Use the Zune HD on a Mac

September 16, 2009 by ACE

Sure, this isn’t a free way (it’ll cost ya around $160), but this way is much faster and easier to use than BootCamp. Forget dual booting and access Windows apps right from the desktop! Using VMWare Fusion makes it really simple! See the video below:

+ “Use the Zune HD on a Mac” via YouTube

[via cnet]

Read the original thread on Zune Boards!

Comments

Jorvette It's Mantastic™	What about wine?
09-16-2009, 10:47 AM	#2

Netrix Purger of Ignorance	This way could be free...
09-16-2009, 10:50 AM	#3

Shadow Vanguard of Darkness	I don't understand it. Were people not able to use VMWare before to use the Zune software?
09-16-2009, 11:13 AM	#4

Netrix

Purger of Ignorance

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Originally Posted by Shadow

I don't understand it. Were people not able to use VMWare before to use the Zune software?

Yeah, but a lot of them would rather whine about no Mac support.

09-16-2009, 11:18 AM Netrix is offline

eppey1

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Originally Posted by Netrix

This way could be free...

but then again the pirate bay was sold...

09-16-2009, 11:36 AM eppey1 is offline

Netrix

Purger of Ignorance

Quote:

Originally Posted by eppey1

but then again the pirate bay was sold...

The Pirate Bay was not the only place to find things for free.

09-16-2009, 11:41 AM Netrix is offline

zuneHDman111

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Originally Posted by Netrix

This way could be free...

ur write this could be free. i dont have a mac cuz i personaly hate apple. but u could most likly find a download for it on thepiratebay.org. i get all my zune movies there and plenty of other thigs. such as apps and games for zune. "old 120zune dont have an hd yet but will soon and the hd supports xna so u can download any itouch app for free then unpack to zune hd"

09-16-2009, 01:29 PM zuneHDman111 is offline

Madrock	But why would you want to use a mac
09-16-2009, 01:46 PM	#9

eljoy	I can't have premium screen graphics with vmware fusion I'm using vm fusion and I HAVE TROUBLE with the screen graphics in the zune software. even i rise the ram to 1500 i can't get to premium it stays in basic mode.
09-16-2009, 02:14 PM	#10

y2kss66	A much better method than this would be to use the free program VirtualBox to run the Zune client on your mac desktop in seamless mode. Learn more her and see screenshots. Screenshots: VirtualBox_OSX_beta_3.png - VirtualBox
09-16-2009, 04:02 PM	#11

roebeet	x2 on Virtualbox. This is what I used on my Ubuntu system, to access my Zune HD. I even updated the firmware using this method, with no issues.
09-17-2009, 07:44 AM	#12

Varlin

I run Linux (Ubuntu). I just switched from Vista, and suddenly realized that I had left myself without support from my 120. After looking around, I found VirtualBox. I had an old XP disk, so I installed it all.

It all works great. The only complaint is that for the Zune (and seemingly, only the zune) USB 2.0 support is nonexistant. You have to use USB 1.0, which really only means that the transfer speed is a lot slower. Other than that, I heartily recommend VirtualBox (also for the seamless mode mentioned before, which makes using the software MUCH easier).

I just got a ZuneHD, and it works perfectly (aside from the aforementioned USB issue, which might change in the future).

Oh, about wine(mentioned a few posts up): While it works with most other apps, wine does not work at all with the Zune Software.

Last edited by Varlin; 09-18-2009 at 07:13 PM..