Is 10.4.10 compatible with PD 3.0?

Jun 20, 2007, 07:40 PM #1
Stevamundo Senior Member Join: Sep 2006 Posts: 417	Is 10.4.10 compatible with PD 3.0? Just today Apple came up with their Tiger update of 10.4.10. Is it compatible with PD 3.0?

Jun 20, 2007, 07:47 PM #2
snodman Member Join: Dec 2006 Posts: 53	It is still working fine for me after installing the new Mac OS X 10.4.10 update.

Jun 20, 2007, 09:08 PM #3
Purplish Senior Member Join: Oct 2006 Posts: 542	I have upgraded to 10.4.10 and Parallels and my USB devices still work.

Jun 21, 2007, 09:25 AM #4
Leonard Member Join: May 2007 Posts: 51	No problems since upgrading to 10.4.10 here either. __________________ --Larry MBP 2.16Ghz, 3GB, OS X 10.5.4 VM: Windows XP Pro SP3, Windows Vista Enterprise SP1, Open Solaris, Ubuntu 8.04, Solaris 10 Parallels 3.0 5624

Jun 21, 2007, 09:37 AM #5
Ankou Guest Join: Posts: n/a	If you are a happy owner of PD 3.0, it is safe to upgrade to 10.4.10 now. We are not aware of any compatibility issues. If you are a happy owner of PD 2.5 (both builds 3188 and 3212), it is not recommended to update to 10.4.10 now if your production environment relies on USB support in PD. There’s a known compatibility problem with Parallels Desktop build 3188 and 3212 USB implementation and Mac OS X 10.4.10. We are issuing and update for 2.5 within next two days that fixes the compatibility problem

Jun 21, 2007, 09:37 AM

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If you are a happy owner of PD 3.0, it is safe to upgrade to 10.4.10 now. We are not aware of any compatibility issues.

If you are a happy owner of PD 2.5 (both builds 3188 and 3212), it is not recommended to update to 10.4.10 now if your production environment relies on USB support in PD. There’s a known compatibility problem with Parallels Desktop build 3188 and 3212 USB implementation and Mac OS X 10.4.10. We are issuing and update for 2.5 within next two days that fixes the compatibility problem

Jun 21, 2007, 09:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Ankou

It might be a good idea to make this a sticky note on the Mac forums until the update for 2.5 is out or surely there will be problems and more rants.

Jun 21, 2007, 03:45 PM

John Howard
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Originally Posted by Ankou

Appreciate the heads up. I am using PD build 3212 without any problems and wish to keep it that way. So while I normally update my Mac OS fairly quickly, I will wait a few days this time so I can update my PD first.

Jun 21, 2007, 07:34 PM #8
MaCro Junior Member Join: Jun 2007 Posts: 2	Caution, a number of people (including myself) are seeing Kernel Panics occuring frequently. In my case I had an existing PD 3.0 installation and working Vista VM. I've seen a number of panics that seem to be related to the parallels kernel extensions. I've uninstalled PD for now to see if system remains stable - so far, so good.

Jun 21, 2007, 10:01 PM

John Howard
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Originally Posted by Ankou

We are issuing and update for 2.5 within next two days that fixes the compatibility problem

Where will the update be posted?

Jun 22, 2007, 06:20 PM #10
CarlosL Junior Member Join: Jun 2007 Posts: 2	I'm using PD 3212 and already upgraded to 10.4.10 - Are there any workarounds for this "known compatibility problem" until the update is released ("within the next two days")? Or... Can anyone link me to procedures on how to revert to 10.4.9? Thanks in advance! ---carlos

Jun 22, 2007, 06:24 PM

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Originally Posted by CarlosL

I'm using PD 3212 and already upgraded to 10.4.10 - Are there any workarounds for this "known compatibility problem" until the update is released ("within the next two days")?

Or...

Can anyone link me to procedures on how to revert to 10.4.9?

