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AFAIK, there have not been any updates. Disclaimer: I don't use Hi-MD or a computer as part of my MD routine. However, I do pretty much keep track of Mac stuff and haven't seen anything about the Sony Hi-MD s/w being ported/updated from/for PPC to Intel. If you have an Intel Mac, there are various options you can consider to run the Windows version of the Hi-MD s/w. That would mean making your Mac able to run Windows. And that means forking over $$ for the Windows OS. None of this is surprising, as Apple itself has pretty much dumped PPC users. It really is a shame that Sony didn't integrate Mac/MD more.

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  • 7 months later...

No updates I am currently running the HI-MD transfer software for Mac in the last version of OSX that I believe supported that software which is OSX snow leopard. If you have a current mac that includes OSX Lion you wont be able to run the software. I downgraded from and reinstalled Snow Leopard when I found that I couldn't run the software in Lion..

I am actively looking to participate in this forum because really like the functionality of the minidisc and I hope to get as much longevity from the platform as I can . . .

I am scouring the web to find groups that can help me with advice and instruction as needed.

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Free VirtualBox and an old copy of 32 bit Windows XP would run Sonic Stage like a charm on your Mac. You could go back to Mountain Lion. I was running Leopard on my Macbook Pro with XP in a Fusion container. SonicStage ran great in that as well. Fusion will cost you $100 US, VirtualBox is free and there is a Mac version. You can pick up a valid copy of Windows XP on eBay for pretty cheap.

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The most recent sonic stage crashes my XP in virtual box on 10.8.3. I can transfer maybe one file to my MZ-N510 and then sonic stage crashes. If there is a workaround to this, please let me know!

  On 10/30/2012 at 2:09 AM, Azureal said:

Free VirtualBox and an old copy of 32 bit Windows XP would run Sonic Stage like a charm on your Mac. You could go back to Mountain Lion. I was running Leopard on my Macbook Pro with XP in a Fusion container. SonicStage ran great in that as well. Fusion will cost you $100 US, VirtualBox is free and there is a Mac version. You can pick up a valid copy of Windows XP on eBay for pretty cheap.

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I think that may mean the NetMD driver is not working. You have to convince Apple not to drop the Usb connx, would b my guess. Have u had it working on a mac before with N510? Or, maybe it never got connected and the first song never actually got sent, only buffered. In which case you have the standard problem: whether to go buy a real Windows machine.

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Couple of things. If it worked prior to 10.8.3, then 10.8.3 could be the issue, of course.

Macs are, in effect, real WinTel machines and can be dual-booted, should you be so inclined if all else fails.

http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/39253-guide-the-fool-proof-vista-xp-mac-os-x-dual-boot-guide.

I see that last year sfbp got 7 and OS X and sonic stage to cooperate (with a "newish" os x version, don't know which one) although it isn't clear whether that was a VM or "real" Windows.

Wish I could be more helpful, but good luck with it.

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I can get it to transfer about one song at a time successfully, but SS crashes after doing so. It also seems to crash quite a bit with library functions.

I have a straight up windows 7 laptop and it all works 100%. Ideally though I'd like to get SS working properly on XP through VM so that I can use my mac which is my main computer. Having to maintain a separate PC just to use MD is pretty ridiculous.

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A lot of people seem to have suggested dual booting, this is what I'd do if I were in such a pickle. As it stands, I have Win7 Ultimate and, as with yourself, it runs SS perfectly.

Obviously, I recently got back into MD so before I found this place I didn't even know if NetMD would be possible. I know nothing about Apple's operating systems, for various reasons (price being one of them) I avoid them like the plague, so I'm fresh out of things that might help you :/

I hope you find something that works :)

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