Firstly, I hope this is in the right place... I apologise if its not...
Secondly, I did try doing a search on here, but didnt find what i was lookin for.
Im not really a Mac owner as yet, but i do have my eye on a Macbook Pro. Im going to have to use Boot Camp as i have Photoshop CS3 and Dreamweaver etc. for PC but not Mac, so obviously my work will all be done on the Windows partition. Problem is, i plan on keeping all my photo's and other stuff on OS X. So im gonna have to copy the select pics i want to use when designing, to an external flashdrive and paste in the XP partition, then delete when done to save space. There has to be a way around this, being able to transfer files from OS X to XP ??? Will using an external flashdrive even work in the mac ???
I've looked into Macdrive - Apparently its rubbish, and TransMac (or whatever its called) just hasnt got any good reviews either so im not keen to test it. I read somewhere that if you first format the partition you want to install windows on, as a fat32, then you can make a shortcut folder on your windows which leads to a place on your OS X, and on your OS X partition, make an 'alias' which leads to a place on your windows partition? Make any sense? Like a shared network i suppose... Anyone try that?
Does Boot Camp give you the option of choosing FAT32 or NTFS?
Anyone using Parallels for this? Hows it working for you? Doesnt using Parallels drain CPU usage?
Any tips and advice or links would be greatly appreciated!!! Im sure this Q has been asked before, i just cant seem to find the right answer.
Sorry you dealing with an absolute noob here!
Many thanks!!!
Secondly, I did try doing a search on here, but didnt find what i was lookin for.
Im not really a Mac owner as yet, but i do have my eye on a Macbook Pro. Im going to have to use Boot Camp as i have Photoshop CS3 and Dreamweaver etc. for PC but not Mac, so obviously my work will all be done on the Windows partition. Problem is, i plan on keeping all my photo's and other stuff on OS X. So im gonna have to copy the select pics i want to use when designing, to an external flashdrive and paste in the XP partition, then delete when done to save space. There has to be a way around this, being able to transfer files from OS X to XP ??? Will using an external flashdrive even work in the mac ???
I've looked into Macdrive - Apparently its rubbish, and TransMac (or whatever its called) just hasnt got any good reviews either so im not keen to test it. I read somewhere that if you first format the partition you want to install windows on, as a fat32, then you can make a shortcut folder on your windows which leads to a place on your OS X, and on your OS X partition, make an 'alias' which leads to a place on your windows partition? Make any sense? Like a shared network i suppose... Anyone try that?
Does Boot Camp give you the option of choosing FAT32 or NTFS?
Anyone using Parallels for this? Hows it working for you? Doesnt using Parallels drain CPU usage?
Any tips and advice or links would be greatly appreciated!!! Im sure this Q has been asked before, i just cant seem to find the right answer.
Sorry you dealing with an absolute noob here!
Many thanks!!!