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_Wilma_Keppel_
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June 30, 2008
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What's the best way to run FrameMaker 8 on a Mac?

  • June 30, 2008
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What's my best bet for running FrameMaker 8 on a MacBook Macintosh laptop?

Can I run FM 8 directly under OS X, since it's a Unix app? Any special tricks to making it go?

Or will I need to run FM 8 under Linux or Windows? If so, I'll need to be able to copy and paste from one environment to the other. What are my options? Their pros and cons?

I'm switching from a PowerBook to a MacBook so I can run MacSpeech Dictate dictation software. Dictate ONLY runs on Intel Macs.

I currently use FrameMaker+SGML 6.0 in Classic. It CAN'T run on the Intel Macs.

I have over half a million words of FrameMaker files, including 7 volumes of cross-referenced research notes I add to almost daily. Since I am heavily dependent on FrameMaker's features, it's a must-have.

I haven't bought the MacBook yet, so if there are any hardware requirements I need to know about, or options I should consider or avoid, please let me know.
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    Art Campbell
    Inspiring
    July 1, 2008
    Wilma,

    It's unlikely that anyone in a user-to-user forum is likely to tell you that the software publisher's requirements aren't correct, although a sales guy might.

    The FM system requirements page is public.
    http://www.adobe.com/products/framemaker/systemreqs.html

    Art
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    _Wilma_Keppel_Author
    Participant
    July 1, 2008
    If I understood him correctly, the Adobe salesperson I talked to yesterday runs the Unix version of FrameMaker directly under OS X ... but I'm not sure that's correct, which is why I am checking here.

    If anyone from Adobe knows about this, please post details!
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    _Thomas_Michanek_
    Known Participant
    July 1, 2008
    > If I understood him correctly, the Adobe salesperson I talked to
    > yesterday runs the Unix version of FrameMaker directly under OS X

    There is NO way to get the Unix (=Solaris) version of FM 8 to run
    under OS X. It's an executable compiled for the SPARC processor,
    and I don't think Apple has made a SPARC/Solaris emulator... :-)

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    /Thomas Michanek
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    Art Campbell
    Inspiring
    July 1, 2008
    Solaris is listed in the product system requirements page.

    Art
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    _Van_Kurtz_
    Known Participant
    July 1, 2008
    Wilma,

    There is an article in the recent MacWorld about running Unix apps on a Macintosh. I have not read it, but it might be of help. Will FrameMaker run on any Unix system, or only Solaris? I do not know, but it is a good question to get an answer to.

    Good luck,
    Van
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    Anonymous
    July 1, 2008
    I have a new MacBook Pro running VMWare's Fusion (lots of information on the application on the Internet). I run Windows XP under Fusion and Framemaker 8 in Windows. Use it every day. Works great. Fusion offers a drag-and-drop capability between Windows and OS-X.
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