New to This..Parallels, Coherence

oopscdaz · oopscdaz #1 (**permalink**)

01-17-2007, 12:58 AM

New to Mac's but not new to Windows. I am having problems with Parallels, namely using a USB Mass Storage Device within Winxp via Parallels. It won't recognize it and wondered if anyone else had this problem?
Also, I am trying to use Coherence but not sure how to get the programs working within OS X. I have started the VM, then hit Coherence and it says use Favorite Apps. How does one select Favorite Apps from inside Windows and make Aliases?
Called Parallels support and they have yet to get back to me, after a few days...

bobtomay · bobtomay #2 (**permalink**)

01-17-2007, 07:17 AM

Parallels does not support USB 2.0 at this time. In order to access your drive you will need to set it up in OS X and share it. Then access the share from the virtual machine. Here is a link at Parallels site. Scroll down about 2/3 way down the page. Look for "How can I connect devices to my virtual machine and get it to work" for more info.

http://www.parallels.com/products/desktop/faq/4/#4-7

JRV · JRV #3 (**permalink**)

01-17-2007, 11:10 AM

Does BootCamp support those?

bobtomay · bobtomay #4 (**permalink**)

01-18-2007, 06:49 AM

I have not done a search - think they are supported in Boot Camp.

According to the Boot Camp documentation the following are not supported:
Apple Remote
Bluetooth - have seen some reports of this working, mine does not, drivers for this are not on the driver CD created by Boot Camp
And a couple of other minor features on MBP's

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Member Since: Dec 22, 2006 Location: Texas, where else? Posts: 22,036 Mac Specs: 15" MBP 2.33 C2D 256 4GB, MBA 13" i7 1.8, MB 2.0 2GB, Nano 4th, 3GS, iPad 1	01-17-2007, 07:17 AM Parallels does not support USB 2.0 at this time. In order to access your drive you will need to set it up in OS X and share it. Then access the share from the virtual machine. Here is a link at Parallels site. Scroll down about 2/3 way down the page. Look for "How can I connect devices to my virtual machine and get it to work" for more info. http://www.parallels.com/products/desktop/faq/4/#4-7 I cannot be held responsible for the things that come out of my mouth. In the Windows world, most everything folks don't understand is called a virus.
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Member Since: Dec 22, 2006 Location: Texas, where else? Posts: 22,036 Mac Specs: 15" MBP 2.33 C2D 256 4GB, MBA 13" i7 1.8, MB 2.0 2GB, Nano 4th, 3GS, iPad 1	01-18-2007, 06:49 AM I have not done a search - think they are supported in Boot Camp. According to the Boot Camp documentation the following are not supported: Apple Remote Bluetooth - have seen some reports of this working, mine does not, drivers for this are not on the driver CD created by Boot Camp And a couple of other minor features on MBP's I cannot be held responsible for the things that come out of my mouth. In the Windows world, most everything folks don't understand is called a virus.
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Member Since: Jan 17, 2007 Location: Illinois, Florida Posts: 19 Mac Specs: MBP, MB Air, Iphone	01-17-2007, 12:58 AM New to Mac's but not new to Windows. I am having problems with Parallels, namely using a USB Mass Storage Device within Winxp via Parallels. It won't recognize it and wondered if anyone else had this problem? Also, I am trying to use Coherence but not sure how to get the programs working within OS X. I have started the VM, then hit Coherence and it says use Favorite Apps. How does one select Favorite Apps from inside Windows and make Aliases? Called Parallels support and they have yet to get back to me, after a few days...
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