Leopard, Parallels and Games
Anybody here running any games by using Parallels? Like COD4? I am so sick and tired of having to reboot into Bootcamp to play games. I wish Mac and game companies could just get along and release the same games on Mac that are on PC....ARGH!!!
Hi,
since Parallels and Fusion have only support for DirectX 8 and experimental support for DX9 at the moment, you don't have another possibility than using BootCamp.
Maybe we see improved gaming capabilities with Parallels and Fusion in the (not so far) future.
Regards
Stefan
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Snow Leopard, Parallels and the Day After!
Yesterday I installed Parallels 6 and spent several happy hours enjoying the benefits of that advanced and visually stunning operating system . . . . . Windows 7.
Everything seemed to work perfectly until I switched my iMac on this morning, when I immediately noticed 2 things.
1. My startup chime nearly deafened me! For the past couple of years I have had an app called "Startup Sound" residing in my System Preferences, whose job is to reduce the sound to a very low and pleasing level.
On checking in SP I found that the volume settings had not altered . . . . . . I thought they may have returned to the normal maximum setting.
Anyone know whether Parallels knocks out "Startup Sound"?
2. The actual startup process took twice as long as normal. This could be coincidence as occasionally this does happen. I suppose only time will tell, but it occurred to me that having 2 operating systems residing on one HD might account for the increased startup time.Thanks for the reply Ross.
I decided not to wait until tomorrow, so I shut down and relaunched my iMac a couple of times.
The startup sound was once again suitably low and the startup time was much quicker, though still a little longer than the fastest I get of under a minute (I have a lot of "Login Items").
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Just recently installed parallels and it's made my mac games unplayable.
Is there anyway of rolling back to the original video driver on snow leopard for macbook pro?
also i have the original backup discs
is there any way of installing snow leopard on top of the osx that I have now without losing any of my data? Thanks for the help in advance.are you trying to run parallels and mac games simultaneously?
(and)
have you installed the latest update to parallels?
As you are likely aware, you can set parallels CPU usage, ram usage, and video card memory usage. set any of those too high, and the OSX side of your machine will perform poorly.
If you are leaving parallels open when you try to play a Mac game, (as indicated in the thread title), then it is quite possible the Mac game no longer has enough resources to run efficiently.
Does the Mac game in question function well when parallels is closed and not running?
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When upgrading my Mac from OS X Snow Leopard, to OS X Mavericks, The installer displayed my parallel and my PC applications. How can i get them back?
You either have to restore the Snow Leopard backup you made prior to installing Mavericks, or create a separate Snow Leopard partition to boot to in order to run your older PowerPC applications.
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Id like to start a thread involving the 2. I am would like to get users of both to state their observations and personal opinions. Please take a few moments to add a comment.
This is to help me and others when trying to decide which to use. I have no choice, I need XP on here, but I HATE the thought of it being inside my clean, pure Mac! lol
Lets see if I have it correct:
Bootcamp:
-Software to bootup Windows. You cannot simply switch over from OS X.
-You must partition the drive and install Windows on the partition
-Allows you to use 100% of the Mac's resources
-easliy "unpartition" drive if Windows is to be removed in the future
Parallels:
-Software allowing one to switch back and forth from OSX and Windows and also allows one to use both at the same time
-Must still partition the drive, but can specify the amount
-Apps. running in Windows must share resources with OSX, so this may cause Windows apps to run slower.
-does not offer an "unpartiton" option. You must wipe the entire drive
Have I got the basics? I will edit this if not. Thank you!I'll post to this because while I support the "search first" concept often the information is scattered in multiple threads interlaced with other comments and it takes a ton of time to decipher it all.
Also in this case I believe both Parallels and Bootcamp have changed the personal computing world enough that I believe we need to examine them together in detail:
First off: I purchased a MacBookPro and a MacMini based on Intel BECAUSE of these two technologies.
My work requires programming in Windows XP under Delphi. Yet I prefer Unix and OS X is Unix with a killer GUI. For many years I wanted a notebook that would give me everything in one nice package. The MBP is that notebook and I can only see them getting better and better. Mine has been the best notebook I've ever owned even with the little things like warped lid etc.
Parallels simply put is the answer to a dream for me. All I need Windows for is to run my programming environment and test. I need internet/network connectivity. In Parallels I get all that and more.
I installed BootCamp the day the beta came available and it was great. No doubt a killer way to run Windows. But I lost OS X. IE I couldn't switch. For me this was not much better than having a Windows based laptop. I wanted both.
