Is it possible to play flight simulator X on i mac ?

Is it possible to play Flight Simulator X on a imac ?
Thank you for your answer.

not without first installing Windows on a seperate partition. It is a Windows only game.

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Flight Simulator X Acceleration

Do you need to install the Acceleration Pack when operating FSX on Windows 7.
I have the Acceleration Pack, but it only refers to Windows XP and Vista, there is no mention
of Windows 7

Hi,
I have been able to find an older thread talking about this game issue:
Cannot play
Flight Simulator X and cannot install Flight Simulator X: Acceleration expansion on windows 7 ultimate (x64
Please take a check with the above suggestions and see if it could help.
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Michael Shao
TechNet Community Support

Real Flight Simulator G5 for mac

I want to use Real Flight Simulator G5 for mac. I couldn't find anything saying it was compatible for mac. I was wondering if I use Parallells or Boot Camp, would that work? I saw on a forum somewhere it said Virtual Pc on mac that it wasn't compatible. Has anyone else tried using Real Flight Simulator G5 on a mac?

Hi and welcome to Discussions,
RFS should work quite fine when installing Windows on your Mac with BootCamp.
Basically with BootCamp you install and run Windows as if you are on any other given Windows PC.
Parallels and the other virtualization apps (VMWare Fusion and VirtualBox) are not the best for running Windows games.
Virtual PC was an emulator that enabled older PowerPC Macs to run Windows. Maybe because of the different processor used (PowerPC then, Intel now) RFS didn't worked with Virtual PC.
Regards
Stefan

Playing MS Flight Simulator on Intel Mac

Hi,
Just like to check if anyone is playing the MS Flight Simulator on their iMac. I am asking becos I thought the spec for the iMac is not sufficient to support the game.
Rgds
TC

Hi,
I have iMac 24" 2.8GHz 2 GB ram. XP SP2 in Bootcamp. FSX runs fine. Get the latest ATI drivers for Bootcamp from the ATI site. Biggest frame hog seems to be the AA. Choose the minimum setting with the ATI utility supplied. You might want to play with Mipmapping etc as well.
From memory, I was getting around 20FPS minumum pretty consistently at mostly maxed out settings. A couple of strange things happen occasionally. Going from 3d cockpit to 2d cockpit (or vice versa) can slow down the the works. Either restarting FSX or changing some video settings and hitting OK seems to work.
One other thing, FSX SP1 is good - multicore support etc. FSX SP2 has a couple of problems - lose menu text and so on. Unless it's been fixed, stick with FSX SP1.
Lastly, I was getting strange artifacts after changing screen resolution etc, and going back into FSX. Once again, if this happens, go back into video settings (FSX that is), uncheck filtering, check it again, then click OK. Works fro me. Haven't got the foggiest idea why, and your experience may be totally different. When you feel like a change, install IL2 Sturmovik, and have some fun!

Flight Simulator, controller recommendations?

I was wondering if any of the fellow MDD users here has a favorite OS X (or 9) flight simulator that they recommend, that would run well on a MDD, and a good USB joystick/controller.
Does X-Plane (any particular preferred version) run well?
Or how about FlightGear for Mac?
http://www.x-plane.com/
http://macflightgear.sourceforge.net/home/
any one with first-hand experience care to share a quick review or pointers on how well it runs on their MDD?
I am thinking my GeForce4 Ti probably would run the older flight sims better in OS 9 than any of the newer ones that require 10.4 (I can boot either). But a new video card is always an option.
On my old G3 Dekstop I was running OS 9 versions of Fly! (version 1) and F/A-18 Hornet 1.2 & Korea 3.0 with an ADB CH Products F16 Fighterstick, but found the joystick action was fairly sensitive and hard to keep trimmed and didn't really use them that much. I no longer have the G3 (or ADB joystick) so I'm looking for a USB joystick/controller for my MDD. Thanks!

