Forum: SDL Trados support
Topic: Trados on Mac : advice required
Poster: Johanna Liljenzin
Post title: You need to run windows virtually
Corinne,
If you want to use Trados on your Mac, then you must also install Windows on it - Trados does not work directly in OSX.
You need to install Windows to run Studio (or any other form of Trados).
You can install Windows natively, in Bootcamp, in which case you need shut down OSX and reboot your computer in Windows every time every time you want to use Studio. The other, more practical, option is to install Windows with the help of virtualisation software such as Parallels Desktop, VM Ware or similar. Then you can use Studio side by side with your Mac software, without having to log out from the MAC OS. I believe there are some old threads on this if you search the forums.
If you only have a Mac version of Office, then you will not be able to use the "preview" function in Studio, as this requires that you have a Windows version of Word. Everything else (such as using the external review feature) should work just fine.
I hope this helps!
Johanna
Topic: Trados on Mac : advice required
Poster: Johanna Liljenzin
Post title: You need to run windows virtually
Corinne,
If you want to use Trados on your Mac, then you must also install Windows on it - Trados does not work directly in OSX.
You need to install Windows to run Studio (or any other form of Trados).
You can install Windows natively, in Bootcamp, in which case you need shut down OSX and reboot your computer in Windows every time every time you want to use Studio. The other, more practical, option is to install Windows with the help of virtualisation software such as Parallels Desktop, VM Ware or similar. Then you can use Studio side by side with your Mac software, without having to log out from the MAC OS. I believe there are some old threads on this if you search the forums.
If you only have a Mac version of Office, then you will not be able to use the "preview" function in Studio, as this requires that you have a Windows version of Word. Everything else (such as using the external review feature) should work just fine.
I hope this helps!
Johanna