Is GroupMail available for Mac Users? [UPDATED]
Unfortunately we do not have a native version of GroupMail available for the Mac platform at the moment. However – all is not lost!
If you are running a Power PC based Mac (OS 9 or OS X) then you can run GroupMail via a Windows Emulator like Virtual PC. If you are Group Mail will run on a Mac as long as you have a Windows Emulator such as Virtual PC installed. More information on Virtual PC can be found here.
If you using an Intel based Mac then unfortunately Virtual PC isn’t an option for you (yet). However, there is a better solution and it’s called Parallels and it’s fantastic (I used it myself on my new shiny macbook). Find out more about Parallels here.
Please note that both of these solutions will require you to install a copy of Windows. We recommend Windows XP at the moment. It’s not as resource hungry and works well under emulation. The latest version of Parallels offers some very sweet integration with OS X and makes running Windows Apps on the Mac a doddle. Every Mac user should get this software.
[...] For some time now, I have been dissuading Mac users from using GroupMail, advising them that we don’t have a Mac version of the software released. Well, I was reading the GroupMail blog today and discovered a post that proved me wrong. Well, we still don’t have a native Mac version released, but GroupMail can indeed be run on a Mac if you have a Power PC based Mac (OS 9 or OS X) via a Windows Emulator like Virtual PC. For Intel-based Macs, Parallels can be used to run the application.For more information about running GroupMail on a Mac, read Is GroupMail Available for Mac Users [Updated] [...]
It is ridiculous to install an operating system just for one program, specially in this case where everybody knows the advantages that Mac OS X has over Windows (XP and Vista). Really, I am looking for other program which has the same feautures that GroupMail but that I can run it in my mac. If anybody knows this program, please contact me or release a note in this blog (if Infacta does not delete my comment).
Delete your comment – never
I won’t even go there with the OS X versus Windows debate
True that its a bit over the top installing a whole OS for one app, I suspect though that there is a significant number of Mac users that regularly use windows apps on their machines, unforgivable for the purists, but there you go
Check out this app, I have not used it myself but I’ve seen it recommended elsewhere http://www.maxprog.com/MaxBulk.html, it may be what your looking for
[...] the introduction was in context to some technical issues that he was having with GroupMail on his Mac using Parallels. After our first conversation, I visited his website and listened to some of his music. Even though [...]