Hi Glenn,
Boy, did you post in the right place! I've run Mac flight sims for years and was a beta tester for Fly! 2 for Mac. That program never handled OSX very well, but I understand it's now gone open-source and is being used again. Haven't gotten back to it.
I use X-Plane 7.30 almost exclusively on my MDD (1.25G SP; 10.4.11; 1,74GB RAM; Radeon 9000 Pro 64VRAM). I tried the last of V7--7.63--but found it buggy, went back to the stable 7.30, and never tried v8 on the MDD. I ran the v9 demo on my MacBook Pro 2.2G and it ran fine.
X-Plane 7 produces frame rates in the 30-50 fps range with the sim set at 1024x768 and the details setting basically cranked to a six out of a possible seven detail levels. XP uses the "aperture function" in AGP cards to access some main memory when the v-card VRAM runs out. At current settings. XP says it's using nearly twice the VRAM that is on the Radeon card. Runs fine.
I recommend you try the v9 demo on your current set-up to see how it runs. The demo defaults to a complex scenery area in Switzerland (I think) so it's a pretty heavy-duty test of your system. Play with the settings and see if you can live with it. Understand the the demo area has custom scenery elements that make it more taxing than will routine flying--most areas will not have custom scenery unless you add it. In X-Plane, you can install airport and terrain databases for the entire world. I did, and my XP folder is 6.77GB. That's without any custon scenery areas!
You will find the menu system rather un-Macish even though the developer team uses Macs. Bothered me at first but I got over it.
I think I tried the FlightGear demo and found it choppy on the MDD and pretty much non-responsive to input.
Several years ago I bought a Saitek ST200 digital stick for US$15 off a clearance rack someplace to replace my old ADB Gravis MouseStick ii. X-Plane is quite happy with it. Can't say the same about other sims. I loved the Hornet franchise and own three pre-OSX versions but they do not like the USB stick. I intend to try the lastest OSX version but simply haven't gotten to it.
We could make this thread go on for a long time

Microsoft combat flight simulator 2

I have Microsoft combat flight simulator 2 released in 2000. I used to play this on my PC which had Windows XP and it worked great. I no longer have that PC and am trying to play it on my laptop (hooked up to my TV as the monitor). The laptop has
Windows 7. Everything loads but when the game starts to play the screen is blank. There is sound but no picture. I tried it with just the laptop without the TV and had the same problem. Is there anyway to fix this? Any help would be appreciated.

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Google Earth Flight Simulator

Is my system capable of operating the Google Earth flight simulator?
I have the pre-Intel version of the Mac Mini upgraded to 1MB Ram, recently purchased 19" View Sonic monitor with DVI connection.
The Google Earth flight simulator has a slow prop plane and an F-16.
I do not have a joy stick but would get one if my Mac Mini is up to handling the requirements of a flight simulator.

I notice you say you have the 'pre-Intel' Mac mini, which would make your mini a PPC first generation system. I think you mis-stated your memory (RAM) @ 1mb, which should probably say 1gb. If you had 1mb it'd be a massive downgrade and your system most certainly wouldn't run.
That being the case, you'd have the ATI Radeon 9200 32mb built in video card. That card uses it's own discreet video memory, and is actually a bit better than the early Intel GMA950 integrated video.
You thus meet the specs for Google Earth, but it's probably not going to run all that quickly on the system, mainly because of the relatively slow processor. The main snag would be the load time, as it loads slowly even on my Intel mini. I've not tried it on this PPC mini, but it should work - just don't expect crisp video game play type results. The flight simulator in Google Earth is not really meant to be a full video game though, so you may find the performance adequate.

Is it possible to play two audio files simultaneously.

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Is it possible to play two audio files simultaneously.
I modified the 'SpeakHere' to play two audio files simultaneously, it worked perfectly on simulator but get hanged on iphone.
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IMac on Flight Simulator

I am considering to buy an iMac or MacPro to run PMDG B737 NGX on MS Flight Simulator X Is this possible?

Yes it's possible, but you would need to set the up to run Windows 7.

Using My MP to Play Flight Sim X.

I finally got Vista to install, XP would fail during install, so I did Vista.
Since Apple screwed up when they gave me this new MP 2.8 and failed to get me the restore DVD's for this machine, I had to install drivers from Multiple sources, Keyboard and mouse/small stuff from my wife aluminum iMac, the video/sound from vista/web.
So I am trying to play Microsoft Flight Simulator X
I am using the ATI 2600 right now while I wait for an 8800 to show up.
4GB 800 Mhz memory
Sure, Vista only shows 2GB memory, whatever,
However a 128MB video card should run this game...I would think. I cant take anything past Medium for settings, otherwise I get 3fps and the game even locked up on me once.
So, the questions..
Any others out there who run this game on the Pro?
How do you have it (windows/FSX) setup?
Will the 8800 work better?
Should I go with XP?
I have all eye candy shut off on Vista. Does this matter?
64 or stay with 32 Vista?
How do I get the memory to show 4GB and use it in Windows? Does it matter?
What can I do to get FSX to run at 100% Full everything on my MP?
I only have a 32GB partition via BC to have this game, I dont use Windows for anything else.

