CrossOver Assistance

[Dave P]

I've been using Templot with Bootcamp on my Mac. Bootcamp is essentially a partition on the hard drive with a licensed version of Windows. I decided to try CodeWeavers CrossOver. I installed Templot in a Crossover "bottle" and it seems to work fine. But how do I point Templot in Crossover to the Templot files on my Windows partition? Or do I copy the contents of templot_dev directory in the Windows partition to someplace in CrossOver? Any tips or help would be appreciated.

 

[Martin Wynne]

@Dave P

Hi Dave,

I don't know anything about Macs, I can only speak for Linux.

There the easiest way to access files from different operating systems is to transfer them via an external drive such as a USB stick.

i.e. copy the files from your Windows version of Templot onto the USB stick. Then copy them from the USB stick into your CrossOver version of Templot.

No doubt there are proper ways of doing it, but the above is easy and quick.

n.b. don't use a CD to transfer the files otherwise Windows will set them read-only in the process.

cheers,

Martin.

 

[Matt M.]

HI Dave,

Also running Bootcamp. Martin is quite correct about file transfers.
USB is the only way. While you can open a Windows formatted drive
and move items to another Windows formatted drive you can't open the
Bootcamp partition to do the same.

Bootcamp was a fairly grudging operational software that Apple created
just to encourage Windows users to swap to Apple products. They really
didn't do anything to encourage you to stay using it.

Regards, Matt M.

 

[Matt M.]

I take it back,

You can now open the Bootcamp partition onto the Mac side.

Should have checked that one before opening my mouth.

Matt M.