Quote: Originally Posted by ghporter I'm begining to think an external drive is the way to go here. This impression is enhanced by my recent purchase of a Bytecc USB 2.0-to-IDE…

I hadn't though of using Boot Camp AND Parallels at the same time in this context, and I dont' even know if it could work. It wouldn't matter how many partitions you set up on the…

are you implying that people should share files between OS X and a bootcamp windows environment thru an extrenal USB harddrive? I guess this would work with no problem, but seems …

Quote: Originally Posted by framedinblood are you implying that people should share files between OS X and a bootcamp windows environment thru an extrenal USB harddrive? I gues…

well, I've seen Parallels in action sharing files. I mean, I don't know exactly what kind of files you're referring to, but just transferring Word files isn't a problem. Some for…

Quote: Originally Posted by framedinblood well, I've seen Parallels in action sharing files. I mean, I don't know exactly what kind of files you're referring to, but just trans…

VMWare can use a real partition. That's what I use if I don't feel like rebooting my PC from Windows to run Linux. So, take a look at VMWare when the OS X version comes out.

I assume framedinblood is speaking of the Parallels Shared Folder, which is a folder on the Windows XP desktop. Inside are all of the folders on the Mac side that you designate as …

Icruise: that's excatly what I was referring to. You have shared folders which you access thru your Windows VM, drop a file in there, and access the file in OS X instantaneously. …

I was clarifying a little, since Virtual PC has true "drag and drop" file copying (you can drag a file from the finder into the VPC window and it will be copied) in addition to sha…

the shared folder basically is drag n drop. I mean, it's not, but it is. you drag the file into a folder and then it appears in the other OSes instantaneously. that's good enoug…

has anyone tried this feature?

Quote: Originally Posted by framedinblood has anyone tried this feature? You mean shared folders? Sure...I use it to share an external drive where I keep my docs, so that I…

but are you actually using a shared folder? or just hooking up an external drive to either of the OSes?

In any case, I am using the Shared Folders feature and it seems to work fine. Why do you ask?

Quote: Originally Posted by framedinblood but are you actually using a shared folder? or just hooking up an external drive to either of the OSes? Yes, I set up the entire …

wow, I didn't even know that was an option, but it's pretty cool. you got any other cool tricks to share?

None that come to mind. Now, if the iSight would work, that would be a cool trick

yeah, I've been working on that. been talking w/ some users on the Mac message boards about solutions, every one wants it to work. could be in vain though.

just posted on the apple message board looking for an answer. the parallels forums might be a place to look as well.

After a little analysis of my Shuffle's poor shuffling, I figured out that it's not playing songs that were purchased from iTMS. To check, I put only iTMS purchased songs on it, a…

Hello, I had the same problem with some of the iTunes music I purchased. I had to burn to CD and then import back in to iTunes. Another thread here too http://forums.m…

I'm sorry, but this just blows. My Shuffle still won't play the purchased music and there doesn't seem to be an answer. I just got a new 30GB since my 10GB had a dead battery. T…

If both iPods fail to play the music, the it seems fairly clear that there's something odd about your iTunes installation. I don't suppose you have another computer that you can us…

Um the iPod shuffle does not support Apple Lossless encoding. Sez Playlist mag : "Unlike with other iPods, the iPod shuffle can’t play AIFF or Apple Lossless files—files that consu…