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    Windows and Mac duplicate files

    Hi, Sorry for being dumb on this one but I am assuming that I don't want to unshare everything. Looking at the optionsI will obviously keep the shared drives like icloud, dropbox and the like. I see what called 'Map Mac volumes to windows'. Would I be right in saying that this just makes the...
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    Windows and Mac duplicate files

    Hi All, I was changing some settings in the configuration menu to allocate more memory and I think I may have inadvertently clicked a setting. Now if I create file on the windows desktop, say a Word doc. It also appears on the Mac desktop. In other wors the two desktop are syncing and I dont...
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    New MacBook Pro Migration

    I just upgraded my 2013 MacBook Pro to a new one. The new one has double the memory and a faster processor. I used the Apple migration feature to transfer everything from one computer to the other and when I open up Parallels I entered the activation key which automatically deactivate the old...
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    Multi-Monitor issues after the last update

    So I use a Macbook Pro and have it connected to a Apple Thunderbolt display through one prot and to a standard monitor to another. So with the laptop I have three screens. I am running windows and MacOS and flicking between them both seamlessly although but as a rule I will be running the...
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    More win 7, Parallels and external monitor question on a Retina MBP

    Thanks very much for the advice. I have a few older apps that I use just because I don't want to spend $200 on updates I will not use, like Mindjet Mindmanager on Windows. I will do some thinking and if I upgrade post my experiences in case its useful to others. Meanwhile thanks again for the...
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    More win 7, Parallels and external monitor question on a Retina MBP

    Serv, Thanks for the response. All sounds sensible! I have one more question but before I ask it wanted to say generally how well the PD is working on the new Macbook pro. I used to run it only as a necessity to get access to the latest the MS Office programs and could never get it to work...
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    Skydrive - Access from the VM - Parallels 9

    Maybe this will help someone....... I have asked a few questions about these cloud based services and have eventually manged to stop duplicating the folders and ensuring I have access in both Mac X and Win 7 operating systems. I use a combination of Skydrive, Dropbox and Google drive and...
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    More win 7, Parallels and external monitor question on a Retina MBP

    So I have read all the posts but don't see a clear answer I can track. I just bought a MBP retina. Used migration to move everything off my MBA and after some fiddling with passwords got it all working. When I plug in my standard HP monitor (1920 x 1080 60 hz) the Mavericks OS display...
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    Cloud Based File Sharing

    I have seen a number of messages about file sharing via utilities like Dropbox, Skydrive and Google drive but I am not 100% clear how I should be tackling my problem.... I have all three of the above drives installed on my Mac and all work fine, as they do with my home computer. When I use...
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