Access DB on a Mac?

[Tom]

A friend just bought a MacBook Air and he needs to view a couple of Access
DBs on the Mac.
He doesn't need to manipulate the DBs just view it. What is the preferred
method to view an Access DB on a Mac?

Thanks,

Tom

 

[Tom van Stiphout]

Open the file in McNotepad? Just kidding.
Access only runs on Windows, but fortunately you can run Windows on a
Mac. If you set him up with the runtime, he doesn't even need to shell
out money for MsAccess.

-Tom.

 

[Tom]

Open the file in McNotepad? Just kidding.
Access only runs on Windows, but fortunately you can run Windows on a
Mac. If you set him up with the runtime, he doesn't even need to shell
out money for MsAccess.

-Tom.

He doesn't want Windows the MacBook Air at all. Can he install a Mac
version of Access runtime?

Mike

 

[Douglas J. Steele]

He doesn't want Windows the MacBook Air at all. Can he install a Mac
version of Access runtime?

No. There's no such thing. Access only runs under Windows. The runtime
version of Access is the same executable as the full-blown version: it's
just that much of its functionality has been turned off through the
inclusion of literally hundreds of registry entries.

 

[Tom van Stiphout]

There was an Access version for the Mac, but that was YEARS ago before
MSFT figured out the market segment for Macs.

-Tom.

 

[Tom]

There was an Access version for the Mac, but that was YEARS ago before
MSFT figured out the market segment for Macs.

-Tom.

Hmm, this is pretty grim.

 

[Frederick Northrop]

I think that Filemaker may be able to get at an Access database. Exell for
Mac can run queries on Access if you install an ODBC driver (Available from
Access Technologies


..

 

[Tony Toews [MVP]]

There was an Access version for the Mac, but that was YEARS ago before
MSFT figured out the market segment for Macs.

No there wasn't. There are references in A97 help to Mac stuff but
that was due to an error when compiling the help text.

Tony
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[David W. Fenton]

There was an Access version for the Mac, but that was YEARS ago
before MSFT figured out the market segment for Macs.

Are you certain about that? I don't think it's actually true. The
Mac-specific points in Access 2's help file applied to data stored
on Mac volumes, I thought.

 

[David W. Fenton]

Hmm, this is pretty grim.

It's extremely easy with Parallels and other software to run Windows
apps on a Mac these days, since Macs are now Intel-based -- this
means you're not paying nearly as high a price for the emulation
layer. Lots of pros use Macs and run Windows programs on them.

 

[David W. Fenton]

No there wasn't. There are references in A97 help to Mac stuff
but that was due to an error when compiling the help text.

Er, what? How would Mac-specific items get into the source RTFs?

 

[Tony Toews [MVP]]

Er, what? How would Mac-specific items get into the source RTFs?

I don't recall now and I can't find the specific posting in my
archives. And it might've been over a beer. But there was a reason
of some sort. Was it some of the DOS based functions? And the help
there was shared with Mac Office?

Tony
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[John W. Vinson]

I don't recall now and I can't find the specific posting in my
archives. And it might've been over a beer. But there was a reason
of some sort. Was it some of the DOS based functions? And the help
there was shared with Mac Office?

Tony

Quite a lot of the Help, especially VBA help, was shared across the Office
suite - and Excel and Word did (and do) run on Macs.

 

[Tom]

On Fri, 21 Mar 2008 22:25:28 -0600, "Tony Toews [MVP]"

Quite a lot of the Help, especially VBA help, was shared across the Office
suite - and Excel and Word did (and do) run on Macs.

I need Access on a Mac.

 

[Douglas J. Steele]

I need Access on a Mac.

Then you have no choice but to use a Windows emulation program on your Mac.

 

[Tom]

Then you have no choice but to use a Windows emulation program on your
Mac.

MS needs to modify their business model because Macs aren't going away.

Tom

 

[aaron.kempf]

or move to SQL Server and use 'Native HTTP EndPoints' to communicate
to your Mac via webservices.

-aaron

 

[aaron.kempf]

Warning

this is really t o n y t o e w s and he doesn't know enough about
databases to fill a thimble.

-Aaron

 

[David W. Fenton]

MS needs to modify their business model because Macs aren't going
away.

Er, *you* need to adjust your thinking. MS is not going to port
Access to the Mac, no matter how hard you stamp your feet.