Mac OS? - Page 2

rob · October 21st, 2010, 01:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Caliber42

My Crossover free trial just expired so I'm more interested in this now than ever. Any information would be fantastic.

If money is tight, you might consider trying VirtualBox - it's apparently free. I haven't used it myself, but I've heard good things about it, and there are at least a couple Mac users leveraging it.

FifthWanderer · 06:40 AM

I figured C++ as a likely suspect for the language; I just didn't want to make the assumption. Glad to hear that things are going as well as can be expected.

Edit: I went looking for VirualBox, just out of curiosity. It is freely available open source software. You can get it here.

Caliber42 · October 23rd, 2010, 02:29 AM

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Originally Posted by rob

If money is tight, you might consider trying VirtualBox - it's apparently free. I haven't used it myself, but I've heard good things about it, and there are at least a couple Mac users leveraging it.

It's not so much as an issue of money being tight as it is that quite frankly, Hero Lab is the ONLY program I use that I need an emulator for. I'll look into VirtualBox though and see how it goes.

But don't let this dissuade you from doing a Mac OS version!

-Cal

PS: On the other hand, I have about two laptops here and a desktop, but my license is set to the Mac and one laptop that my father borrowed (indefinitely). I'll have to read up on the licensing agreement more...

rob · October 23rd, 2010, 04:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Caliber42

PS: On the other hand, I have about two laptops here and a desktop, but my license is set to the Mac and one laptop that my father borrowed (indefinitely). I'll have to read up on the licensing agreement more...

I assume your father isn't using Hero Lab right now on that laptop. If that's correct, just move the license on that laptop to a different computer you have access to. You can do this by simply activating that license number on a different computer. If it's been at least 4 months since you last activated the license on the other laptop, you can do this automatically. If it's been less than 4 months, you'll be sent to a form where you can request to have the waiting period waived. Nancy (support) usually gets those requests sorted out in 24 hours.

Caliber42 · October 23rd, 2010, 12:16 PM

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Originally Posted by rob

I assume your father isn't using Hero Lab right now on that laptop. If that's correct, just move the license on that laptop to a different computer you have access to. You can do this by simply activating that license number on a different computer. If it's been at least 4 months since you last activated the license on the other laptop, you can do this automatically. If it's been less than 4 months, you'll be sent to a form where you can request to have the waiting period waived. Nancy (support) usually gets those requests sorted out in 24 hours.

Heh, I've had Hero Lab for a month or so, not sure exactly. I had the license activated on my Mac the day I got it. The kicker is, I had no idea I was getting the Macbook and had just downloaded and purchased Hero Lab a few days before. I'll see about explaining my situation and sending an email off to the aforementioned Nancy.

Fantastic program by the way. Kudos to your team. I love the customizability of it.

-Cal

Unseelie · January 7th, 2011, 08:14 AM

I'm a Software QA engineer at Apple, actually, and I'd like to offer my assistance once the Mac port reaches a point where people can start looking at it.

Unseelie · January 7th, 2011, 08:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Robbie

Running Windows programs is quite possible on a Mac (via a virtual machine such as VMWare or Parallels) or perhaps an emulator.

But no matter how many times that is said, there's no substitute in my opinion for native applications, and for that reason I'm very excited about a 'pure' Mac version.

If it's an intel Mac, you don't even need Virtualization/Emulation... just cross boot into Windows using Boot Camp.

quixoticparadigm · January 30th, 2011, 07:09 AM

Any update on how this is going? I'm very interested in HL being ported to Mac!

Darkholme · January 30th, 2011, 01:05 PM

thats alot of code. I hope its all neatly divided into classes and well commented.

Robbie · February 23rd, 2011, 01:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Unseelie

If it's an intel Mac, you don't even need Virtualization/Emulation... just cross boot into Windows using Boot Camp.

Of course, but what a drag! Booting a computer to just use one program and then booting the machine again to get back into the native OS. Not for me I'm afraid. (FYI I've used VMWare and currently use Parallels.

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I want to dump Windows as a 2nd OS. Period!

FifthWanderer Senior Member Volunteer Data File Contributor Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 649 October 21st, 2010, 08:11 PM	I figured C++ as a likely suspect for the language; I just didn't want to make the assumption. Glad to hear that things are going as well as can be expected. Edit: I went looking for VirualBox, just out of curiosity. It is freely available open source software. You can get it here. Last edited by FifthWanderer; October 22nd, 2010 at 06:40 AM.
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Unseelie Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Saratoga, CA Posts: 257 January 7th, 2011, 08:14 AM	I'm a Software QA engineer at Apple, actually, and I'd like to offer my assistance once the Mac port reaches a point where people can start looking at it.
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quixoticparadigm Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 38 January 30th, 2011, 07:09 AM	Any update on how this is going? I'm very interested in HL being ported to Mac!
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Darkholme Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 25 January 30th, 2011, 01:05 PM	thats alot of code. I hope its all neatly divided into classes and well commented.
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