What components can be used by users that have Mac OS computers?
Laserfiche does not develop Mac native software. Many of our web products, especially WebLink, can be accessed through web browsers from Macs, but they still need to be hosted on windows machines. We have a number of people who have run Laserfiche in virtualized environments on Macs, and that works fine.
I think I know the answer to this, but figured I would reply and ask anyway. Is the Web Access Scanning feature compatible with a Mac? I believe the answer is no because it has to install the scanning piece on your machine and I know that the LF software is not developed for Mac's. Any additional clarification you can provide is greatly appreciated.
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You are correct, the answer is no because it is a Windows executable file for the installation.
In continuing the conversation will Laserfiche run if you are running Paralells on your Mac and using the Windows side?
Though I don't think we use Parallels internally, according to this post several users ran the conference VM from Empower 2014 (which has most of the Laserfiche products) in Parallels without issues.
Can we use Snapshot share printer from a Mac computer?
Running Laserfiche from Parallels works great. I have Client/WF designer/Admin console/Quickfields all running locally connected through VPN to the Server. The only trick is to make sure the machine hosting LF Server & Workflow Server has authentication rights for your parallels machine. Took me a couple remote logins to get it set right, but once it allows the connection, it is seamless.
As for Snapshot, it is no different on the Mac. In fact, there are settings in Parallels to share resources/peripherals between the two OS's.
One other way to do this without VM or Parallels is to create an OSX Bootcamp partition (do a spotlight search for Bootcamp). The assistant will walk you through the setup. The advantage here is that 100% of resources are dedicated to Windows. Disadvantage is that you can't swipe between OSX and Windows on the fly. You would have to reboot or startup into the other OS.
@kevinadams. I am very interested in how you were able to do this. I have a client with an all Mac environment. I would like to understand the complexity that is required to get this set up. Do you have a network diagram or any info you could share to help me to give me some clarity on the implementaion reuiements?
i have also a client with a MAC Enviroenement, and i need more info about how you were able to do this.
Has this changed at all in the last 4 years for mac users? Do they still need to VPN into a Windows hosted environment?