Hey guys,

I searched but didn't have luck finding any info on how to edit files using a mac. I want to do the mod where you edit the preload.ini file to only use item [1] but when I edit the text file and re-zip it, the unit just hangs saying system startup or something like that and never gets to the map. If other members using macs to update data.zip could give me some tips on the tools/apps you use that would be great!

I use parallels desktop with windows to explore the file without unzipping it. Other then that I am not sure if this is possible without a windows environment.

^^ I see. So if I am using windows I just explore into the file then open it, edit it, and re-zip it? I tried that earlier on a windows machine and it still did not work

I use VMware Fusion and have an XP machine set up under there.

I just use winrar to explore the data.zip and edit whichever file needed. When I finish it saves to desktop and I just drag it to the right place in the archive.

The trick is not to unzip the data.zip but to work with it as a .zip file.

^^ I see. So if I am using windows I just explore into the file then open it, edit it, and re-zip it? I tried that earlier on a windows machine and it still did not work

Just explore the file, not open it or unzip it. I have noticed however that if I edit a file in the DATA.ZIP the changes wont apply. I have to drag the file to the desktop, edit it, save changes, then drag it back to the DATA.ZIP.

Buy a computer that works with everything....like a PC

A Mac running VMware Fusion gives you the best of both worlds so no issue there

Did you have any luck?

Problem solved; I just ran parallels and used winrar. Works like a charm

Buy a computer that works with everything....like a PC

First Id like to see a PC that actually works for anything. Dont make stupid comments that dont help anybody. This site is created on a Mac, the site admin is a Mac user, and there are several Mac users on this site so take it somewhere else, this isn't the place.

everything works just fine using a mac , pity a have to youse vm to run winschit to make poi whit te nagatefeeds programm of pioneer

when i buy the navegate the told me it was compatible with mac ,

al de free download apps are only winschit based on the pioneer website,

if i now that before i did not buy those product !

en still staying using my tomtom how is 100% mac friendly

however i like the navgate 500 because i could integreated 100 % in my 118d beemer into my dasch compartimend i will post some pictures that you see how nice its made !

i am now trieying to let work LeetLauncher v2.0 - LeetCoder white europe maps , still dont get it work seems a problem with the screen format !

and last but not least , i whant to thanks all the persons ho made this forum and al the efords to make things work arround .

Ps: i am not an english speaking person so i am sorry for the lot of mis whriting .

I see crapple macintrash users are out in force...

I see crapple macintrash users are out in force...

Anyone else notice that the only negative comments in this thread have been by PC users? The mac people do not seem to have anything bad to say about windows computers. Leave your negative comments to yourself, they don't offer anything bennificial to this thread. Yes, I am a mac user but I didn't cringe or post any negitive PC message on the forum when I realized that I needed to run windows on my mac to properly edit these files. To the mac bashers out there....get off your high horse or your inferiority complex or whatever your issue happens to be and play nice!

Check the message from 118d. Mac users aren't all warm and fuzzy

Check the message from 118d. Mac users aren't all warm and fuzzy

True, but I'm not sure if we can even count that. Its barely even comprehendible.

Check the message from 118d. Mac users aren't all warm and fuzzy

 

True, but I'm not sure if we can even count that. Its barely even comprehendible.

Because Mac users don't know how to use words... It's all icons for them

this is NOT related to that awesome new stereo in the mail for me...

But I cannot resist. No, you do not have to install anything except the XP disc in the Mac for it to work. Nothing. The software is built into the OS (which is QUITE stable, I might add). I add the XP install disc to the iMac w/Leopard and it's just that simple. The other apps have advantages that some people prefer. IF you want to get technical though, it is completely compatible with Leopard.

Ask MS if they offer the same thing.

Furthermore, Microsoft is one of the reasons why products are released too soon and require constant patches/updates to work (see F series stereos, as an example). I use both. I own a handful of Mac computers, a couple of iPhones reside here as well. I find them to be 1,000% more useful in the realm of photo/video and music which I find myself most often in the middle of. Heck, I find them more useful in all fronts. Simple, clean interfaces with tons of options built in. Go get a Mini with Leopard and see for yourself what all the fuss is about. They come ready to go, with EVERYTHING you need built in. It's a no-brainer, for many.

If MS could get it together and build/release a solid OS repeatedly w/o issues then perhaps there would be more cooperation between the two. They cannot. Many of us choose to accept our PC friends w/o bias, even though we cannot wrap our minds around the concept of paying hard-earned $ for something that we all KNOW doesnt work correctly, and even if it did, still under-performs on nearly EVERY test compared to a Mac.

Well. I hope you all enjoy your puters, regardless of their brand.

As for me, I'll never go back. It's been a great 10 years. I can do things on my computers that blow people away, and do them seemingly effortlessly. I have all of the windows programs I need, on my mac, and the XP system runs faster on my Mac than it ever did on our Dell Dimension xBlalblalalbla monster machine.

Cheers to all. I'm just watching the mailbox for my new 90BT to arrive.

Windows is not the only software that needs patches/updates to work; Mac O/S X needs them as well. You also need to realize that Mac has a very narrow product line, so it makes it easier to create a solid O/S, that doesn't freeze and/or crash.

Windows has no guidelines to what computers can be used; as long has you have a Windows disk you can try and run windows, so they need to have it work with any given hardware and that is not an easy task when new hardware is coming out every 2 min.

BTW, I am a Mac user and prob will always be a Mac user but I do understand the differences and respect both companies and what they do. BOTH have their positives and BOTH have their negatives.