Trados on Mac : advice required

Forum: SDL Trados support
Topic: Trados on Mac : advice required
Poster: corinne durand

Hi,

I hope someone can help. I have just migrated to a MAC (OS X 10.9.2) from a Windows PC and have just realised that there is no MAC version of Trados.

I have a brand new Trados Studio 14 licence (Freelance Plus) and would like to be able to use it on my MAC, as well as, if possible, Trados 7 which I still use too.

I have just purchased and downloaded Office 2011 for Mac on my new machine. What is the best option, do I have to also purchase Parallel if I want to use Studio seamlessly as on a PC and still be in a MAC environment?

I know that Bootcamp is another option but I do not want to have to log out just to use Studio and make things more complicated if I can avoid it.

If so, will my Office 2011 for MAC work OK with Trados Studio 14 (and any other Trados version I wish to use) or do I need a version of Office for Windows if Studio will be running under the Parallel programme?

I really hope someone can help (and pardon my ignorance) !

Thanks in anticipation.