TransMac V6.0 Information

Acute Systems
PO Box 37
Algonquin, IL 60102
USA

http://www.asy.com
info@asy.com


NOTE: THE PASSWORD SYSTEM HAS CHANGED WITH V5.0. PASSWORDS FOR VERSIONS BEFORE 5.0 WILL NOT WORK. SEE OUR WEB PAGE AT www.asy.com FOR INFORMATION ON UPGRADING.


Register to receive your password at http://www.asy.com

See the the included help file for information about using TransMac.
Be sure to check our web site for future updates and other information.


INSTALLATION NOTES:
TransMac uses a password system to unlock features available only to registered users. To enter your code, press the "Register" button in the lower right corner of the License Agreement window that appears upon starting TransMac. Enter your Name and Registration Code in the appropriate boxes and click "OK". Now read the License Agreement and click "Yes" if you agree to the terms. If you have entered your code in the setup program, this step is not necessary.

In the Configuration Settings dialog you can change startup options for TransMac like which drives to access and the size of the IO buffer.The dialog can be accessed from within TransMac under "Options" or as a separate program in the TransMac group.

TIPS:
Pressing the "F1" key when a TransMac window is showing will show the help topic for that specific window.

A convenient right-click popup menu is available in the file list boxes.

Before you can copy files to a Mac disk you must select a Mac drive (from the "Mac Drive:" box) and open a volume (in the "Mac Files" list box).

NOTE: Low density (400k/800k) Mac diskettes can not be read by PC floppy controllers, so they are not supported in TransMac.

Windows95/98 only: If you have an IDE CD drive and you experience system crashes or problems with the CD drive, unistall TransMac, then reinstall with a /nr on the command line (eg: setup /nr). This will bypass ASPI CDROM support since a few drives have problems with this setting.

If TransMac takes a long time to start up, try using the Configuration Utility to scan only the SCSI IDs you need. This should speed startup because only a few IDs will be scanned.

Version History:

v5.0
FIXES:
- Rewrote some of the volume mounting code for compatibility with HFS+.
- MacBinary and BinHex file extensions are now always added to file name.
NEW FEATURES:
- Ability to read Extended (HFS+) volumes. Write ability will be added in a future version.
- Ability to read and write disk image files.
- Added "Automatic" to file translation list. This will handle most copy operations properly including text, fonts intended for CrossFont, MacBinary (.bin,.mbn) and BinHex (.hqx) if they have the proper extensions.
- Log copy and delete operations to text file.
- Progress bar added to volume search.
- Password system changed.

v5.1
FIXES:
- Fixed problem where copying files from some drives under NT/Win2000/WinXP caused a read error.

v5.2
FIXES:
- Fixed problem accessing some HFS+ volumes where no volumes would show when a disk was mounted.
NEW FEATURES:
- Enhanced IEEE 1394 (Firewire) drive support.
- File type map entries updated.

v5.3
FIXES:
- Fixed problem where Windows NT/2000/XP system drive access routines gave a read error for drives greater than 2GB.
- Fixed some bugs in the type to extension mapping.
NEW FEATURES:
- Added setup option to install to a single user profile or to all users.
- Added uninstall link to start menu.

v5.4
FIXES:
- Fixed problem affecting some drives (Zip and others) in Win 2000/XP where user would get "Error reading Mac disk" when selecting or accessing a valid Mac disk.
- Several minor fixes.

v6.0
FIXES:
- Fixed some problems with hidden files and folders.
- Fixed problem where deleting folders sometimes failed.
- Code optimizations to speed operations. Especially on larger volumes.
- Fixed list scroll position restore problem.
- Fixed some progress bar problems.
NEW FEATURES:
- HFS+ (Extended Volume Format) write support. TransMac can now read and write HFS+ volumes.
