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I didn’t spot an answer to this anywhere but I’m sorry if it has been asked and answered already.

I’m thinking of options for a new computer and, since I have a MacBook I might opt for an iMac. If I do, I’ll probably install Windows 7 via Bootcamp too. So my question is this: is it possible to share the Daz Studio content library between the two operating systems? For example, if I have the Mac version of DS4.5 running - can it use the content installed for the Windows version?

Why have Windows at all? There are some things I have already licensed on my Windows PC that I would prefer not to have to buy again for Mac (and probably some that have no Mac equivalent).

marble - 15 February 2013 02:42 AM

I didn’t spot an answer to this anywhere but I’m sorry if it has been asked and answered already.

I’m thinking of options for a new computer and, since I have a MacBook I might opt for an iMac. If I do, I’ll probably install Windows 7 via Bootcamp too. So my question is this: is it possible to share the Daz Studio content library between the two operating systems? For example, if I have the Mac version of DS4.5 running - can it use the content installed for the Windows version?

Why have Windows at all? There are some things I have already licensed on my Windows PC that I would prefer not to have to buy again for Mac (and probably some that have no Mac equivalent).

Sure! I used to have my content directories shared between Windows 7 and OS X Lion. This arrangement always worked very fine. After upgrade my Mac Pro to Mountain Lion I give up Bootcamp and installed Parallels Desktop to run Windows eventually. I really don’t need Windows for nothing actually, only to run some small utilities as Texture Converter or something like that which don’t need CPU running at full power. Buy an iMac and be happy!

Yes, the only real issue you’ll have is keeping your CMS Database sync’d up.  But from a content perspective there’s no reason why it won’t work.

Thanks.

The reason I thought it might be a problem is because DAZ provide separate installers for MAC and PC and I wondered whether the files they installed were operating system dependent.