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  1. M

    What's the cheapest way to virtualize a Boot Camp partition?

    I found out that I can legally obtain a free copy of Windows through my school. I know there are two options for running Windows on Mac: 1) through a VM, or 2) through a dual-boot setup. One thing I found out about Parallels Desktop is that I can install Windows onto a separate partition and run...
  2. stuartmeyers

    Mini or Air Connundrum - Remote Access

    Hi All, I have a challenge. Buy a mini or a second hand air. I have two needs. 1 - a media server for my AppleTV and 2 - to load xcode and learn swift. I am currently using macincloud and performance is not good enough. I also don't have a big budget. So, do I setup a new macbook mini near...
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    • media server mini rdp remote windows xcode
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Mac mini
  3. maxthackray

    Booting OSX from TimeMachine backup on a Windows Pc

    Hi guys. I'm trying to sort out a problem. I'm going travelling in April for a few months and I don't want to take my laptop with me as it's heavy and I don't want to risk theft or damage. I know that if you use a Time Machine backup to an external hard drive and plug the external drive into...
    • maxthackray
    • Thread
    • backup bootable usb osx time machine windows
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: macOS
  4. Jonathan Thamrin

    Proper Way of Installing Windows on Mac

  5. K

    Added partition to drive with bootcamp, now can't start Windows

    I did not know that modifying the partitions when you have a bootcamp partition setup can screw it up. It did. I tried some different things I found online, but I think I am making it worse. At one point the drive showed back up when holding down alt restarting, but when I selected it I got a...
  6. TomWickline

    WineHQ Wine Mac OS X binary downlad packages now available

    If you want to use Wine on OS X we have binary builds now available, with Wine 1.9.0 or later X11 will no longer need to be installed in order for Wine to work on OS X the full post and all links are here : http://www.windowsonmac.com/2016/01/winehq-wine-mac-os-x-binary-downlad.html
  7. KG101

    Unable to create partitioned drive and install windows.

    Hi, I have been trying for some time to install windows on my late 2013 Imac Yosemite 10.10.5. I originally used bootcamp but when selecting a drive to install windows on I was unable to with the following error message. "Windows could not be installed to this disk, the selected...
    • KG101
    • Thread
    • bootcamp disk utility gpt imac mbr partition windows
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: iMac
  8. A

    Upgraded Internal Hard Drive

    I just installed an SSD in the optical bay drive and I have my HDD in the main drive bay. Mac OS is installed on the SSD. I've tried to install Windows on the SSD too, but I couldn't, so I removed the HDD from the main bay, leaving the SSD from the optical drive bay the only drive remaining...
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    Cannot install Windows 8.1 or 10 with Bootcamp

    I'm having so many problems trying to install Windows with Bootcamp, I don't really know where to begin. Firstly, my setup: 2015 5k iMac, 4.0Ghz. 32GB RAM, 3TB Fusion Drive, OSX 10.11.2 I tried running bootcamp with a windows 10 ISO from Microsoft and the partition is created and the mac...
  10. S

    Windows Laptop on iMac 2011 screen

    Hey guys, I have a 2011 iMac, which I love. Now I want to purchase a windows laptop and use the iMac as the monitor with a converter. What would be ideal is, if I could run both mac and windows at the same time and switch screens with a button. So if I need something on my windows laptop, I can...
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