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Many Mac users need to either run the occasional PC program orconnect to a Windows network to share files or printers. But whenthey upgraded to OS X, they were out of luck - popularprograms that provided these functions (such as Connectix's VirtualPC and Thursby's Dave) simply did not work under OS X.
Until now.
This winter, new versions of both Virtual PC and Dave have beenreleased, each providing support for both classic Mac OS's andOS X in the same box.
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We looked at VPC last Friday and examineDave in this article.
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While emulators like Virtual PC let you actually run PCoperating systems and programs on your Mac, many of us have needsthat are less flamboyant. We may simply need to connect our Mac toa Windows network so we can share files and printers on thenetwork.
With both Macs and Windows systems using the TCP/IP networkingprotocol, it would seem simple, but it isn't. Macs and Windowsspeak different networking dialogues: AppleTalk and Client forMicrosoft Networking respectively. (For more on networking Macs andWindows, see Living in a WindowsWorld)
Dave, from Thursby Software, has long been the leader at letting a Macjoin an existing Windows network. (If you've got an existing Macnetwork and want to add a PC or two, take a look at MiramarSystem's PC MacLAN).
Versions up through 2.5 let Mac users log into a PC network andaccess the PC's shared folders and shared Postscript printers.Moreover, unlike products like Connectix's DoubleTalk (andThursby's lower-cost MacSoho), Windows users could also accessfolders and Postscript printers on the Mac(s).
Dave 2.5 integrated itself into the classic Mac operatingsystem, appearing in the Chooser and also adding Apple Menu andControl Strip icons. Dave 2.5 users who upgraded to OS X wereout of luck, however. None of those features worked under the newoperating system.
So Thursby went right to work on Dave: The Next Generation.Version 3.0 was designed to work under OS X as well as classicOS 8.6 or above. But as other developers found, Apple's OS X10.1 upgrade broke everything they'd done, forcing them to startover.
Moreover, as Steve Jobs demonstrated at Macworld New York inJuly 2001, OS X 10.1 included built-in Samba (a.k.a. SMB)support, an open source standard for connecting to Windowsnetworks.
Thursby tossed the unreleased 3.0 version, replacing it with 3.1this winter, with simultaneous support for OS X 10.1 andclassic OS 8.6 and above. In actuality, these are two completelyseparate programs.
Dave 3.1 for classic Mac operating systems is a modest upgradeto version 2.5. As with previous versions, it integrates nicelyinto the classic Mac way of working, making working with files andPostscript printers shared on Windows systems appear as if theywere native Mac drives, folders, files, and printers. Select aprinter in the Chooser using Dave, and it appears as a desktopprinter. Similarly, Windows users can access files and Postscriptprinters set as sharable on the Mac - without having to know thatthey're really connected to a very different computer system.
The improvements over version 2.5 are subtle: an improvedinstallation, fewer system extensions (with all options accessiblefrom a single utility), keychain support, large file support, andUnicode International Character support. If you're staying in theclassic Mac environment, you may see little need to spend US$90 onthis upgrade (US$150 for new purchasers).
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The big news, obviously, is support for OS X.
It's not a simple matter to move a system-level add-in like Daveto Apple's new operating system. It's not just a question ofrecompiling the OS 9 version. OS X has no Chooser, forexample. Networking is built on a totally different base.
It would be easy to recommend Dave 3.x if we were still talkingabout adding Dave to 10.0. It is possible to add Unix-style SMBnetworking support to OS X 10.0, but it's not for thefaint-of-heart (or the typical Mac user).
Mac OS 10.1, however, promises built-in SMB support. Apple'swebsite promises: 'We've also added support to natively connect toWindows NT, Windows 2000 and Unix-based SAMBA file servers with thebuilt-in SMB client. These servers appear right in the Finder likeany other file server.'
Sort of.
The built-in support is just a step up from a raw Terminalcommand line. Click on the OS X's Finder's Go menu, then on Connectto Server. In the address field, type something likeSMB://server_name/share_name, and the shared folder willappear on the Desktop. You don't know the server's name? The sharename? Too bad; you won't get any hints from the operatingsystem.
You want to put icons for more than one shared folder on theDesktop at the same time? Sorry - no can do.
You want to share files or printers on your Mac? Well,maybe you can learn how to do it using open source SMBadd-ons, configuring them in the Terminal. Once again, this is notfor the faint of heart.
Just as the classic version of Dave uses standard operatingsystem tools like the Chooser and Control Strip, Thursby made theOS X version integrate into the operating system's SystemPreferences and Finder. With Dave installed, that previouslyunfriendly Connect to Server dialogue gets a new Dave Network item- choose it, and it starts opening up like the Finder's new Columnmode, showing network servers and shared folders, making it mucheasier to use than Apple's bare-bones version.
Moreover, OS X users of Dave can choose to have their Macshare folders with Windows users, and (new to this version, and inOS X only), many models of inkjet printers connected to theMac can be shared across the Windows network.
Unlike the classic OS version, however, OS X users cannot accessshared Windows printers. Many users may find this a majordisappointment.
As well, there are a number of rough edges to the OS Xversion. For instance, on both Macs that I tried it on, installingboth the classic and OS X version resulted in an error messageshutting down, restarting, or logging off OS X - there was acomplaint about the Dave Shutdown item installed by the classic OSversion. Booting to OS 9 and using the Extensions Managercontrol panel to turn that off fixed it.
Thursby's email tech support was very helpful and hinted thatthe company is hard at work trying to bring the OS X version'sprinting support up to the level of the classic OS version.
If you're not sure if it's for you, the company has fullyfunctional time-limited evaluation versions of both the classic andOS X versions available for download from theirwebsite.
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