Running bw on an Intel Mac

[Mike Lane]

Update: Everything is silky smooth on the C2D. And the MBP isn't running as hot as the previous one was. Interesting.

Regarding cut- or copy-n-pasting, I actually hadn't tried getting any text out of BW yet. I have copied from Logos and Pradis to Word:Mac without any trouble though. I did just try and was unsuccessful. I imagine a clunky work-around would be to copy the text within Windows to Word or something and then copy it again to see if Parallels picks it up then.

I have the same problem copying from BW to Word on MBP with Parallels as well. I can however copy from BW when I go to Pages, TextEdit, or Entourage. I have no idea why this happens. It works the same in Logos so I am pretty sure that it is something with in Word.

[RLRippee]

I am successfully running BW on Parallels for Mac running Windows Vista Beta RC1, but I am getting an error message on startup that shows a window saying: Unrecognized entry in file, n n. This pops up about ten times and then loads normal. It happened after I transferred my "init" folder from my old PC.

Anyone run into similar problems? I will probably run out and buy Parallels for Mac. I am running a trial copy now, which is why I installed Vista. I will have to try and uninstall and reinstall and see if that fixes the problem.

Ryan

[Dogfish Jones]

I have the same problem copying from BW to Word on MBP with Parallels as well. I can however copy from BW when I go to Pages, TextEdit, or Entourage. I have no idea why this happens. It works the same in Logos so I am pretty sure that it is something with in Word.

Mike, have you played with the new Beta3 and coherence mode? Has it fixed this issue?

[Mike Lane]

Mike, have you played with the new Beta3 and coherence mode? Has it fixed this issue?

No i have not but but the problem was solved with Build no. 1970 November 1, 2006. I would love to run beta 3 but don't have teh time. Have you used it any?

[Dogfish Jones]

Actually, I was still having the problem with 1970. Now with 3186, it's gone. Coherence mode is incredible. It's as if Windows isn't even running.

[snovak]

I have loaded a trial version of CrossOver and loaded BibleWorks 7, and I've been able to install the program, but it won't run. When I open the program for the first time, I am asked to register, and regardless of which option I choose, as soon as the registration box closes, I get an error that "BibleWorks has encountered a severe error and must shut down." Batuwaa mentioned something about "code-tweaked" CrossOver... do I need to do something to CrossOver to get it to run?

If anybody has any suggestions, I'd really love to hear them. Thanks.

[Mike Lane]

Can't help with Crossover but would suggest that you look at Paralles. It works great!!

[KennyBeeDBQ]

We bought the CD for BibleWorks 8 which, we found, had CrossOver 9.1 bundled with it. Installed both. I looked for a BW application icon to open it, found only icons for data files. Upon opening CrossOver, the Welcome window reads
"To get started installing Windows software:
Insert an install CD, or use the CrossOver Software Installer."
I ran the software installer. It asked me to select from a list of supported software, BibleWorks not being on said list.
I'd think there would be a workaround, since they bundled the Crossover software on the BW CD. Ideas?

[RickGross]

Dear KennyBeeDBQ,

BibleWorks isn't distributed the way you've described it here. Please contact BibleWorks Customer Support to obtain assistance with your difficulty. Thanks.