Windows/ Parallels on Mac OS
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Has anyone run into a problem using their windows version of sketchup through parallels on a Mac OS? It "runs" better than ever, but I can't get the shift key to lock direction on line, move, copy, etc.
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Hi jmillsaia, and welcome to the SUC forums!
I can't directly answer your question, but do have this to say. Both Parallels and it's competitor (I'm blanking on its name) run less than full versions of Windows. I tried both and ran into so many bugs in so many programs that I gave up and now run a boot level copy of windows XP on my Mac. Next time I'm over there I'll see if I can duplicate your difficulties with inferencing, and re post if you haven't received a better answer. Why not use SU on the Mac side?
Enjoy SU, John -
@unknownuser said:
Really? Do you have any sources for this info or is it something you concluded based on your own experience? I installed a plain-from-the-store copy of vista under parallels on my iMac and it runs no more horribly than on a vanilla PC. I have several colleagues that run various versions of windows and linux/unix releases for software archeology reasons and all report no special
Really? Do you have any sources for this info or is it something you concluded based on your own experience? I installed a plain-from-the-store copy of vista under parallels on my iMac and it runs no more horribly than on a vanilla PC. I have several colleagues that run various versions of windows and linux/unix releases for software archeology reasons and all report no special issues.
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Hi Tim,
Sorry, I didn't want to step on any toes. My source for the "less than full copies" is based on my computer guru's statements and not on my research. Here is the problem I had, I installed VM Fusion on my mac and could not access the shared printer (necessary for me to send estimates, drawings and bills). The only way I could print was using a virtual printer which printed using virtual ink on virtual paper, or converting the documents to PDF and emailing them to myself. Therefore the boot level solution. A year or so later my wife got a Mac and installed Parallels. She needed windows ( XP) to run a desktop / cloud gradebook program. I don't know exactly what happened, the guru was helping her, but she was left without the program or grades the week they were due. As i recall and according to the gradebook's help line this was a known bug (to them). Her solution - the school system is getting her a PC for professional use, she continues to use Parallels on social networking and scrabble.
I wish that it had worked for me but it didn't. I can believe that Parallels runs Linux/ Unix well, after all OSX is based on Unix isn't It?
On the original issue. I tried SU on the PC side and had no problem inferencing using any of the SU native tools I tried.
Happy sketchuping, John
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There can be a driver issue when running crossover or parallels the safest bet is to run it on bootcamp! Bootcamp will also give yo 100% or the RAM.
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@jcharltoncarp said:
Hi Tim,
Sorry, I didn't want to step on any toes.
Oh, no problem at all; I don't have any toes anywhere near anything to do with Windows!
It sounds like you had some really annoying issues but if it was a while ago and you have any need to try again it might be worth it. The recent versions of both parallels and fusion appear to deal with printing and sound and so on very well. I very rarely use parallels - only to do with work stuff when a windows prog has to be compared with legal claims or security issues etc - and it mostly serves to remind me why I have a Mac.
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@tim said:
@jcharltoncarp said:
Hi Tim,
Sorry, I didn't want to step on any toes.
I very rarely use parallels and it mostly serves to remind me why I have a Mac.
Lol
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