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Running Windows on a Mac: A Switcher's Guide
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<blockquote data-quote="alwaysMac" data-source="post: 1381858" data-attributes="member: 214928"><p>Hello guys, not sure if this is the right forum for me to understand more on iMac Finders vs Windows Explorer? For those familiar with Windows Explorer, you will notice that the directory/file viewer can be set to also list system and hidden files, is there a similar feature in iMac Finder? I am asking this because I was trying to backup my Garmin GPS files onto the iMac and I realised that the system files (under a folder .system/) are hidden. </p><p></p><p><em>[After note: managed to find the answer to the above, which is:</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Use Terminal and copy/paste following:</em></p><p><em>- defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE; killall Finder</em></p><p><em>and to revert to default setting, use following:</em></p><p><em>- defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles FALSE; killall Finder]</em></p><p></p><p>Another question I have is what is the best solution to run some Windows based application in iMac - not games related that draws plenty of resources but a map editing software (Mapedit) and occasionally, to run exe files to extract map upgrade files for copying into the GPS? </p><p></p><p>Many thanks for your assistance.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="alwaysMac, post: 1381858, member: 214928"] Hello guys, not sure if this is the right forum for me to understand more on iMac Finders vs Windows Explorer? For those familiar with Windows Explorer, you will notice that the directory/file viewer can be set to also list system and hidden files, is there a similar feature in iMac Finder? I am asking this because I was trying to backup my Garmin GPS files onto the iMac and I realised that the system files (under a folder .system/) are hidden. [I][After note: managed to find the answer to the above, which is: Use Terminal and copy/paste following: - defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE; killall Finder and to revert to default setting, use following: - defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles FALSE; killall Finder][/I] Another question I have is what is the best solution to run some Windows based application in iMac - not games related that draws plenty of resources but a map editing software (Mapedit) and occasionally, to run exe files to extract map upgrade files for copying into the GPS? Many thanks for your assistance. [/QUOTE]
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