Running logos for Windows on a Mac

Jim Keys
Jim Keys Member Posts: 10 ✭✭
edited November 21 in English Forum

My primary use of Logos is on my Mac for routine study. I also have Logos installed on Windows running Parallels since most of my Sermon Prep is done in Windows. What I need to know is, are both OS's accessing the same set of resources (now over 3000 books) or are the resources duplicated for each OS?

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  • MJ. Smith
    MJ. Smith Member, MVP Posts: 53,056 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Separate resources. A few features are by machine rather than by installation which may cause wonky behavior - rare but I have run into it occasionally.

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  • Dave Hooton
    Dave Hooton Member, MVP Posts: 35,672 ✭✭✭

    are both OS's accessing the same set of resources (now over 3000 books) or are the resources duplicated for each OS?

    If you have installed Logos you would be aware that you can choose a subset of your resources to be downloaded, so you can have a different number of resources in each installation. You can right-click a number of selected resources in Library and choose "Remove from this device" to save disk space.

    I also have Logos installed on Windows running Parallels since most of my Sermon Prep is done in Windows

    The last part implies you have a separate Windows installation as it is curious that you would emulate Windows on Mac just for sermon prep?

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  • Mike Binks
    Mike Binks Member, MVP Posts: 7,428 ✭✭✭

    most of my Sermon Prep is done in Windows.

    Hi Jim

    Dave and MJ have answered your question and given some good advice.

    Might I, simply out of interest, ask what you can/need to do in Windows that cannot just as easily be done using MacOS?

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  • John
    John Member Posts: 548 ✭✭

    are the resources duplicated for each OS?

    Duplicating resources is probably costing you a lot of disk space. But it would not be a problem unless you are approaching the limit on your disk space.

    I'm sure Logos would not support it, but Virtual Machine Hypervisors always have a "shared folders" feature. A tech-savvy person could easily locate the resource folders in the primary operating system and share it with the virtual machine in the correct location.

    But having ample disk space is the preferred method [8-|]

  • Lynden O. Williams
    Lynden O. Williams Member, MVP Posts: 8,973 ✭✭✭
    https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1301884#Comment_1301884

    Maybe I missed it. If he is using the same licence would they not carry from one to the other?

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  • John
    John Member Posts: 548 ✭✭
    https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1301953#Comment_1301953

    Maybe I missed it. If he is using the same licence would they not carry from one to the other?

    What is inside the virtual machine does not know what is outside the virtual machine. So the two installations do not know about each other. They each talk to the Logos servers as if they are two different computers.

  • Brent Carlson
    Brent Carlson Member Posts: 153
    https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1301919#Comment_1301919

    most of my Sermon Prep is done in Windows.

    Hi Jim

    Dave and MJ have answered your question and given some good advice.

    Might I, simply out of interest, ask what you can/need to do in Windows that cannot just as easily be done using MacOS?

    I was thinking the same thing. 

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