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For techies out there.
My primary computer is still the Apple Mac Studio M2 Ultra, 64G memory 1T onboard storage, 100T external storage, 50% Samsung 980 or 990 NVME Pro. The Synology system has about 48T and it also provides a LAN server (MacOS no longer supports its own server).
1. I got rid of Parallels for Windows 11 - and moved to VMware. Windows 11 works better on VMWare with most software, in particular Sparx Enterprise Architect.
1a. You can configure VMware to copy/paste or drag/drop files and folders between the two systems. Works great (always use APFS drives for both systems.) So, I can work seamlessly between MacOS and Windows 11 on my two monitors (Dell 43" and Asus Pro Art 35").
2. Started using TeXstudio, Latex, Obsidian w/Canvas on MacOS. OneNote fails to work reliably with MacOS and Windows on the same computer, so replaced with Obsidian. But I can still use OneNote - cautiously - it can get confused and you can lose a lot of notes, especially if you are playing around with more than one Microsoft account. Obsidian is hard to beat - and free.
3. Use Microsoft 360 Business Premium for both Windows and MacOS. One subscription does it.
4. Added another Elgato Stream Deck XL ( I have two now ), plus the Stream Deck+.
- The above are the survivors after trying many things.
My primary computer is still the Apple Mac Studio M2 Ultra, 64G memory 1T onboard storage, 100T external storage, 50% Samsung 980 or 990 NVME Pro. The Synology system has about 48T and it also provides a LAN server (MacOS no longer supports its own server).
1. I got rid of Parallels for Windows 11 - and moved to VMware. Windows 11 works better on VMWare with most software, in particular Sparx Enterprise Architect.
1a. You can configure VMware to copy/paste or drag/drop files and folders between the two systems. Works great (always use APFS drives for both systems.) So, I can work seamlessly between MacOS and Windows 11 on my two monitors (Dell 43" and Asus Pro Art 35").
2. Started using TeXstudio, Latex, Obsidian w/Canvas on MacOS. OneNote fails to work reliably with MacOS and Windows on the same computer, so replaced with Obsidian. But I can still use OneNote - cautiously - it can get confused and you can lose a lot of notes, especially if you are playing around with more than one Microsoft account. Obsidian is hard to beat - and free.
3. Use Microsoft 360 Business Premium for both Windows and MacOS. One subscription does it.
4. Added another Elgato Stream Deck XL ( I have two now ), plus the Stream Deck+.
- The above are the survivors after trying many things.
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