Comments on: Building Out My Mac in N Easy Steps http://www.varacalli.com/random-traffic/2009-05-24-building-out-my-mac-in-n-easy-steps.htm?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=building-out-my-mac-in-n-easy-steps What happens on Earth, stays on Earth. Sat, 14 Jan 2012 14:44:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Andy Close http://www.varacalli.com/random-traffic/2009-05-24-building-out-my-mac-in-n-easy-steps.htm/comment-page-1#comment-58346 Andy Close Sat, 30 May 2009 21:45:18 +0000 http://www.varacalli.com/random-traffic/?p=1266#comment-58346 Nick, Hi! Naomi's husband Andy here.. I have a few thoughts; "Biggest issue so far: I can’t figure out how to sync keyboard shortcuts between Parallels, Mac, and Remote Desktop. I’m happy to have Cmd+V be paste in all three… just show me how to remap it so that it works." have you tried to use a 3rd party windows app for mapping keys. Lets say you keep the standard mapping in OSX, and then in parallels use the following app; http://www.autohotkey.com/ this will let you create a macro on the xp side of things to match whatever keys you like, so you are not playing round robin moving keys then again on the mac then again in parallels. I also believe their is a really good new version of the RD client for mac now, and in parralells are you using coherence mode? this should negate the need to be rolling between the 2 OS's in OSX, or even having to boot using boot camp into XP. It seems you would have 3 installs 2 XP (1 virtual and 1 boot camp) and one OSX, is this necessary? cant you streamline the apps you REALLY must have into parallels? and the rest on OSX cutting out the bootcamp install of XP. just a few thoughts.. Let me know if this is any help? Cheers Andy Nick, Hi! Naomi’s husband Andy here..

I have a few thoughts;

“Biggest issue so far: I can’t figure out how to sync keyboard shortcuts between Parallels, Mac, and Remote Desktop. I’m happy to have Cmd+V be paste in all three… just show me how to remap it so that it works.”

have you tried to use a 3rd party windows app for mapping keys. Lets say you keep the standard mapping in OSX, and then in parallels use the following app;

http://www.autohotkey.com/

this will let you create a macro on the xp side of things to match whatever keys you like, so you are not playing round robin moving keys then again on the mac then again in parallels.

I also believe their is a really good new version of the RD client for mac now, and in parralells are you using coherence mode? this should negate the need to be rolling between the 2 OS’s in OSX, or even having to boot using boot camp into XP.

It seems you would have 3 installs 2 XP (1 virtual and 1 boot camp) and one OSX, is this necessary? cant you streamline the apps you REALLY must have into parallels? and the rest on OSX cutting out the bootcamp install of XP.

just a few thoughts..

Let me know if this is any help?

Cheers

Andy

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