Thanks in advance!
---carlos

The update for version 2.5 to build 3214 is available now and your Parallels Update option should be able to find and download it for you. If that fails then it can be found here:
http://download.parallels.com/GA/Par...20Mac%20en.dmg

Jun 22, 2007, 06:34 PM #12
CarlosL Junior Member Join: Jun 2007 Posts: 2	THANK YOU dkp ! ! !

Jun 22, 2007, 07:07 PM #13
Lago di Cuba Junior Member Join: Jun 2007 Posts: 12	I "upgraded" from 3212 to 4128, both running 10.4.10. USB does NOT work in 4128 -- same message appears "device is in use by another application" -- it's not.

Jun 22, 2007, 07:09 PM #14
Lago di Cuba Junior Member Join: Jun 2007 Posts: 12	I "upgraded" from 3212 to 4128, both running 10.4.10. USB does NOT work in 4128 -- same message appears "device is in use by another application", even though that is not correct.

Jun 22, 2007, 07:47 PM

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Originally Posted by CarlosL

PD 3214 is available now. I got it by running my PD 3212 then checking for updates.

As for reverting back to 10.4.9, that is likely an issue you will want to post on Apple's discussion board, or call Apple care if you have it.

Jun 22, 2007, 09:02 PM #16
Purplish Senior Member Join: Oct 2006 Posts: 542	Lago, I have found USB to work well in 4128 and 10.4.10. Perhaps if you could be specific about the USB device and your Hardware configuration we could help you get it working. There are, no doubt, some devices which may not work, but most we can help you with.

Jun 22, 2007, 09:11 PM #17
Lago di Cuba Junior Member Join: Jun 2007 Posts: 12	USB in P3.0 with 10.4.10 The USB device which, so far, won't work is the IrDa Bridge for the Polar Heart Watch. It's a USB device, not USB2. I have installed the Polar driver, which says it's for WIN 2000 and I suspect that's the problem. Polar makes a USB2 interface which is supposed to be Vista compatible -- I've just ordered one. The Polar website says it uses native Vista IR drivers-- we'll see! The other device is a Durametric ODBII diagnostic tool for Porsche. That does seem to work OK in my current configuration. Thanks for the quick attention -- if you have any suggestion about how I might get the USB1 Polar thing working, I'm interested. If not, we can just wait and see if the new Polar thingie does the trick. Thanks, again.

Jun 22, 2007, 09:11 PM

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USB in P3.0 with 10.4.10

The USB device which, so far, won't work is the IrDa Bridge for the Polar Heart Watch. It's a USB device, not USB2. I have installed the Polar driver, which says it's for WIN 2000 and I suspect that's the problem.

Polar makes a USB2 interface which is supposed to be Vista compatible -- I've just ordered one. The Polar website says it uses native Vista IR drivers-- we'll see!

The other device is a Durametric ODBII diagnostic tool for Porsche. That does seem to work OK in my current configuration.

Thanks for the quick attention -- if you have any suggestion about how I might get the USB1 Polar thing working, I'm interested. If not, we can just wait and see if the new Polar thingie does the trick.

Thanks, again.

Jun 22, 2007, 11:42 PM #18
Purplish Senior Member Join: Oct 2006 Posts: 542	You are in luck. I have a Polar HRM RS800 which is working fine through the IrDA bridge. The driver for this device comes preinstalled in Windows XP. You might need to uninstall the 2000 driver. Check add/remove programs in Windows to see if there is anything you can uninstall. Also, have you ever had the IrDA sucessfully working in Windows? If so, you can skip the rest of this paragragh. There are multiple versions of the IrDA device, especially if you bought the less expensive non-Polar device, and you need the right one that matches up with your watch. If in doubt, look up your watch at the BodyTronics.com website and make sure you have the right IrDA device. Also, I used to have a Polar S600. It came with a USB 1.0 device. It will not work at all on the Mac because Polar wrote a custom interface that did not conform to the USB standard. I found that the Mac did not recognize the IrDA device, and therefore, it was not showing up in the Parallels Devices/USB menu. What finally worked for me is: 1) unplug the IrDA from the USB port 2) Start your XP VM. (If it is running, shut it down and restart.) - 3) With XP running, check the Parallels Devices/USB drop down menu and take note of the devices available. 4) Now plug in the USB IrDA device into a USB port. Give it 10-15 seconds. 5) Now, check the Parallels Devices/USB menu again. You should see "IrDA/USB Bridge as a selection. Click on it to place a check mark next to it. 6) You may have to wait a bit as Windows finds the Driver 7) From now on, the IrDA should be on the list, although if you reboot the Mac, you may have to repeat steps 1-5. The last couple of times, I have not had to repeat, so it may be that either Parallels 3.0 or OSX 10.4.10 fixed this...I don't know. Now connect your Watch to the Polar SW just as you would in Windows.

