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MacDrive - 6.1.1

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All Time:	(2.9)
Version 6.1.1:	(1.0)
Selected Version:	6.1.1
Release Date:	2006-04-25
License:	Commercial
Downloads (version 6.1.1):	510
Downloads (all versions):	50,364
Price:	$49.95

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Product Description:

Access Mac disks from Windows, and try all the new features, including Mac CD and DVD burning, and Mac disk partitioning.

Works on XP, 2003, 2000, ME, 98SE
New ability to burn Mac recordable and rewritable CDs and DVDs (XP/2003/2000)
New ability to partition Mac hard drives (XP/2003/2000)
Helpful new "Getting Started with MacDrive 6" interface
Added support for Windows 2003 Server
Dramatically increased speed when dealing with large sets of files
New ability to set many options on a disk-by-disk basis or a system-wide basis
Dramatically increased speed when dealing with large sets of files
Protects Mac partitions from harm by Windows disk tools (XP/2003/2000)
Works with Floppy, ZIP, Hard Drives, CD-R/RW, DVD+/-R/RW, FireWire, USB 2.0, and more

What's new in this version:

Added: Mac OS X system partitions that were improperly shutdown are mounted as read-only until repaired
Added: Detection and warning during installation of SPTD driver conflict. The SPTD driver is present in Daemon Tools, Alcohol 120%, and other software applications

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

Windows XP
Windows 2003
Windows 2000
Windows NT
Windows 98

Additional Requirements:

Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP/2003

Editor's Notes:

If you originally installed MacDrive from a CD, you will need to have that original CD available in order to apply this update.

Feedback Summary:

Version 6.1.1:
Overall Rating:	(1.0)	Features:	(1.0)	Support:	(2.0)
Ease of Use:	(3.0)	Quality / Stability:	(1.0)	Price:	(3.0)

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Was Great, until thay added activation. - Version: 7.0.10, 2/29/2008 06:46AM PST

jreffner

It does what it says and it does it well, and I'd suggest you buy it if it weren't for the activation. That for me just kills it. Fans of Bootcamp and Fusion/Parallels will attest to the annoyance of multiple Vista/XP activations when using BC and a VM. Well, it's the same multiple activation issues with MacDrive as well. In fact, after I got MacDrive authorized on BC and Fusion I later went back into BC and found it STILL needed activated. At this point I uninstalled MacDrive.

Do yourself a favor and for pass on this software. Instead, open up your Mac to full NTFS support with "NTFS for Mac OS X". It works, you do nothing except run an installer and I've had no conflicts or noticable slow-downs.

http://www.paragon-software.com

No, I don't work for them. I just own their software and am very pleased.

Copied 30 GB, No Problems - Version: 7.0.10, 9/21/2007 01:54PM PST

ben.lewis

I used this software in trial version to hook my Mac HFS+ FireWire800 drive to my Dell work laptop so I could transfer my music library. I had to use a FW800 to FW400 cable with a 6 to 4 pin adapter as Dell hasn't really embraced FireWire yet :) I wanted to say in my review that everything worked perfectly. Detractors for this software are 1) Price, and 2) Pop-up Nags. I haven't tried to uninstall it yet, so maybe that's hard too. If it was $15 I would buy a copy, but I think I'll figure something else out at the price they're asking. Software like this on the Mac is usually Shareware.

Macdrive Comments/Review - Version: 6.1.5, 3/5/2007 06:22PM PST

anthskinsdc

I have been using this product for well over 2 years now. When I bought my first ipod (5GB Model), I was using an old powerbook from my job that I kept my music on.

I also kep the same music collection synced on my PC when itunes for windows came out.

I recently relocated to the bay area, I lost my powermac at my last job, but I still had music on my ipod. Plus I had 2 Firewire disc drives that had all my graphics files on.

Macdrive worked as advertised. Yes there were those periodic times when the firewire connection would time out with the older versions of macdrive (Version 5 ESP) but since ver 6 came out, no problems.

I just upgraded to version 7 (7.0.2) so far, so good.