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Vista Zune Software on Mac Os X via Parallels Print E-mail
Written by Kostas Tzounopoulos   
Saturday, 24 March 2007
Zune on Parallels on Mac OS XReading 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...

 

From the post:

[...] I installed the Zune software under a Vista session on the Mac and connected the Zune player up at the appropriate point in the process.  Everything worked as expected and I can now run the Zune software, download and stream music from the Zune Marketplace, and sync it to the Zune, all from the Mac.  Even though the audio is virtualized through Parallels it works fine.  I find this particularly ironic that Microsoft’s DRM changes in Vista broke their own program, yet Apple’s MacBook Pro can run it in a virtual machine.  Now I have to decide if I’m going to keep the Zune or just go back to the iPod on the Mac.  I do like the subscription plan on the Zune.

The part I didn't know, about (I'm not a Mac user) is that you can dispatch a window from the Parallels Windows Session, so Zune Software looks like running natively on Mac OS X.

Zune Software running on Mac Book Pro via Parallels on Vista

 [via jkOnTheRun]

Of course you can use parallels to run Zune Software using Windows XP on top of OS X also. Find more related posts on Zune-Online's section: Zune on Mac and Linux .

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Zune on Windows Vista Ultimate GREATE !!!!
written by Chrisfund, March 24, 2007
Hello!

For first sorry for my bad English!

I have a DELL Notebook with Windows Vista Ultimate German its GREATE!!!
I have the Zune Software installed on my laptop and it works super perfect. No Sound problem no sync problem nothing all works great.
I don't know why other peoples have problem with the zune!

Greetings

Chrisfund
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will this whole process be XP exclusive?
written by katie, June 18, 2007
I'm looking into getting a MacBook and just got a Zune for my birthday. I realized this whole Parallels thing might be the exception, and thank god it's worked for some people!
Anyway, the main question is, will all of my music files have to be saved on the Windows XP side of things? Will I be able to access these files within OS X? Basically, If I decide to get a MacBook (instead of a PC) and use this Parallels thing just for my new Zune, I want to make sure it's worth it. If I can help it, I don't want to keep hopping back and forth from XP to OS X just for music.
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Zune Parallels 3.0 XP Pro = HOW TO CONNECT TO XBOX?
written by Scooter, August 22, 2007
Hey Therezzzzz,

I actually got Parallels for the sole purpose of streaming my video and music via my Mac through Zune to the XBOX. My network connections definitely work on my virtual machine XP Pro but it can never detect my XBOX...anybody got any pointers?

Many Thanks!!!
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okay..?
written by Hayley Shaffer, July 27, 2008
okay, so, i got the "switch" downloaded to my mac, but
i still dont understand how to get my zune to work on
it. my music from my zune os on a dell and so im not sure
what this program wants me to do! im only 14 so i dont really get
the whole programing stuff.
someone help!
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