downsides to it?
That's a major plus. Besides, it's pretty awesome, combining both OSes, especially in the Coherence view...
This is an amazing way to show off my new iMac
So I probably will stick to my partition scheme I have... I did get a few doubts because I found out it's also possible to install Windows 7 on a external HDD. That also sounds nice. But besides the saving of internal space... does it actually have any other benefits? And are there any downsides to it?
Great!
You can't run any Windows but a modified XP from external drives as per the thread you were in https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/11131343/
The one guy in that thread looking to try eSATA with an ExpressCard is an approach that wouldn't work on your iMac.
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You can't run any Windows but a modified XP from external drives as per the thread you were in https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/11131343/
The one guy in that thread looking to try eSATA with an ExpressCard is an approach that wouldn't work on your iMac.
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I just took a look at the other topic and saw your reply to my comment... So it's not possible to put Windows 7 on USB... Guess I don't have to ponder about the possibilty, at least for know
Btw I went to Windows 7 today to play a poker session... suddenly I found out the Magic Mouse is working! That's really magical!
And what's even more amazing.... I was busy focusing on the games and accidentely flicked my glass (with tea) over my Apple keyboard (with numeric keypad)... I freaked out of course... I only have it for a few days and I thought it would be ruined...
But amazingly, nothing happened. Of course I grabbed some tissues and turned it upside down... but it actually stayed active the whole time... I was pushing buttons in order to clean them, and it kept working!
I was just thinking of getting myself a Logitech Cordless Desktop Wave Pro (keyboard & mouse), but these 2 'wonders' have strengthend my faith in Apple!
Nice anecdote, don't you agree?
Let's hope it will remain functional...
Btw I went to Windows 7 today to play a poker session... suddenly I found out the Magic Mouse is working! That's really magical!
And what's even more amazing.... I was busy focusing on the games and accidentely flicked my glass (with tea) over my Apple keyboard (with numeric keypad)... I freaked out of course... I only have it for a few days and I thought it would be ruined...
But amazingly, nothing happened. Of course I grabbed some tissues and turned it upside down... but it actually stayed active the whole time... I was pushing buttons in order to clean them, and it kept working!
I was just thinking of getting myself a Logitech Cordless Desktop Wave Pro (keyboard & mouse), but these 2 'wonders' have strengthend my faith in Apple!
Nice anecdote, don't you agree?
Let's hope it will remain functional...
as for iPhoto, perhaps I should transfer all my photos to the Macintosh HD partition after all...
but could you please explain me how the symbolic links work in practice... It sounds and looks really difficult... and is it related to creating an 'Alias'?
Windows has the exact same functions and distinctions between links *.lnk files and "junctions" compared to OS X aliases and symbolic links.
Links/aliases are created and only work in the GUI. Junctions/Symbolic links work at the file system level, but they work at the name level which is what makes them symbolic as opposed to hard links which are linked at the sector level on the disk.
When you soft link ~/Music to /Volumes/Media/Music it basically replaces ~/Music/ with /Volumes/Media/Music/ on every file access so when you ask for ~/Music/foo.mp3 it opens /Volumes/Media/Music/foo.mp3.
It's pretty seamless, but doesn't work flawlessly in all cases. I tried to symlink out the Movies portion of my iTunes library. It reads fine, but I have to add the files there manually even though both drives are HFS+.
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It's starting to make sense to me now... thanks for the explanation.
In Windows, I did use links... but I wasn't familiar with 'junctions'.
So the way it works: should I put an folder called ~/Music in User>Music... and then redirect it to /Volumes/Media/Music/?
and what about linking from exFAT to HFS+? could it still work?
In Windows, I did use links... but I wasn't familiar with 'junctions'.
So the way it works: should I put an folder called ~/Music in User>Music... and then redirect it to /Volumes/Media/Music/?
and what about linking from exFAT to HFS+? could it still work?
I think the link has to be on HFS+, or NTFS, but it can point to any other location, an exFAT drive or even on a network drive. It's a function of the file system.
Read the Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbolic_link
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I'll try that out somebit later...
I was curious... it is possible to run Mac OS X in Parallels too? So let's say start Windows7 in the BootCamp partitioin, and then visualize Mac OS...
And next I wanna move my whole iTunes folder to the Media partition and afterwards install iTunes in Windows too. I'm curious whether it's possible to let Windows run the same database.
I was curious... it is possible to run Mac OS X in Parallels too? So let's say start Windows7 in the BootCamp partitioin, and then visualize Mac OS...
And next I wanna move my whole iTunes folder to the Media partition and afterwards install iTunes in Windows too. I'm curious whether it's possible to let Windows run the same database.
IIRC VirtualBox is preferred for running an OS X client. It's operating outside the license so Parallels and VMWare actively try to stop you from doing it.
I'll answer the iTunes one in your iTunes thread.
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