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    Vcm suite to work on a mac computer ?

    Do any of you gents know a way to get the VCM Suite to open and work on a Mac computer ? I just bought the MPVI2 with Pro features and found out it won't work on Mac computers because it's not "supported". Very disappointing to say the least.

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    I use VCM suite exclusively with my macbook pro only you have to download windows 10 though which you can do free of charge. either bootcamp or a virtual machine https://www.vmware.com/go/getfusionplayer to get w10 go to microsoft.com/software-download

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    Thanks, Mr. D. That's extremely helpful. I'm still waiting to hear back from Support to see what they suggest but I'll try what you sent.

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    I run VCM Scanner in a Parallels Win11 virtual machine on my M2 MacBook Air. It connects to the MPVI3 and logs perfectly.

    Has anyone dared to write a tune through a virtual machine? That seems a little more risky...

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    I use it all the time. I do however have the full version of Workstation. I use it when I want to read or write with a 5.X version. I use 4.X versions normally and do not upgrade so I don't lose functionality.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TheMechanic View Post
    I use it all the time. I do however have the full version of Workstation. I use it when I want to read or write with a 5.X version. I use 4.X versions normally and do not upgrade so I don't lose functionality.
    What is Workstation?

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    Quote Originally Posted by TXBDan View Post
    I run VCM Scanner in a Parallels Win11 virtual machine on my M2 MacBook Air. It connects to the MPVI3 and logs perfectly.

    Has anyone dared to write a tune through a virtual machine? That seems a little more risky...
    I have Parallels Win11 virtual machine on my M2 MacBook Air.... however I have MPVI2 and can't get it to work. I've installed the drivers and the computer acknowledges that the interface is connected (I can see that in Device Manger) but it will not resync with interface. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TXBDan View Post
    What is Workstation?
    It is a full paid for version of VMware. Gives you a lot more options and control over your virtual machines. I run BSD, Ubuntu, Linux, and several windows platforms from windows 98 through windows 11

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    I realize this thread is old, but I encountered a similar experience. Using Windows 11 through parallel desktop on a MAC OS, I ran into a detection problems. For the life of me, I could not get the MPVI3 to connect to the windows 11 instance on the MAC. It would connect on a windows machine (kid's), but not my macbook. I could see it in my devices, but it wouldn't connect in the software. Short of it, you have to follow the steps below. If you start windows on the mac and then plug in the device...it will not connect (at least not for me).

    I had to:

    1. Start the mac
    2. Start windows
    3. Go back to the MAC OS
    4. Plug in the MPVI3
    5. Confirm that I wanted to use that device with windows and not MAC OS. This is a popup that I only got if I started in MAC OS and then plugged in. If I started in windows and switch back to MAC, I never got this ask.
    6. Go back to Windows, the device was then usable.

    Note: For some reason, I can do all that...take a read on the car (not running) and then start the car, do a scan, all that is fine. But if I want to write a tune, I had to shut everything down, go back through the entire process again above (1-6) and then write the file. For some reason, I couldn't read and write in the same session.

    Hopefully that helps someone in the future. My guess, those of us struggling were starting in windows.

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    VMWare fusion is the safe way to use HPTuners on a Intel based Mac. I have read, written, and datalogged a thousand time without issues.
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