mac compatibility
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mac compatibility
will paintshop pro work with a mac?
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There has never been a Mac version of Paint Shop Pro, but if you have an Intel Mac, and a copy of Windows XP or Vista, you can run any run any Windows program on Mac hardware. You will also need either something like Boot Camp, that allows you to dual boot, or something like Parallels Desktop or VMWare Fusion so that you can run Windows in a virtual machine on the Mac.
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Re: mac compatibility
I apologize for dragging up a 2+ year old thread but has anyone been able to run PSP on a Mac? I don't intend on buying a Mac anytime soon nor do I own one but I see the question from time to time.
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Re: mac compatibility
As far as I know Tim's original reply still stands. A third way other than using Windows under Boot Camp or VMs would be to try through a compatibility layer such as WINE. However, X1 and X2 support are currently listed as "garbage" so it's likely X3 wouldn't work well either.
(Earlier versions seem to fair better)
Anyway, to be honest I don't think there's much point trying to run PSP on a Mac when there are some great native applications.
I've been trying the free trial of Pixelmator on the Mac as an alternative to X3 on the PC, and although I originally hated it for using floating palettes all over the screen (I do prefer the single window MDI of PSP) having forced myself to give it a proper go I've discovered I really like it. Well worth a go...
(Earlier versions seem to fair better)
Anyway, to be honest I don't think there's much point trying to run PSP on a Mac when there are some great native applications.
I've been trying the free trial of Pixelmator on the Mac as an alternative to X3 on the PC, and although I originally hated it for using floating palettes all over the screen (I do prefer the single window MDI of PSP) having forced myself to give it a proper go I've discovered I really like it. Well worth a go...