!) FSX runs best on XP Pro 32 bit. I have it installed on a separate WD SE16 HD.
2)Yes the 8800 is superior. Make sure you download the 169.21 8800GT drivers from Nvidia if you get one.
3) 4g of 800 should be fine for FSX.
4) I use all custom settings and finally found the right combination with my 8800GT/ 2.8 combo. Can't know about your ATi card.
5) Your not going to be able to max out the sliders on your machine. I can have Global Density to dense. I have flare and ground shadows off. Weather to min, clouds to simple. 1680X1050 32 bit resolution,
animation to normal, ground traffic to zero. General aviation to 20%, airline density to 50%, special effects to normal. ATC and music off unless in multiplayer, or in missions.
6) MUCH better performance without SP1 & 2 or adding Acceleration for FSX. SP1 really changes the way the cores handle tasks and puts more pressure on the cores vs GPU. Adding Acceleration gave me the dreaded "stutter" seen on forums. So, stay with your basic FSX install. This is a biggie. Or get a 3.2 Octo :))
7) We must accept the fact that FSX will not run as well on our Boot Camp Macs as it will on a Gaming PC. But with patience and lot's of experimentation under custom settings you can tweak it pretty close.
Hope this helps.

Is it possible to play music videos on the Music App of my iPad 2? or it's only possible in the Video App?

Is it possible to play music videos on the Music App of the iPad 2? Or create a playlist for the Video App? or sort the music videos by artist, genre, album, etc.?

I have two music videos on my iPad and they don't even show up in the Music App - only in the Videos App so I have to conclude that you can only play them in the Videos App.
I could be wrong - heaven knows it won't be the first time - but I see no way to play it in the Music App.

Is it possible to play video directly from my GoPro2 using the connector kit and memorycard?

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I have the new GoPro2 action cam and a Ipad2. I bought the connector kit for memorycard and USB. I was hoping that I just could take the memorycard and upload the videos to my Ipad2, but I was wrong. I don't work! I have been filming on the highest quality resolution. It is only showing as an grey object.
Can anybody help me with this, is it possible to play the movies?
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It may not be compatible with the iPad. See below for reference.
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I need to install windows on my new Macbook pro for running my flight simulator software

Hi!
I'm new to the Mac world and I need to install windows on my new Macbook pro for running my flight simulator software which only runs on windows. I would like to purchase and download the windows 8.1 rather than buying the CD.
When i go to the microsoft store and click windows 8.1 it says it is only for who has windows xp or vista...
can you tell me where and how can i purchase the full installation 8.1 for download?
i will keep the ISO file on my flash drive.
Thanks!
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it's likely an upgrade you are looking for and not a full install of windows
http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/windows-and-office/get-the-iso-you-need-to-crea te-your-own-windows-81-dvd/
if you get it as an iso file then you need to burn the iso file to a optical disc to install it

Is it possible to play youtube video in safari browser on WiFi in iOS devices ?

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I have a query regarding playing you tube videos in iOS devices (like iphone,ipad). I can able to play youtube videos in safari browser in iphone on 3G data connection but can not play the same video on WiFi. I am facing the same issue in the youtube iOS application also. Is it possible to play youtube video on WiFi in iOS devices ? Please help me to fix this issue.
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My understanding is that you should definitely be able to play youtube videos using a Wi-Fi network. To me, it sounds as though the issue may be more network related as the videos will work over cellular data. I have a couple questions I believe could help narrow down the exact issue:
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Whats a good mac to use for a home flight simulator with flight controls and foot pedals?

whats a good mac to use for a home flight simulator with flight controls and foot pedals?
My old 6100 AV worked great on A10 ATTACK, back in 1993.
whats a good set up now a days?
I havent seen any MAC set ups as a lot of the after market accessories are on Windows platform.
Is there a way or should I get a dedicated simulator on PC?

The fact that USB flight input devices appear to Windows only is not a limitation; for Mac most are programmed through the sim itself. I know X-Plane does that.
I've simmed a lot and know that good sims need a lot of processor and video hardware horsepower, and you'll also need a lot of RAM. They also run up the internal temps. A Mac Pro has better cooling than an iMac. You can get a program like SMCFanControl to manually set up the fans speeds before starting the sim.
I know of no sims today that will still run on a PowerPC Mac (2005 and earlier) so you need to look to an Intel Mac with top specs. If looking at iMacs, start by looking for the quad-core i7 processor. Those models usually came with an up-rated video card. Thing 12 to 16GB RAM.
My 2010 iMac has the 2.93gHz i7 processor, video hardware (ATI 5750) with 1TB VRAM, and 12 GB of RAM. It runs the x-Plane 10 demo fine but I've not bought the full version because v10 seems to make foot pedals darned near mandatory, and I don't want $100 worth of pedals under my regular work desk at the moment.

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