First gen Zune on mac without bootcamp or any VM

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First gen Zune on mac without bootcamp or any VM

So... I have first Gen zune from 2006 and I need it to work with my early 20-inch 2008 imac desktop. The computer is running El Capitan and has 4gb of RAM and, an ATI Radeon HD 2400 XT 128 MB graphics card as well as a 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor. (I dont know if that helps). Iv'e tried paralles, VM softwares, gone through old link. to apps no longer on the App Store. I don't want to use boot camp because that would involve me spending money that I don't want to spend. If anyone knows a way for a FIRST GEN Zune on a mac to work please help!

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DargonflyLord17

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Posted on Sep 4, 2017 4:32 PM

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Answer 1

Sep 4, 2017 4:47 PM in response to DargonflyLord17

Unfortunately as far as I know, and can find you cannot transfer music to a Zune player from a Mac.

You absolutely need the Zune manager software, and that only runs on Windows. Or at the very least Windows Media Player which again also only runs on Windows.

With that said, running Windows on Bootcamp should not cost you any more money since you mention you've tried Parallels and other VM software and that suggests you already have a copy of Windows you tried to use with that.

What happened when you tried the VMs? Perhaps we can help you sort that out instead of trying to find a obscure method that probably does not exist.

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Answer 2

Sep 4, 2017 4:57 PM in response to Phil0124

Ok so I did the parallels free trial, and one I opened the Vm it wouldn't connect to the Zune. Also the Windows iso was from a third-party source. Im currently working on Getting a windows 7 disk and key from a friend.

-DargonflyLord17

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