I think what Parallels has accomplished is simply amazing and I participate in the Parallels forums. But I see alot of people asking for things that are very difficult. Basically they want Parallels to fully support highspeed 3D graphics and full USB 2.0. Both of these things give Windows alone a headache. To ask that it be done in a virtualization environment seems to be asking the impossible.
Yet Parallels claims there will be answers to these questions. For now I can tell any of you that are concerned... I have not found ONE SINGLE PROGRAM that does not run in Parallels UNLESS it is doing something hardware specific.
Add to that the speed which which it runs (almost native!) and you simply can't go wrong.
Furthermore as people here have stated. Parallels uses a disk file to represent the hard disk. To me this is BETTER than having a partition. One simple reason... You can easily make backups of the ENTIRE hard disk. My Windows XP Parallels file is about 16gb. It takes about 5 minutes but on a regular basis and before EVERY new install of anything in Windows or OS X I copy it to my backup disk. I have about 5 archived versions of this file.
In the event something goes bad in a Windows install... No problem. Quit the VM, copy the "good" file back in place and you've just gone back in time BETTER than any of the restore point stuff in Win XP ever could be.
That alone makes Parallels an AMAZING choice for people doing testing and development. You can have a "fresh & clean" environment at anytime by copying over a saved off disk file.
Bootcamp, since it puts WinXP on a disk partition you are resigned to using some of the disk cloning software to achieve the same thing. Most of those like Norton GoBack and others require reboots to "unlock" the volume for cloning. During this reboot you are hosed and unable to use your machine.
With Parallels while I'm backing up my VM file I'm in Entourage answering messages or surfing the web in Safari/OmniWeb.
If I were Apple I would be buying up Parallels as we speak and making sure this technology was tightly integrated into Leopard or whatever is destined next.
Imagine an OS that could boast: Install ANY OS with in this OS and run it at close to native speed in a window! That is what Parallels gives OS X at the current moment. If Apple bought it, put it in Leopard or whatever and didn't kill it too bad with registrations and limitations it might place a serious crimp in M$ plans for XP in the future. They have NOTHING close to this.
So that's my sales pitch for Parallels. (Parallels... I'll expect my check in the mail!!) It's not for everyone! If you want to run XP based fast graphics games... You will probably have trouble. If you want to control various strange USB devices requiring drivers. You will probably have trouble. If you want to install and run the mariad variety of XP software and be able to use it while you are still running everything you like and love about OS X then it is the way to go.
The ONLY caveat... MEMORY! Load your machine up to the max! MacPRO users have a special problem in that they can put more memory in than Parallels supports but those issues are being worked on.
I'm hoping someday a firmware/ROM fix comes out for the MBP that enables us to put 4gb in these little notebooks. That would rock.
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Three Questions: Which Windows OS, Parallels, and HD Partitioning?
Hi Everyone,
I have three questions about Boot Camp and Parallel that I hope someone can answer. I've been searching high and low on the internet, but can't seem to get a definitive answer.
I have a MacBook Pro. Specs: 2.16 GHz Core Duo (Tiger, v10.4.11), 2GB RAM, 100 GB HD (or more like 18 GB free now, running Final Cut Pro 5, Photoshop CS, Office for Mac 2004).
1) I purchased the Leopard upgrade and want to install Windows. Should I choose Vista or XP? I know XP is more stable, takes up less resources, and has better program compatibility...but Vista is newer. To give you a sense of what I use Windows for right now...I mainly run AOL, Outlook, Office, Firefox, and Microsoft Flight Simulator (the only game I play).
2) I also purchased Parallels v3.0. If I use Windows for Parallels and Boot Camp, do I need two installations of the windows OS? Does Parallels know that there's a Windows partition already?
3) How much room should I give for the Windows partition? I've been reading 5GB for XP and 15 for Vista, just for the OS itself. Also, what file structure should I choose? NTFS or FAT?
I should also add that I want to do a clean install of everything to start fresh again. All of my files are backed up already onto an external hard drive.
Thanks for your help in advance!
-Bobhi Bob,
ok, so Vista is newer & prettier - so what? will it give you anything you don't already have? probably not. having been drawn in by the shiny-newness of Vista, and progressively disappointed by is demons, i'd seriously reconsider my choice if i had to do it all again right now. maybe in 6-12 months time the "issues" will have been worked out...
the latest versions of both Parallels & VMWare recognise & use an existing BootCamp partition, so only 1 Windows partition/VM is required. so you'd first create your BootCamp partition via OSX, install Windows onto it, and then Parallels (or at least VMware, from recent personal experience) will see it as a valid virtual partition.
your figures for Windows' own HDD usage are fair (+ apps & data).
