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Mac OS?

Yup, I agree. Until the native Mac OS version comes out, the existing W32 version of Hero Lab works pretty well in Crossover (you could use the free wine, too, but it is going to take some more advanced configuring on your part). My only real complaint about using Crossover is that it looks, well... ugly. Hero Lab looks like something out of 1996 in Crossover, even if you set Crossover to emulate Windows Vista. This is a flaw in Crossover though, not Hero Lab.

And yeah, I also have Parallels and, if your machine can handle running a full VM of Windows while you are in OSX, that is probably the ultimate solution for the time being. Try it!
 
I've been running Hero Labs in Parallels and it will randomly ask me to reactivate my license. I have one license on my desktop and one on my laptop. At the moment I am not able to activate it on my laptop. Anyone with any ideas why this keeps happening? I'm not making nay changes to the virtual machine.
 
Are your two licenses using the same license number, or did you request your secondary license number, and are using each number on only one computer?

(Help menu...About Hero Lab will let you see the license number each one is using)

(License menu...obtain secondary license if you are using the same license number in both places)
 
So, back to the question at hand and not try and resolve the Windows on Mac issue. Any updates on Mac version yet? Please keep us Mac user's in mind when it's time to test.
 
Robbie said:
You really are missing the point! Oh well it is the Internet after all. :)
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I didn't miss the point at all, I gave you the only solution available today that matches your request.

Crossover

Crossover doesn't run Windows like VMWare and Parallels. You asked how to get rid of windows as a second os, and crossover does exactly that. There is no longer a copy of windows running.
 
Never mind ... my browser only loaded half of the thread....

I will buy Hero Lab as soon as there is a definite confirmation that my PC license will transfer to the Mac.
 
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risner said:
I didn't miss the point at all, I gave you the only solution available today that matches your request.

Crossover

Crossover doesn't run Windows like VMWare and Parallels. You asked how to get rid of windows as a second os, and crossover does exactly that. There is no longer a copy of windows running.
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Indeed, thank you for your continued assistance. But I'll paint a clearer picture. I'd rather not boot into Windows to run Hero Lab. I'd rather not use a virtual environment to run Hero Lab. I'd rather not use an emulator to run Hero Lab.

I'd rather run Hero Lab as a native app. That should cover it! :D
 
geekomancer said:
Never mind ... my browser only loaded half of the thread....

I will buy Hero Lab as soon as there is a definite confirmation that my PC license will transfer to the Mac.
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We're hoping to get this confirmation within the next couple of months. Keep an eye on our web site and newsletter for updates. :)
 
Not to push the issue here, but couldn't you just say "sure, we'll honor a license transfer from PC to Mac" or "sorry, we won't"?
 
geekomancer said:
Not to push the issue here, but couldn't you just say "sure, we'll honor a license transfer from PC to Mac" or "sorry, we won't"?
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They are not sure if the can "Technically" do it yet, that is why they can'y just say it. Once they figure out if the "Tech" can or can not then they will tell us.
 
Sigh. Still no news.

I honestly don't understand why the technical side is such a mystery. Do you have the technology to revoke a license? If so, you can give Mac users a one-time crossgrade — revoke the PC license, grant a Mac license. If you can do that, I will buy the PC version today, then wait patiently for the Mac version to come out, and switch completely when it does. Pretty please?
 
geekomancer said:
I honestly don't understand why the technical side is such a mystery. Do you have the technology to revoke a license? If so, you can give Mac users a one-time crossgrade — revoke the PC license, grant a Mac license. If you can do that, I will buy the PC version today, then wait patiently for the Mac version to come out, and switch completely when it does. Pretty please?
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Unfortunately, users have created dozens of different threads asking about the Mac, and many of the same questions keep getting asked in various places. We have definitely answered this question before, in a couple of places, but we haven't answered it in all the different threads (such as this one). Below is a link to the official answer to this question from another thread.
http://forums.wolflair.com/showpost.php?p=46418&postcount=3
 
rob said:
Unfortunately, users have created dozens of different threads asking about the Mac, and many of the same questions keep getting asked in various places. We have definitely answered this question before, in a couple of places, but we haven't answered it in all the different threads (such as this one). Below is a link to the official answer to this question from another thread.
http://forums.wolflair.com/showpost.php?p=46418&postcount=3
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Rob,

Maybe you should take all the Q&A's and make a new thread and it sticky and delete/close this thread.
 
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