Many thanks for all the responses to my question. I followed Russell's
suggestion and downloaded VMware Fusion (US$39) and Birdinfo appears to
work perfectly.
Regards
Alastair
On 28/01/11 2:39 PM, "" <>
wrote:
>I don't use Birdinfo, but I bought it for my father, who uses it on his
>Mac. You don't need to have a dual boot system any more. He uses
>VirtualPC, which runs Windows as an application (a little slower than
>running it natively). It doesn't make any real differece to a program like
>Birdinfo, though.
>
>I don't use VirtualPC any more - VMWare Fusion is a much better way of
>running Windows on a Mac if there's a program you really need. It's
>stable, and gives you access to all the peripherals and network
>connections you already have on the Mac "side".
>
>Russell Woodford
>
>
>On Fri, January 28, 2011 1:37 pm, Carl Clifford wrote:
>> Alastair
>>
>> I am a long term Mac user, and I have not come across a port of
>> Birdinfo for Mac. The only birding D/bases for Mac are Birdbrain,
>> which I use and Wings. I have used wings in the past but dropped it
>> when the changed to a subscription service.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Carl Clifford
>>
>>
>> On 28/01/2011, at 12:13 PM, Alastair Smith wrote:
>>
>> I am a long time Birdinfo user who has now been using a Mac for the
>> past 12
>> months. Birdinfo is now the only software I still use on a PC so I
>> have to
>> use a separate computer to enter and manipulate bird sightings.
>>
>> Simon Bennett, the developer of Birdinfo, indicated to me some time
>> ago that
>> someone had created a Mac version. Is anyone aware of whether this
>> info is
>> still extant and if so how can I get hold of it? I know I can set up a
>> dual
>> boot but at this stage I don't want to do that.
>>
>> A final question, I haven't been able to contact Simon so is 5.2a
>> (2008) the
>> most recent version of Birdinfo?
>>
>> Regards
>> Alastair
>>
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