[Ham-Mac] has anyone tried... Mac/Doze file transfers?

[Jack Brindle]

Take a fresh look at running everything on the Mac. My main system is now a Mac mini. For Windows I use VirtualBox with Windows XP Pro. Pretty much everything is supported, including external USB sound and USB serial ports. I can even share the devices between the Mac side and Windows. File transfer between the virtual machine and MacOS X applications is rather easy using a shared folder, although not quite as easy as with VMWare Fusion, which allows files to be dragged to and from the VM. This setup has completely eliminated my need for a second system running Windows.

If you just wish to transfer files between the two systems, turn on file sharing on the Windows laptop, enable sharing of the disk, then connect directly to it over the network from your Mac. This works quite well also, and you don't need to swap hard drives around.

Hope this helps. If you need more info about the USB serial port sharing setup, just ask!

Jack Brindle, W6FB

-----Original Message-----
>From: chas <chasm at texas.net>
>Sent: Jul 1, 2009 12:38 AM
>To: undisclosed-recipients at null, null at null
>Subject: [Ham-Mac] has anyone tried...   Mac/Doze file transfers?
>
>Has anyone tired transferring files from an XP HDD in a MacPro bay to 
>a windows laptop?
>what software would be needed and would a regular USB cable work?
>
>since we are using Intel chips now, this should be possible.
>
>I have to have the laptop to run MARS digital software like MixW and 
>Winlink, etc. so, I need to transfer the files back to the MacPro for 
>manipulation.  The need for an external soundcard and TNC preclude my 
>using the Parallels or Fusion software.  What really hurts is the lack 
>of a serial connection on the Mac. also, controlling Comports which I 
>do not even think exist on a Mac but which the Windows software is 
>looking for all of the time.
>
>easiest way is to simply use the old null cable trick to move files 
>from the ThinkPad to the Mac and back.  but is there a Mac/Doze 
>software for file transfer?
>
>thanks
>chas, Houston, TX
>
>
>
>
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