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02-13-2022, 11:47 AM
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Need some help setting up ISTA on a MacBook Pro with Parallels
The problem I am having is that I need to find a way to get my DCan cable to connect to ISTA. It’s a USB cable for my e-series cars, and worked fine for my previous INPA set up on a PC laptop. From the looks of things I need to find a way to connect the the USB interface through the Mac into the Parallels install of ISTA. Does anyone have the solution? I know some people out there have everything working properly  Thank you!
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02-13-2022, 09:36 PM
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Seriously, don’t. Buy a cheap old thinkpad and use that.
Why? Because parallels will break, you’ll upgrade your machine, or you’ll be forced to buy a new version of parallels. A ThinkPad for $100-200 will do this job very well. Find one that already has an SSD installed. And because you only use it for this specific purpose, you can cut it off from the internet and never install updates. For the record, I have 27” iMacs in both my garage and shop room. My daily driver is an M1Max Macbook Pro. I like Macs. This is not a good use for them, and you will be a LOT happier if you don’t go this route.
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02-14-2022, 12:47 AM
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Ah snap, I figured this would be the prevailing logic. I have Parallels anyways to run some windows programs I want, but yeah that makes sense.
I do have access to a laptop that meets the basic requirements, but it doesn’t have an SSD, or much room, but perhaps it will be fine for just ISTA D for e-series. Looks 40 gigs on an empty windows 10 laptop with an i5 processor. So just the DCan interface and Rheingold install should do the trick? Thank you for the feedback
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02-14-2022, 11:52 AM
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Macrium Reflect is available for free and will let you clone your existing windows install to the new drive. Super easy, if you don't want to just wipe it and do a clean install. (I ended up cloning an ISTA install across three different laptops this way.) For the record, to answer your original question, a USB-C to A adapter / dongle is what you actually need to connect the cable to your Mac laptop. But I've personally gone down that route and it sucked. Yeah, it worked. But it was annoying. Also, you really don't want your daily laptop in the garage.
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02-14-2022, 12:12 PM
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I 100% agree with nick about using a Windows laptop. The SSD....not really necessary as this software is OLD and will run just fine with a machine from that era. Personally I wouldn't bother with spending the money for an SSD. I would just put that towards the get myself a "Decent" diagnostic laptop fund.
One of my buddies is a die hard Mac guy and every once in a while he comes up with a project that on paper seems relatively easy but next thing you know...Mac OS version this and that won't work with version whatever of the driver you need etc etc etc I'm sure If you REALLY want to get it running for a personal reason (read: stubborn like me) you could, but if you're looking to get diagnosing just go the Windows route. XP, Win7, Win10 doesn't matter. I have each loaded on a laptop and they all work just fine.
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02-14-2022, 12:39 PM
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Which reminds me that I've been meaning to pick up a PATA SSD for my GT1 setup. (INPA/ISTA are useless for the S50B32.)
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02-14-2022, 12:41 PM
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Can someone PM the link go the Mike's BMW tools? I wouldn't want someone to break any site rules if applicable. If software works on old PCs or Win 10, I have a few year old PC with plenty of space on it. Warm weather coming plus daylight! I'll have a little more free time to dig into X5 no sleep mode and amp draws on F11 and F60.
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02-16-2022, 12:47 PM
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02-16-2022, 12:57 PM
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assuming you're using the laptop only for diagnostics a couple minutes for it to boot doesn't mean anything in the real world, at least not to me.
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