MRP4062 executed on Apple iMac i7 Parallels Desktop 5
Having been a PC builder and user for more years than I prefer to remember it was with a certain amount of trepidation that I jumped ship to the World of the Snow Leopard. One of my biggest concerns was the effect on operating all things radio, especially the question to myself “Now what about Win XP Pro and Programmes?” “will MRP40 continue to work?” or will I be able to make it work?
Having been a very satisfied customer, receiving excellent and swift support from Norbert, the software owner and programmer, since February 2004 I would have been at a loss without it, even though I have my old Toshiba laptopjust in case. Using this excellent programme for my CW operating my DXCC count stands at 145 worked and 118 confirmed so yes it is important to me.
The iMac i7, received 17 Dec 09, has been a bit of a learning curve, still is but a great machine. Snow Leopard was of course already installed and I quickly decided to install a Bootcamp partition to run Win XP Proprogrammes needed but not available for Mac. First to be installed was MRP4062 which ran immediately just requiring me to set up devices: SignaLink USB and my USB to 232 converter to connect my Yaesu FT897 to the iMac i7. Once my brain wasswitched in, this was organised and all was now operating 100% and better. Why better? The iMac is so electrically quiet the only QRM now suffered is band noise and as far as CW stations are concerned if I can just hear/see them I can definately work them so a vast improvement on my old PC. (noise bucket)
Obviously a new computer required a new unlock code from Norbert. My request and explanation was sent one late evening (0100hrs UTC to be precise) and on getting up for breakfast a few hours later I had my new unlock code -sorted.
I then tried installing Parallels Desktop 5 which would allow me to run Win XP Pro in virtualisation to avoid re-booting between Windows and Snow Leopard. Recommended to do this within the Bootcamp partition nothing, including MRP40 would work so I reinstalled Windows XP Pro again (how about 10 times in total, each time requiring activation of course) but this time outside of Bootcamp and all is running fine, including of course MRP4062. Again now running on a different computer within a computer I required yet another unlock code to match yet another registration number. As always a quick email to Norbert received an immediate response and MRP4062 is now running in virtualisation mode on XP Pro within Parallels and Snow Leopard and still more efficiently than on my old Athlon 2880+. With a bit more “fiddling about” I at last got XP Pro and programmes running within the Bootcamp partition, yes effectively a third computer hi! Again a new number generated and again Norbert on hearing what I was trying to achieve supported my efforts by providing yet another unlock code, even though he himself was down with the dreaded Swine Flu. (If you are reading this Norbert and family - get well soon.)
Sorry it is a long one but a bit to cover; just to report that MRP4062 works excellently well, (worked 5R8HX last week from Nottingham UK using it on iMac controlling the FT897) within a Snow Leopard environment either in Boot Camp partition, (direct to XP Pro) Virtualisation within and outside of the Bootcamp partition and finally to recognise that Norbert provides excellent support and service for his product.
Bryan M0OIC (full info on QRZ.COM)
MRP4062 executed on Apple iMac i7 Parallels Desktop 5 Having been a PC builder and user for more years than I prefer to remember it was with a certain amount of trepidation that I jumped ship to the World of the Snow Leopard. Parallels 13 For Mac Os X Snow Leopard Iso Download When you or to a new Mac, software known to be incompatible with the new macOS version is set aside and won’t run on your updated system. The software is moved to a folder named Incompatible Software, at the top level of your Mac startup disk. Find Snow Leopard OS (if it is listed) or click Locate manually and choose Image File drag the Snow Leopard image file (for example SuperDrive.cdr) created in step 1 above, and then click Continue. If Automatic Detection fails, in the next window select Mac OS X and click OK. Follow on screen instructions.
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I freed up some hard drive space and decided to try virtualizing MacOSX Leopard Server on my MacBook. So far, the installation is proceeding smoothly. I want to understand the differences between Tiger and Leopard server, and also to look at Snow Leopard Server (I have a 30 day trial key from Apple for testing). Virtualization looks to be a very effective way of trying out different configuration options without risk.Installation is easy; simply create a new virtual machine and insert the MacOSX Server install disk. Parallels 5 detects the OS, configures the VM appropriately, and boots into the Server Installer. After installing and configuring the Server OS, I installed the Parallels tools and ran Software Update a couple of times to bring the Server OS up to 10.5.8.
The only thing that's disconcerting is that Parallels believed that Parallels Tools hadn't been installed on the Guest OS. I ran the Parallels Tools installer one more time after all of the OS updates had been applied, and it seems to have 'stuck.'
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Thanks again, Parallels, for making it easier to do more with less.