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Mac & Linux support

Written by Kostas Tzounopoulos
Tuesday, 05 December 2006
Zune on Mac and Linux Microsoft officially supports Zune on Windows, but the libmtp open source library is the way Zune can be supported on Linux and Macintosh. There is partial support now which only lists the contents of the Zune player. Mac Zune on Mac using VMware Fusion Zune can connect and sync on Windows running on a VMware Fusion Beta virtual machine on Mac OS X. Zune on Mac using Parallels Latest beta version of Parallels (alternative for VMware) also supports connecting Zune on a Mac running Windows XP in Parallels. Vista Zune Software on Mac Os X via Parallels Reading on jkOnTheRun, he had a problem with audio not playing on Zune Software on Vista. A possible cause could be the DRM of Vista. So he tried it on Parallels virtual machine running Vista on top of Mac OS X. And it worked fine on a MacBook Pro... Linux Zune on Linux using VMware to run Win XP It is possible to run Zune Software under windows running in VMware on Linux. There is only USB 1.1 support and you need to unload the USB 2.0 kernel module from linux. Vista Zune Software via VMware on Linux Take a look of this screenshot below showing Zune Software running on Linux. In fact I use VMware to run Windows Vista on top of Linux, to make possible running Zune Software. And some cube magic added by beryl... Bookmark Email This Facebook del.icio.us Digg Furl Yahoo! My Web StumbleUpon Google Bookmarks Technorati reddit Comments (1) Subscribe to this comment's feed Bluescreen strikes again. written by Sky4Unix, December 04, 2007 My Zune bluescreens windows on insertion to vmware fusion on mac osx lep. windows xp pro sp2 just hangs. is this like the linux usb 2.0 problem. if so how do i slow the usb down to 1.0 on mac because the command for linux is blocked on mac because of its danger to mac osx. can anyone help plz!! report abuse vote down vote up Votes: +1 Write comment Name Email Website Title Comment smaller \| bigger Subscribe via email (Registered users only) Write the displayed characters Powered by Azrul's Jom Comment for Joomla!
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