BibleWorks Modules in Mac
Written by Michael Hanel on December 9th, 2009A call for help to other BibleWorks users:
On our modules page, Mark Hoffman asks,
I’m using a Win machine, but I have students with Macs running BW8 under emulation. When they can’t get the modules to work, I’m clueless.
Can someone please give some Mac-specific step-by-step directions for adding modules? Thanks.
I also run BibleWorks on a Windows machine, so I can’t provide much guidance, but does anyone else who runs BibleWorks via Mac emulators have any experience with this issue?
Questions of clarification to Mark: (A) Do any modules work (including the base ones in BibleWorks) or is this just the ones students download here that don’t work? (B) What combination of Windows version and emulator are the students using?
Answers:
1. Ben is using Windows XP in Parallels (and has used versions 3-5). He says he does nothing different than one would normally do on a Windows computer and everything works fine.
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I’ve run BW 8 with XP under Parallels 3, 4, and 5 and I’ve never had any problems. I have some modules, mostly Hebrew related.
I’ve never had to do anything unusual in installing or using them, so I can’t even give a walkthrough. I just install as you would normally.
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I’ve also asked one of my students who is adept with a Mac to make some notes. Main issues:
a) I’m thinking the directory structure is similar, but some have asked where to put downloaded files. (Ie, it doesn’t seem to be in the C:\Program Files\BibleWorks 8… )
b) I’m guessing it’s not a problem w/ WinXP under Parallels, but what about the “unblocking” issue for Mac users. Is it the same deal? (right click > properties > unblock)
Thanks!
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I think Ben is pretty much on target. The functioning of them shouldn’t be all that different from what you do. So they should go in the same subdirectory of BibleWorks on a Mac too. And as far as I know the unblocking issue would be the same. This is a security feature unique to Windows, so running it on a Mac or not, Windows would still block it by default.
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I’m wondering if by “emulation” they mean under Wine. I’ve been using Fusion / Virtualbox for a while now, but I did try Wine on both the Mac and Linux platform. The modules were “hit and miss”, for example the .chm resources didn’t work naively, I had to find a chm reader for each platform. Updating was a pain, though I think BW8 worked. And the directory structure is complex since Wine creates a fake root quite deep in the native file system. My guess is this is a question about Wine?