kelene_milena
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Q: software to run windows applications on a MAC

What is the best software to run windows applications on a MAC?

MacBook Air

Posted on May 31, 2016 12:58 PM

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Q: software to run windows applications on a MAC

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  • by Allan Eckert,

    Allan Eckert Allan Eckert May 31, 2016 12:59 PM in response to kelene_milena
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    May 31, 2016 12:59 PM in response to kelene_milena

    That all depends on exactly which Windows application, it is that you wish to run.

  • by kelene_milena,

    kelene_milena kelene_milena May 31, 2016 1:16 PM in response to Allan Eckert
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    May 31, 2016 1:16 PM in response to Allan Eckert

    I would like to use Advanced Rename https://www.advancedrenamer.com

     

  • by BobTheFisherman,

    BobTheFisherman BobTheFisherman May 31, 2016 2:26 PM in response to kelene_milena
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    May 31, 2016 2:26 PM in response to kelene_milena

    Don't use a Windows program to rename your OSX files. Use a batch file rename app made for OSX. https://www.google.com/search?q=osx+batch+file+rename&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8

  • by Allan Eckert,

    Allan Eckert Allan Eckert May 31, 2016 4:28 PM in response to BobTheFisherman
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    May 31, 2016 4:28 PM in response to BobTheFisherman

    I must concur with that BobTheFisherman that you don't what to use any Windows program to do anything with files on a Mac.

     

    Besides his excellent suggestion, you might also want to check out http://renamer.com/

  • by kelene_milena,

    kelene_milena kelene_milena May 31, 2016 11:30 PM in response to Allan Eckert
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    May 31, 2016 11:30 PM in response to Allan Eckert

    thanks BobTheFisherman and Allan Eckert

     

    however I really want to use Advanced Renamer because it automatically add the city name where the picture was taken in the file name.

  • by IMWJL,

    IMWJL IMWJL Jun 1, 2016 7:03 AM in response to kelene_milena
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    Jun 1, 2016 7:03 AM in response to kelene_milena

    You're probably safe to rewrite or rename some files with a guest operating system but leave system and preferences files alone. I work with a Windows VM running and it's quite often when it and the software there write to the host OS. Most often that's text files, MS Office, photos, and at times video.

     

    I use VMware Fusion to run Windows on Macs but there are other known-good solutions. If this is bias, it's well founded or supported. I run an enterprise on top of VMware and appreciate the overall support, feature set, and for Fusion, ability to also manage enterprise resources.

     

    VMware might cost more but you buy into a family of top tier enterprise products. There have been a few instances where my users or my personal support from VMware has been absolutely world class. Vendors blamestormed and accused the Mac as source of the problem but VMware support engaged Microsoft support to back my finding a vendor's server security (Kerberos) configuration as the problem. All the Apple "Genius" people could do was say "try Parallels, that's what we sell" while VMware and Microsoft offered support beyond Apple's.