Jun 22, 2007, 11:42 PM

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You are in luck. I have a Polar HRM RS800 which is working fine through the IrDA bridge.

The driver for this device comes preinstalled in Windows XP. You might need to uninstall the 2000 driver. Check add/remove programs in Windows to see if there is anything you can uninstall.

Also, have you ever had the IrDA sucessfully working in Windows? If so, you can skip the rest of this paragragh. There are multiple versions of the IrDA device, especially if you bought the less expensive non-Polar device, and you need the right one that matches up with your watch. If in doubt, look up your watch at the BodyTronics.com website and make sure you have the right IrDA device.

Also, I used to have a Polar S600. It came with a USB 1.0 device. It will not work at all on the Mac because Polar wrote a custom interface that did not conform to the USB standard.

I found that the Mac did not recognize the IrDA device, and therefore, it was not showing up in the Parallels Devices/USB menu. What finally worked for me is:
1) unplug the IrDA from the USB port
2) Start your XP VM. (If it is running, shut it down and restart.) -
3) With XP running, check the Parallels Devices/USB drop down menu and take note of the devices available.
4) Now plug in the USB IrDA device into a USB port. Give it 10-15 seconds.
5) Now, check the Parallels Devices/USB menu again. You should see "IrDA/USB Bridge as a selection. Click on it to place a check mark next to it.
6) You may have to wait a bit as Windows finds the Driver
7) From now on, the IrDA should be on the list, although if you reboot the Mac, you may have to repeat steps 1-5. The last couple of times, I have not had to repeat, so it may be that either Parallels 3.0 or OSX 10.4.10 fixed this...I don't know.

Now connect your Watch to the Polar SW just as you would in Windows.

Jun 23, 2007, 07:17 AM #19
Lago di Cuba Junior Member Join: Jun 2007 Posts: 12	Forgot to add that I'm running Vista. Looked at the Device Manager on another non-Parallels XP SP2 laptop with the Polar USB device installed. It shows up as a separate item, i.e. NOT under "Universal Serial Bus Controllers". I suspect that means it's the Polar version which isn't USB compliant? (the watch is a 625x). Also searched in Parallels/Vista VM for the driver I supposedly installed -- it's not there. So I think at this point I have a non-USB compliant device with Polar drivers which don't work in Vista. The new USB2 Polar IR interface will be here Monday/Tuesday and it's supposed to be Vista compatible; not going to mess around with the old hardware any more. I very much appreciate your help; let you know what happens next week.

Jun 23, 2007, 07:17 AM

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Forgot to add that I'm running Vista.
Looked at the Device Manager on another non-Parallels XP SP2 laptop with the Polar USB device installed. It shows up as a separate item, i.e. NOT under "Universal Serial Bus Controllers". I suspect that means it's the Polar version which isn't USB compliant? (the watch is a 625x).
Also searched in Parallels/Vista VM for the driver I supposedly installed -- it's not there. So I think at this point I have a non-USB compliant device with Polar drivers which don't work in Vista.
The new USB2 Polar IR interface will be here Monday/Tuesday and it's supposed to be Vista compatible; not going to mess around with the old hardware any more.
I very much appreciate your help; let you know what happens next week.

Jun 23, 2007, 07:58 AM #20
Purplish Senior Member Join: Oct 2006 Posts: 542	If you post again on this topic, start a new thread with Polar in the title or I wont see it.

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