just be warned that an out-of-the-box install of XP will consume ~200MB ram, & Vista is more than 3 times that. with XP i have the tools & know-how to pare it down to <80MB, but I'm still battling to get Vista's ram footprint smaller than ~400MB. this comes right off the top of your free ram while under OSX/Parallels... -
What is wrong with Apple's support of printers ... inability for MacBook Pros to connect with HP and other printers. Yet the same printers
work under Mac OS based Parallels (running Windows or Ubuntu) - WHY? Finger pointing (HP . Apple ... Apple > HP) ... who cares ... FIX IT ... this has gone on for months now. WHAT IS THE PROBLEM?HP discontinued support (read: stopped updating their OS X printer drivers) for a lot of their printers back when Apple released Snow Leopard and dropped even more when Lion was released. This is an HP problem, not an Apple problem.
Exacty what printers are you having problems with?
If any of your printers are on the HPIJS list, try installing the HPIJS drivers (there are 3 files to install, and it won't hurt anything). This solved the issue for me on Snow Leopard, Lion and Mt. Lion with my older HP printers. -
Best Practice - Leopard Server and a Windows Server/Application
Our family owns an accounting practice in Northern California. We all use MacBook Pros running Leopard as our client machines.
Our customers all use QuickBooks for Windows for their accounting software. We currently host and store our customer's QuickBooks company files on a Windows 2003 SBS Server. Our staff connects to the Windows Server to launch QuickBooks and perform our accounting services. We do not use any of the features of the Windows Server besides the ability to log in with multiple user sessions to launch QuickBooks from both internal and remote office locations.
Since we all use MacBook Pros, we'd like to use Leopard Server and implement mail, calendaring, wikis, etc. My dilemma is figuring out if this is technically possible because we need to continue to log into a Windows PC, Server, etc with multiple staff's sessions to perform our accounting services with QuickBooks for Windows.
Can someone suggest a way we can do this? I'm not very technical since I am an accountant! We're hoping this can be done somehow!
Thanks for any suggestion and assistance!
JohnWe also have Quickbooks as our legacy Windows app.
Quickbooks files for several companies are stored on our Mac OS X Server, which is accessed by a Windows 2003 Server.
I considered using Parallels or VMware, but the administrative overhead seam excessive. (One installation of Windows is too many). Windows Terminal Services seamed the best fit. Additional client access licenses were required from Microsoft as Windows Server only comes with two administrative RDP licenses.
Our staff and staff from accounting and tax consulting firms connect to Quickbooks on the Windows server via RDP. Internally, we have a couple of diskless thin clients, and iMacs with RDP software installed. Externally, both Windows and Mac OS X clients connect to our 10.5 server IPSec VPN, and then to the Windows server, again via RDP.
Performance is acceptable, as here in Australia we now have ADSL service with 1-2Mbps upstream. On my 23" display (Mac OS X 10.5), situated 1200miles away, a RDP connection at 1280x1024 works seamlessly.
On the Mac Server side, we have recently upgraded to Leopard Server, and thus haven't implmented all the fabulous new features such as calendar sharing and wikis, but we are using network spotlight, and of course the Mail server. Additionally, we have a Fujitsu SnapScan which scans documents that are then automatically OCR'd, and made available by network spotlight. All very cool.
Further work to be undertaken;
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Unistalling vista in parallels and installing xp in boot camp
okay i have a macbook, running leopard. i currently have parallels running vista but i want to remove both and install boot camp and xp with a disk my friend has. i got my computer from macmall and so they installed vista and parallels.
can i remove vista and still be able to register it in the future as an authentic version? (i paid for it.)
is this possible (remove parallels and vista put on xp via boot camp)?
will i be able to use vista in the future if i install it?
please help me a bit the process too...
thanks a lotI just recently had to do this with Parallels and XP-SP2. I asked the same question, do you need to remove Parallels and the Windows install.
Yes. Some might argue no, but I did.
Cleared all of Parallels and then set up Boot Camp for the partition size required, installed XP-SP2 and followed up with Leopard DVD to do the Mac Drivers. All went well including the activation.
And, I had to go back and re-install Parallels to point to the Boot Camp install, which went well.
But, yes, a secondary activation was required, and a simple quick call finished it all off.
Please note, no call was necessary for the Boot Camp (re-)installation.
Despite the Vista differences, I would suspect it would work out the same with regards to activation. -
Tip for upgrading from MBP to iMac with Leopard & Parallels Boot Camp
Here are some pointers based on my recent experience upgrading from a MacBook Pro to an iMac, under Leopard and with Parallels using a Boot Camp partition for Windows.
