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Old Jul 13, 2009 | 12:26 PM
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Can I use a mac?

Simple question... If I run windows on parallels on my macbook pro, will i be able to use my tactrix cable and evoscan? Any special setup that is needed? Seems like it should work fine.

I tried searching. no luck.
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Old Jul 13, 2009 | 12:41 PM
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Yes, i do it all day long.
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Old Jul 13, 2009 | 12:42 PM
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And hell even the mac version of Evoscan may work for you particular model of car.
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Old Jul 13, 2009 | 12:46 PM
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works with no problem..
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Old Jul 13, 2009 | 02:49 PM
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thanks guys! I didnt even know there was a mac version. I just read the system requirements page and saw windows windows windows... haha... i just figured there wasnt one.
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Old Jul 13, 2009 | 10:36 PM
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i tune on the windows side of my macbook because i like to log with evoscan. there is a mac version of ecuflash and there are a few loggers for mac as well.
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Old Jul 13, 2009 | 11:52 PM
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Tried downloading ecuflash and all i get is 404 file not found
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Old Jul 15, 2009 | 08:30 AM
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You need to run your mac in bootcamp, it's the best way to do it. Windows doesn't see the hardware correct sometimes. I never had gotten the parallels to work as I wanted.
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Old Jul 15, 2009 | 08:32 AM
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I use parallels everyday.
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Old Jul 15, 2009 | 08:33 AM
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http://openecu.org/downloads/ecuflash_1422595_win.exe
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Old Jul 15, 2009 | 09:34 PM
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Thanks!
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Old Jul 16, 2009 | 05:51 PM
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I use mine with boot camp. Works like a champ, just wish I had a second USB port.
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Old Jul 16, 2009 | 07:58 PM
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Yep, no worry under Parallels... Evoscan is a bit slower but it works in my case, even with USB2Serial on AEM UEGO Wideband... Regarding Ecuflash, OS X versions are usually older (actually 1.38 vs 1.42) but it's useful to work without starting win-doz ;-)
Good luck!
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Old Jul 20, 2009 | 01:55 PM
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I run using VMWare and have had all sorts of problem getting Evo Scan to log my ZT2. Other than that, everything works perfectly. I can also log the ZT2 serperately using the Zeitronix Software.
Dan
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