Windows

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CrossOver for Your Windows App. Again?

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        "CrossOver has been a little disappointing for me in the past," relates John Carter.  He goes on to explain,  "It installs. The Windows app I want to run installs. The Windows app works one or two times. Then it just stopped working. Uninstalling CrossOver isn’t an easy task, and that’s what I’ve tried in the past to try to get the Windows app to work again, which it would, but only for a little while. 
        "I think that every time Apple comes out with an OS update it breaks CrossOver, but there hasn’t been a corresponding update from CrossOver to fix the problem.
        John continues, "CodeWeavers just announced a new release of CrossOver (13.1.0). This release claims to make Quicken 2014 run on your Mac. And for what it’s worth, it just might make all my other Windows apps run better, if only for a little while.
        "As in the past, if it works for the one Windows app you want to run on your Mac, then it’s a lot cheaper than having to purchase a Windows OS, purchase a Virtual Machine like VMWare or Parallels, and then also deal with the many other updates of the Virtual Machine software just to run your favorite Windows app."
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Yahoo Groups: Upgrades & Changes

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        "If you are using one of the Yahoo Groups and your Mac is not at the latest OS update, you may find that you can’t upload files/photos to your Yahoo Group anymore," John Carter says.  He goes on to explain,  "A friend of mine posted this comment:

Yahoo, Google, Microsoft, etc. have all recently made significant "upgrades??" - in their minds, not mine - to include numerous social networking capabilities to their e-mail sites, group sites, etc. They all require significant upgrading of the Mac OS on my primary desktop computer from OS 10.4.11. I cannot upgrade the OS for this computer because it's a PowerPC G5 and I still want to maintain OS 9 Classic for a couple of legacy programs. It appears that the changes Yahoo, Google & Microsoft made to the functioning of their various sites are incompatible with OS 10.4.11. I only get rudimentary e-mail capabilties on my desktop now - barely functional. The sites work perfectly fine on my MacBook Pro OS 10.6.8 - for now."

        John explains his conclusion, "So, if you thought that you could continue to use your old OS for years to come, then the changes that are happening with websites are in the direction of what’s happening with the new versions of any OS, be it Mac or Windows, will leave you behind and not able to work with those websites. If upgrading your computer or OS means giving up a legacy app, welcome to the 21st Century! Find the best alternative, if any at all, and move on. And all this just to be able to continue browsing the Internet and using online services!"
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Running Windows on a Mac

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        "Here's a good article (here) on comparing all the available resources for running Windows on a Mac," states John Carter.  He explains,  "The comparison includes Dual Booting, Running Windows in a Virtual Machine, and Running Windows Apps Directly in Mac OS X — Without Windows. There is even a link for Choosing the Right Windows 8 For Your Mac.

        John goes on to explain his viewpoint, "Personally, my choice is to use Parallels Desktop for Mac. I’ve tried all the other resources and this one has the fewest problems. I’ve been using Parallels for a several years and I have no regrets using it. Occasionally, I’ll try out VMWare, VirtualBox, and CodeWeavers only to be disappointed by them."