First, you do not need to create a Windows partition on your new computer. You will use Boot Camp Assistant to do that - it can dynamically resize your existing Mac OS X partition without destroying it. (I initially used Disk Utility to create a Windows partition but it wasn't recognised properly by Parallels and also the Mac wouldn't boot from it).
A great way to simplify getting your old installation across is to make a Time Machine backup onto an external drive. Yes, you could also use start up your old Mac in Target mode (hold down T key when you start it), then start the new Mac and copy your settings over. But in my case, the new iMac (a refurb) came with Tiger installed on it while my old Mac had already been upgraded to Leopard.
I started the new Mac using a Leopard install CD (holding down the C key while starting). Then I chose to restore from a Time Machine backup instead of installing from CD, and soon had a functioning Leopard installation on the new Mac. Well, almost.
Next I used Boot Camp Assistant to create a Windows partition on the new drive. The old Mac's partition was only 10 GB in size, but I made the new one 31.9 GB in size (so I could stay under the Windows limit of 32 GB for FAT partitions). I then quit without installing Windows.
On the old Mac, I used an external drive formatted as FAT and used Disk Utility to 'restore' my Windows partition to the external drive. Next I plugged that drive into the new Mac, and restored the external Windows partition to the new Mac's Windows partition. So far, so good. However, Parallels would not start this installation of Windows, and the new Mac would not boot into it (holding down the Option key at start-up did not show me a Windows drive).
I tried doing a repair of the Windows installation using a Windows install disk but that did not work. What did work was the following: I booted from the Window install CD, then started a new installation. I asked Windows to format the Windows partition on the new Mac, then powered off the new Mac as soon as Windows started copying files. Next, I rebooted the new Mac into Mac OS X, started Disk Utility, and again did a restore of the Windows partition on the external drive to the Windows partition on the new Mac.
The final step was to reboot the new Mac into Windows directly so that I could load drivers from the Leopard install CD. [I haven't done that yet, so I'm not sure it's necessary].
Hope this helps!Sounds solid to me. If the Glyph was connected on a firewire port that is. This would free up the bandwith that way but actually it is hardly an issue with the Duet considering the limited inputs. But using the Glyph as a backup for your projects is good wise idea anyway.
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Leopard & Parallels - migration
I am considering migrating from Parallels to Leopard Bootcamp. I do not want to lose any of the files I have created and the email from the XP-Pro/SP2 instance I have running on Parallels build 5140. Before I upgrade to Leopard I want to make sure where I am heading with this decision. I could upgrade the Parallels to the new build 55xx that goes with leopard but then how do I capture and move the files and email in tact over to Boot camp and also the XP OS as well? Looking for ideas and guidance here.
MichaelYou should probably post your question in the Parallels and/or Boot Camp forums rather than a forum dealing with the usage of OS X.
http://forums.parallels.com
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Solution To Network problems with Leopard systems and tiger and vista
After lots of research and looking into sharing data with leopard systems and other os, i finally found a Solution. Before i state what you have to do to fix it here is what the problem is.
Mac Os x( Leopard) systems trying to find computers or share data to other systems on the same lan can't find each other or simply if are found cant share data with each other.
Reason for the problem.
- By default tiger , windows and some linux distro's automatically join WORKGROUP under workgroup in WINS. with leopard this is changed to join local under workgroup. This effectively causes the systems to fail to communicate with each other.
- By default shared folders on leopard has smb not checked by default.
Solutions
-in order to see computers on the same network or workgroup. find out the workgroup with which all the local machines are connected to, then on your leopard system goto Apple->System Preferences->network ->advance and head over to WINS tab from here either select your workgroup or type in your workgroup. hit ok then apply in the network window. ( restart your mac at this point int time and try browsing the computers in your network)
- to make sure you can share folders with windwos machines goto apple->system preference ->Sharing. Make sure file sharing is selected then choose the folder you want to share or add a folder you want to share. next click on options and enable Share files and folders using SMB enter your password if it asks and then hit done.
hopefully this helps people with problems on their mac's. other wise you have three options if this is too much trouble install vmware fusion/parallels on your machine and install windows / install windows using bootcamp / and last get a windows machine ( although this choice is highly unlikely it's still a choice). Please note this is not a windows vs mac subject is just that apple has changed the network stack protocols and architecture so stuff is being done differently , you just got to think different to get stuff to work. but after it's all said and done all your system should work in harmony now.Thank you all for replying. I upgraded to Tiger from Panther the first week and it worked AWESOME! I do have to say that I truly and beginning to feel like I'm having issues I would experience on a windows machine. I know that Apple will fix but it is frustrating that I'm having the issues that I'm having.
