Using Microsoft Access

Is it possible to open & use an Access database document on my Macbook Air, 10.6.8? I understand there is no Mac version of Access, is using Parallels an option?

Your suggestions were great - opted for VMware Fusion so I could run both Mac & Windows; to get me to my goal of working on an Access database, I'll install Windows XP Pro & then Access. Cumbersome, but it's a workable solution. Many thanks.

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    How can I use Microsoft Access on my Mac? Boot camp?

    Running Windows or using a suite such as Libre Office. It is similar to Office 2007 for Windows, but runs on a Mac, and contains a database manage that is Access compatible.

  • How can I use Microsoft Access on my Mac?

    How can I use Microsoft Access on my Mac Pro?

    Welcome to Apple Support Communities
    Microsoft Access isn't available for OS X, so you can't use it. If you need it, you have to install Windows on a virtual machine.
    On a virtual machine, you can install the Windows version you most like and the Access version you need, so you won't have any problem using it. You just need a full Windows version with its DVD or ISO image and product key, and an application like Parallels, VMware Fusion or VirtualBox to create the virtual machine. If you want to save money, System Builder versions are cheaper and you can find them at Amazon or NewEgg.
    As you have a Mac Pro, I suppose you won't have any problem using a 64-bit version, but it's important you have enough memory. Open  > About this Mac, and check how much memory you have. I recommend 4 or 8 GB of memory at least.
    After installing Windows on the virtual machine, you will be able to install Access there.
    There are applications for OS X that allow you to run Windows applications without having to install Windows. Those apps often fail, so I don't recommend you to use them

  • How do you install windows XP on macbook and use microsoft access

    how do you install windows XP on macbook and use microsoft access?

    there are two methods to intall windows on your macbook
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  • Using Microsoft ACCESS on MAC os.

    What is the best way to run Microsoft ACCESS on a intel based Macbook running mac os X?
    Tryd to use FMPRO migration but had no luck. Id love to switch to a new mac book, but i run my business s/w in MS ACCESS.
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    You can migrate all your data to Filemaker using
    http://www.fmpromigrator.com/
    Or link Filemaker to ODBC with Actual Technologies ODBC plugin:
    http://www.actualtechnologies.com/
    Or run one of the Windows on MacIntel solutions such as:
    http://www.apple.com/bootcamp/
    http://www.iemulator.com/
    http://www.parallels.com/en/products/workstation/mac/
    http://openosx.com/wintel/

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    Hi, can somebody gimme guidience on the codings for the Database Connection to use Microsoft Database in my applet.
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    - try searching on the forms for the question that your about to post before you post it.... u just might find the answer.... OR a tip that might help u

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    Hi,
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    I want to run a program called LTV on my Mac and it's based on Microsoft Access - I have installed the latest Microsoft for Mac on here and just realised for some reason it doesn't include Access - why not?
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    You could always install Parallels and run Access under Windows?
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  • Can not Insert data to Microsoft Access successfully

    I am using Microsoft Access database, and trying to insert some data into a table with a "while" loop, but every time, the last row can not be inserted although the return value of the "executeUpdate()" is 1, can anyone tell what's wrong with that? thank you very much

    http://forums.java.sun.com/thread.jsp?forum=48&thread=147704
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  • Microsoft Access forms to pdf with hyperlinks?

    Help needed.
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  • A very strange problem in microsoft access

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  • Microsoft Access

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  • Database Microsoft Access

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    server, you can
    figure out the path to your database.
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    message
    news:[email protected]...
    > Well, I didn't setup any DNS but then I try to setup
    their ODBC to connect
    > my database but still didn't work but it work on my
    computer.. any clue?

  • Microsoft Access with Unicode

    Hi,
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    THANK YOU!  THANK YOU!  THANK YOU!
    I never noticed that I had included the column "ItemNo" more than once (as you can see below). I removed the extra and it worked perfectly!
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    Steve
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