running on a mac
snaker wrote:@wheelie junkie: PL8 software requires .net 2.0. On win10 .net 2.0/3.5 is off by default. Try to check if it was installed?
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet ... windows-10
Burgerman wrote:Only thing that looks odd is that you are using 32 bit windows and thats got to be a sad machine, 4GB memory max.
And that for reasons unknown your install file says .application instead of .exe as mine do.
Are you sure theres no safety nazi thing with strange browser or anti virus thing going on?
Heres one that works. Put it in a desktop folder, it still works.
I've never had to think about drivers or anything else since moving to Apple, I just use it and it works.
Setting up another machine would mean my support workers having to remove headmouse and other add ons and would be a PITA much easier to just run on the mac. Saying that windows search box doesn't work, photos crashes on launch, updates stall and trying to find solutions requires using command line, I had enough of that 30 years ago with DOS they haven't moved far in the intervening years.
A computer is just a tool, I don't want to have to think about how it works just want it to work.
I have never had a problem with a mac even running beta OS, give feedback on accessibility features from a user perspective not developer and see suggestions implemented. Windows is the opposite, not intuitive and you have to mess around getting it to work, I can't even work out how to change the onscreen keyboard from black to white without googling it, each to their own and what you get used to.
It obviously isn't consumer friendly if you have to use a special non consumer version.
I just bought the version Microsoft sell.
I don't steal other peoples work and pay for software and music, I'll not use my disability as an excuse to steal!
I don't need a special version of Mac OS nor do I steal it because it is free and works flawlessly, no f'cking about stripping things out it works and I can customise what I want easily.
I don't have to run Windows on top of Mac I can install it as a separate OS and boot into it but running on top I just flick between them with 1 click
I've only got R Net, Wizard and now PL8 on it everything else I need I have a native Mac app for.
All the USB devices work with both and I don't have to download drivers other than what windows needs, I do have to mess with com ports which you never do with a Mac.
I don't understand why someone with your knowledge can't transfer files, a quick Google would provide the solution in seconds instead you waste a day because you think that you know how, by the second failed attempt most of us would realise that we lacked the knowledge. If you apply the same principles to using a PC you'll inevitably find solutions I just couldn't be bothered to waste that much time.
As I said each to their own, Macs have served me well for almost 30 years and I find flexible enough for my needs, for others a Windows machine is better.
Thanks for uploading the PL8 software, I don't understand why there is no stand alone version on the website with everything that you need to install. Still no response to my support request compared to the help here.
taking for free is like some form of crazy socialism where work isn't rewarded and there is an expectation that you are entitled to take others work. If companies make money from this good luck to them, they've invested in the production and distribution and should get rewarded.
It is not just me, the search bar and photos crashing on launch are well known problems with myriads of solutions that don't work. Last resort even from MS support is reinstall. They've added so much that it is bloated and unreliable.
Mac OS is basically Unix so relatively easy to code, latest version will allow ipad apps to run on it. Handy for me as I have an arm to mount my ipad which I wouldn't do with a laptop so have my ipad available all the time. Now got both ipad and macbook working from my chin control joystick so hardware seems compatible with other devices. Choosing Mac or PC just comes down to what you are comfortable with and fits your needs I've got to accept that I need windows for 3 apps but know that there will be IOS versions eventually, the world is moving towards tablets.
Both Wizard and R Net dongles work even though they are connected to Mac hardware as does almost any other device,
my bluetooth headset works in the copy of Windows, the only things that don't work are search bar, photos and trying to get PL8 to install, 2 out of 3 parts of the Windows 10 features nothing to do with Apple.
.So it does do all of that and is reliable because the core is Unix
If you don't want something why do you steal it then try and give it away to someone else?
There are multiple music streaming sites you can listen to what you want for free absolutely no need or reason to take something without paying for it.
That is THIER choice. Its not up to me to police all those I give it too. But trust me, most people download all kinds of software, movies, and music that they would NEVER have done if it meant paying. So in that case the artist/programmer lost nothing. Some MAY have downloaded it that WOULD have paid for it. But thats non of my business.And musicians and other content creators do lose out when people download and share, you might not have bought it but whoever you give it to might.
Burgerman wrote:This is NOT a windows issue. It works perfectly on every windows machine I tried, and on everyone elses machine here.....
Funny how windows runs great for me and all those with any idea what they are doing on decent hardware isnt it? And seems highly problematic for mac users!
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