I just need to finish up the project I'm working on and then I'm going back. I'm currently without any admin rights on my computer but I'm working away. I actually don't know what to expect next so I'm just backing up my data from time to time and working hard to get this done and get back to Tiger (that will be a long process so don't want to get started).
Again thank you all! Also I want to call Apple about this but don't want to wait on hold for the tech. AND they are only open during business hours. Guess what, I work during business hours. What's up with that? Adobe is available all the time. -
I'm considering FileVault usage on an iMac with OSX 10.6.7. Wanting to know more about strengths and weaknesses of Filevault with Time Machine, Parallels and Carbon Copy Cloner. Any negatives to consider before flipping the switch? Any information ?
Would specifically like to know:
Filevault impact on performance and application usability.
TIme machine impacts, and whether TIme Machine volume will also be secure?
Will a Cloned copy made with CCC be bootable, or usable?
Any other negatives to consider before turning this thing on?
Thanks,Filevault impact on performance and application usability.
FileVault encrypts the user's home directory only - it is basically an encrypted disk image that is automatically opened when you log in and closed when you log out. It does cause disk accesses to be a bit slower so it isn't a good idea to use an encrypted account with sound or video or large graphics files. I have no experience with it with Parallels Desktop but suspect that you'd notice a bit of a slowdown. Note: in the User's directory you'll see a Shared Folder. Since FV only encrypts the user's directory you can put data you don't need encrypted in this shared folder which won't be encrypted.
TIme machine impacts, and whether TIme Machine volume will also be secure?
There are issues with TM and FV but how extensive they are with Snow Leopard I can't say, once I realized that TM and FV hadn't substantially changed between 10.5 and 10.6 I stopped dealing with it. When FV and TM were first introduced my testing led me to recommend using CCC or SuperDuper! for backing up.
Will a Cloned copy made with CCC be bootable, or usable?
Yes
Any other negatives to consider before turning this thing on?
Since FV is nothing more than a disk image - and disk images can fail - there are several problems with FV in my opinion. If an encrypted disk image fails it isn't possible to access any of that data. If you don't have a recent (undamaged) backup of the disk image and/or recent backup of the data within the disk image you are in a world of hurt. This isn't just a warning of possibility - this is a real danger that I've seen all too often at the shop where I have worked part time for a number of years.
At this time I strongly recommend that people who have sensitive data keep that sensitive data segregated from their general data and encrypt only the sensitive data or use other methods of locking it down such as saving on an external drive that is kept in a safe. Call me paranoid but I don't even keep all my sensitive data in one encrypted disk image. I use multiple disk images and keep multiple sequential backups. That way I might someday find that my up-to-date investments disk image won't mount but (a) I can go back a week to a backup and (b) that won't impact my up-to-date business records because those are in a different disk image -
Leopard & Parallels co-habitation?
Hi:
I'm finally planning to get Leopard soon, like as soon as I get back from vacation next week. It will be installed on my macbook.
I'm currently running 10.4.11 & have version 3 of Parallels, build 5608 (jun 08).
I've heard that early on there were issues of Leopard & Parallels not 'playing well' together. Right now I'm VERY happy with how Parallels & Tiger are doing. Are there any outstanding issues I should know about or need to be concerned about when I upgrade from Tiger to Leopard? Note: I don't want to lose Parallels, I love being able to fire up a Win XP window while doing my mac stuff.
Thanks!
TMhttp://www.virtualbox.org/
A free open source alternative.
http://forums.parallels.com/search.php?s=8fe4a6522da19c76b8ffa55107c58c02&do=get daily
http://communities.vmware.com/community/vmtn/desktop/fusion
WinClone - http://www.twocanoes.com for cloning Windows
Some people did have trouble upgrade from Tiger to Leopard. Some lost Windows XP partition. Me, I always clone my system, and reformat my drives with a new OS and plan for the worst and start fresh. Then things tend to work as they should. -
Updated to 10.5.2. Parallels and Safari hangs
Title says it all. I updated to 10.5.2 and both Parallels and Safari have now become unstable. Is this a known issue?
You're lucky! Since updating to 10.5.2 my entire system hangs at random. OK, that's not true, iTunes keeps playing but the pinwheel is spinning and everything is unresponsive. I can't Apple-Tab between applications, the dock is unresponsive, etc etc.
I've left it for more than 5 minutes and it just doesn't come back. I have to power down by holding the power button.
It just seems to happen when switching between applications at random.
Since installing Leopard I've had nothing but trouble. I hate it, and I'm starting to hate Apple. The service from their Apple Care has been shocking.
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