Mac OS X Version?

mmleinen · Joined: 24 Jul 2006 Posts: 1

I do a lot with both windows, linux and mac os x. Linux is only used as my server, but I have windows and os x clients. If you could create an os x client that would make it a perfect world.

Thanks,
RL

ChuckW · Guest

I'm looking at buying a new mac and love the software, I would like to see a mac OS X version as well!

Guest · Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2006 3:09 pm Post subject:

I don't get the impression that TGRMN are enthusiastic about doing versions for either OS X or Linux although I may be wrong.

I wonder how well VVPro would work in a virtual machine? Say you installed W2K or WXP as a virtiual machine using Parallels or VMware (forthcoming for OS X) and stripped the OS down to the bare necessities plus VVPro, how well would it work? With VMware you'd be able to carry around the virtual machine on a USB drive and run it on OSX, Windows, or Linux using VMware's free VM Player.

TGRMN Software · Site Admin Joined: 10 Jan 2005 Posts: 8769

Sorry guys, ViceVersa is written in C++ and porting the code to another OS would take as much work as rewriting the program from scratch... a very long time! Sad

wonder if indeed it would be possible to run VV in a simulated OS with WMWare, that would be a nice workaround!
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qukza · Joined: 28 Mar 2006 Posts: 3

One solution to the problem posed by the original poster might be rsync which will work on all three platforms. My understanding is that rsync is powerful but most of the functionality is only available through the command line, although an Internet search reveals a number of basic GUI front-ends for different OSes. If you are using OSX or Linux you probably already have rsync as part of the base OS.

With regard to virtual machines here's a VMware solution for creating disk image backups over a network, although they also mention that one could set up a similar type of machine using rsync. So maybe one could set up a Windows VVPro VM that would work this way. I think it would be worth TGRMN's time exploring how a user might utilize VM functionality in this way and, if it works, providing some type of documentation on how to do it.

Maybe another another option is not "rewriting the program from scratch" but just writing a VVPro look-alike front-end for rsync. Synchronization tools for Windows seem to be a dime a dozen (although lots of them aren't that good) but quality sync tools for Linux and OS X with good GUIs seem to be rare.

idrinkdeodorant · Guest

Take a look at DeltaWalker.

A lot more painful that VV, but it's the closest thing...

garrett · Joined: 20 Mar 2011 Posts: 1

I'm running the latest version of VMWare with Win7. I setup VVPro on the VM and used the VMWare settings to share all the appropriate folders (source and destinations) - VVPro scanned the files perfectly but any copies failed.

I verified all permissions and recognized it has something to do with the mappings. More problem solving to come but it isn't as easy as it should have been...

TGRMN Software · Site Admin Joined: 10 Jan 2005 Posts: 8769

Just to clarify, are you running Mac OSx inside the VMWare Virtual Machine on Win 7 ? thanks
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dekafilm · Joined: 18 Apr 2006 Posts: 4

Just a note to Mac users on this topic: I have been successfully using VVPro 2.5 in Windows XP in Parallels on several Macs. The setup works -- and works much, much better at properly detecting file change triggers than Chronosync, which is Mac-specific. Both my Windows-side and Mac-side files are synched properly every time. There is a performance hit due to Parallels' overhead, but I couldn't tell you how much (in any case this was not a deal-breaker for me).

The one problem that you will encounter is that OSX allows characters in filenames that Windows does not (i.e.: colon, forward slash, backslash, number, double-quote, etc.). These files will not synch and will throw an error. If you are backing up to an NTFS drive, for example, this is a good thing!

Most of my machines are Leopard. I've just discovered my one Snow Leopard machine may be having issues in that the creation dates on that machine's files seem to be in a different format that also throws errors in VVPro (dates prior to 1970 or something to that effect). Not sure yet. I'm still exploring the forums for clues. But buyer beware.

In any case: VVpro 2.4 + WinXP + Parallels + OSX Leopard (but possibly not Snow Leopard) works VERY WELL for me.

dekafilm · Joined: 18 Apr 2006 Posts: 4

Jacob · Guest

Sorry to say but ViceVersa Pro will not work with Fusion 5 Windows 7 Mac Lion. It will not recognize the external hard drives. It will recognize and "see" only what is in Windows 7. I too am disappointed Sad

Adequat · Joined: 05 Jul 2006 Posts: 65

If like me you had regularly network issues between Mac and Windows, I recommend this inexpensive Mac product that solves all (and almost double network speed transfer with VV)...
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